| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer [v] |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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DONOT MISS WOK WIZ TOUR
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| Sat, Jul 1, 06 10:00 AM |
wendyann |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| SPECTULAR WAY TO EXPERIENCE CHINA TOWN. |
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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! |
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Highlight of the Trip!
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| Sat, Nov 5, 05 10:00 AM |
tapatrick |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| What an experience! This tour was worth it's weight in food! Shirley was a fabulous host and being with her made you feel like a long time friend and a local. I would recommend this to all the foodies I know! |
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Entertaining adventure through Chinatown!
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| Sat, Oct 28, 06 10:00 AM |
suzi2326 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We had quite an enjoyable time with Shirley. She's very knowledgeable and really knows her stuff. We tasted everything from 100 year old eggs to chinese custard. Learned about chinese teas, and ate delicious food constantly. I highly recommend this tour - it is unlike any other. |
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OK
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| Sat, Jul 15, 06 10:00 AM |
sscheer |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The info was interesting. The food was, mostly, not.
The Dim Sum and custard tart werr good. The lunch was not very good. I expected better. |
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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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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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I can't believe I'm still full!
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| Sat, May 6, 06 10:00 AM |
richardc |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| An excellent and informative tour conducted by the effervescent Shirley Fong-Torres. A great introduction to Chinatown for the out of town visitor, and a treat for long time residents. Tour includes humor, variety, and some great food. Thanks, Shirley! |
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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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Ms Fong-Torres was great fun. Food a bit plain
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| Sat, Sep 2, 06 10:00 AM |
rgraves |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Delightful company, but we expected more detail about the foods and more of the unique and special dishes of Chinese cuisine. Different regional styles might have been emphasized. The tour seemed more geared to the palate of a tourist from the Midwest than a person visiting from a large metropolitan area who has eaten Chinese food fairly regularly.
Where was the jellyfish, dried oyster, frog's legs, etc? The pork with salt fish and bitter-melon with beef were definitely along the right line. And the stories behind them, their culinary significance, were a treasured part of the tour. Add more of that sort of thing. Our expectation wasn't just to taste a lot of food, but to taste and learn about the really unique dishes that we would never know to order unless we spoke Chinese.
This said, I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting San Francisco who wanted to eat good Chinese food with the fun, exhuberant Shirley Fong-Torres. She is so worh the price of a ticket. |
