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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Remarkable Experience!
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| Mon, Oct 19 10:00 AM |
shfree98 |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| If you have the opportunity to participate in the "I Can't Believe" tour, don't pass it up. Shirley leads this tour personally. You will learn things you didn't know about Chinese food, but also about San Francisco, about Chinatown, and about the Chinese experience in the U. S. |
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Awesome tour!
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| Thu, Sep 10 10:00 AM |
sorenkkg |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We loved our tour, eating our way through Chinatown in San Francisco with Shirley Fong-Torres! She took us to the yummiest restaurants, ordered great food for us (not "scary" in any way at all), talked about the history of the area and her own very interesting family history as well. I definitely recommend this tour to anyone who loves to eat and wants to learn about Chinatown! |
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FABULOUS!!!!!!
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| Tue, Aug 11 10:00 AM |
ischlaffer |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Best tour ever. I would do it again. So much food to eat. Everything was delicious. Very good information was provided about people, markets, food, things that are done in Chinatown by the locals. Very interesting. I felt very special by Shirley. This was a great tour, worth every penny. Do it!!!! |
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History with Food!
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| Sat, Apr 18 10:00 AM |
drhorn |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| What a wonderful experience. We've lived in the Bay Area for 30+ years and this is the first time we decided to take a China Town tour. We were a small group of about seven with Shirley as our guide. We ate in local establishments, watched the chef cook food, learned and tasted "real" tea from China, laughed, talked, shared and ate. This is one tour I would recommend. Shirley gave us short historical lectures standing next to the places she was lecturing about. Although my wife and I have been married for some time it was a great date experience also. Dr Horn |
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Incredible!!!
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| Sat, May 17, 08 10:00 AM |
rhondaovalle |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I had an incredible time on our tour and we truly did eat our way through Chinatown. Shirley was a wonderful guide and made it fun and entertaining. Highly recommend this tour. Be sure to bring your appetite. |
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Lots of Fun
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| Sat, May 17, 08 10:00 AM |
arz4272 |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| It was great to have an expert lead you around to different food stores and restaurants. Come hungry, you will go home full. |
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A Day of Laughs, History and Unforgettable Food
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| Sat, Apr 26, 08 10:00 AM |
JeanIMann |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Shirley Fong-Torres is a master. She escorted us through some most memorable Chinatown experiences. From the Red Blossom Tea Shop to Yuet Lee's restaurant, we enjoyed every minute. There was a spontaneity to the tour that extended into great conversations about food. We'll do it again! |
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Fun but just a bit disappointing
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| Sat, Mar 29, 08 10:00 AM |
chasha49 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Shirley Fong-Torres is a delight! Charming, warm, and full of enthusiasm and energy about her hometown: "Chinatown." However, on the day my friend and I took her tour, both of the restaurants she had planned to take us to, for breakfast and for lunch, were closed, and we spent an undue amount of time roaming around looking for another place to have some jook. Luckily, I had a piece of hard candy in my purse or else my blood sugar would have crashed. The places where we ended up having our two meals were both undistinguished in their cuisine and none of the dishes were very different from what I would normally order at a Chinese restaurant.
That said, the rest of the tour's highlights were wonderful. From the musician/barber in the alley to the fabulous tea shop where we learned to "rinse" our tea leaves to the amazing Dim Sum shop where we had truly spectacular items, nothing was lacking.
The only thing we would have enjoyed having more of would have been a little more history/background information from Shirley herself about the culture and locale.
Again, lots of fun with friendly companions. |
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Great tour
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| Sat, Mar 29, 08 10:00 AM |
khbongar |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| This was a very fun and yummy tour.
We had a great time! |
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Great food - the real deal in Chinatown
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| Sat, Feb 9, 08 10:00 AM |
tobias1976 |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| We spent a great morning in Chinatown and experienced different kinds of real Chinese kitchen. From breakfast soup to dim sum and a great lunch with crunchy pork and wonderful clams. Shirely was a great guide bursting with energy and stories about Chinatown and - of course - the dishes. The food was all very good with the lunch menu being the crowning finale.
I would like to especially recommend this tour to international visitors, who like me, may come from countries were the word of real Chinese food has only poorly been spread yet. Come and see that there is more than spring rolls! |
