The Hidden Chinatown of San Francisco

NOTE: This is separate from the review of their primary menu, and only applies to their Washington location, as it's the only one that's open at 9AM. (The Kearny location opens at 11AM with regular menu) Breakfast in Chinatown can be a little tricky, as the earliest restaurants that open tends to be 9AM, and those are the tea restaurants serving Hong Kong style breakfast. I was a little surprised when I was looking for some breakfast Monday, realizing most of my favorite tea restaurants are closed on Mondays, then found that Hon's Wun-tun Washington location was open at 9AM for breakfast.  Walked in, found a seat, and found they have a distinct breakfast menu, with 6 "combos" that comes with a main breakfast item, a drink (soy milk, coffee, or milk tea, depending on combo), and some combinations comes with a tea egg. The main breakfast items are congee with Chinese donut (yo-tiao), wonton noodles, beef noodles, rice noodle sheets (i.e. cheung fun). If you don'...

A while back, I lamented the death of Washington Bakery and Restaurant , but the spot was too good to stay unoccupied, and in August, the place reopened as the flagship location of Hon's Wun Tun House, which previously occupied a smaller store 648 Kearny. Now, the new location is "Soft Opening", but it is serving a full menu, more than just wonton and noodle soup. In fact, when I went in over the weekend, there was a waiting list!  I ordered beef stew with wonton noodle soup, and it's pretty good. The portion is a bit less than the equivalent priced bowl of pho in restaurants a block away (Golden Star, Golden King, etc.) but it is pretty good. Nothing really bad to stay about it other than the wait.  Give it a try at least.