San Francisco Chinatown Food Walking Tours - Wok Wiz, Shirley Fong-Torres

Seller:	WokWiz
	Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours/Cooking Co

Ratings Summary: Rating: 4.48

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	# of Reviews	Overall Rating	=	Positive Points	–	Negative Points	% Positive	Average Rating
Last 3 months	112	197		211		14	94%	4.3
Last 6 months	184	353		372		19	95%	4.4
Last 12 months	303	628		651		23	96%	4.5
All	715	1520		1559		39	96%	4.5

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	Overall Rating	% Positive	Average Rating
Wok Wiz Daily Tour	609	96%	4.5
I Can't Believe I Ate My Way Through Chinatown!	19	100%	4.9
Wok Wiz Evening Tour	0	0%	0.0
Ciao Chow Multicultural Stroll	0	0%	0.0

Rating	Date Attended [v]	Reviewer	Gender	Age	Where From?	Group Type?
	informative and fun Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sun, Aug 19, 07 10:00 AM	Maryerlingso	Female	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	I highly recommend the tour. It was very informative, it was fun and interesting. I would recommend anyone going to San Francisco go on this tour. I also enjoyed the lunch following th etour, and to experience the different foods served.
	great experience Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Aug 18, 07 10:00 AM	patmazeika	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Other
	really liked having as a guide someone who actually grew up in Chinatown- understood language and culture- and was able to include that knowledge during the tour. Liked fact that our tour included a variety of shops and locations
	Great Fun Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Aug 18, 07 10:00 AM	stlindau	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Individual
	the guide was knowledgeable and provided much local color with her own family history as the foundation for an informative and interesting tour that was too short!
	Shirley made the tour! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Aug 18, 07 10:00 AM	sdmerrin	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Couple on a Date
	Shirley was a fabulous tourguide. She is so knowledgable and enthusiastic! The tea shop, small art gallery, visiting the temple and lunch were all very memorable! We never knew there was so much great history in Chinatown. Thank you, Shirley, for sharing all of your tips! You are great at what you do!!
	Great way to see Chinatown Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Aug 18, 07 10:00 AM	SallyShapiro	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	I highly recommend the Wok Wiz tour. Our leader, Lola, was friendly, knowledgeable, and worked hard to make sure that everyone could hear her and stay with her as we toured. We had a much better understanding of Chinatown than we would have if we had just walked through ourselves. The dim sum lunch was great and we couldn't even begin to finish all of the food served to us.
	learned lots and had fun Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Aug 17, 07 10:00 AM	Joelle56	Female	50-59	International Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	Great to walk through Chinatown with someone who grew up there...went to places, eg. Taoist Temple, tea shop and herbalist that I might not have entered on my own...Alberta was very knowledgeable and her stories were great. A family member who was with me had some trouble hearing on the busy streets....perhaps some accompanying written material would be helpful. Enjoyed the stop for a lunch at the end of the trip.,..food was good and a nice way to take leave of Chinatown.
	A glimpse into Chinese Culture Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Aug 17, 07 10:00 AM	buddah	Male	20-29	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	My wife and I greatly enjoyed the tour. Our tour guide, Alberta, was very informative and really showed us the real Chinatown. Our favorite parts were the temple visit and the tea tasting. Highly recommended!
	Chinatown 101 Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Aug 15, 07 10:00 AM	davidhdavis	Male	60-69	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	If you have only one chance to see Chinatown or are just starting out, this is the place to begin. Our 73 year old Chinese host, born and raised in Chinatown, is a historic treasure in herself. She knows the neighborhood inside and out. Having been a school teacher (including English as a second language in China), she remembered each of our names throughout the tour. This sharp, 5'-2", animated, ball of energy had no problem hearing our questions and makling herself understood. She didn't just lecture but interacted on a personal level at each stop. She exuded pride and excitement from start to finish. By the time we were finished, we felt like we had been led around by an old friend. The pace moves along we never felt hurried. There was always time to snap a picture. I took lots of them. See the places that you might hesitate to stop or otherwise miss. Always safe and fun. I wish I had brought a tape recorder as well.
	Interesting Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Mon, Aug 13, 07 10:00 AM	ajackphd	Female	50-59	Local	Individual
	The tour was a lot of fun and very informative. The restaurant food was mediocre. I would prefer an authentic, well-prepared dim sum experience. Also I missed having the guide at my table, because I wanted to ask more questions. I really enjoyed the guide and the other places we visited. Tea tasting, temple, fortune cookie factory, grocery shopping and learning about the groceries and cemetary rituals. I would like to have stopped into an herb shop and learned about the various Chinese herbs and how they are measured and used. I saw a couple buying two identical packages of a small amount of various herbs that were measured out carefully, but I was alone and it wasnt comfortable to be so nosy as to ask. I would have liked to learn about chinese medicine, the games the old men were playing in the park and in the back rooms of guild houses and what the locals' day to day life is like and how they treat common ailments. I would very much like to go on another tour and see different things as there seems to be so much to see and learn about local customs and beliefs in SF's Chinatown. I would like to attend a temple ceremony and learn about feng shui and festivals but we didnt get to that. I really enjoyed learning about the history from someone who grew up there and hearing the personal stories about that from the guide. Keep up the good work. It was a tour to remember and I will be back for another one.
	Good and educational Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sun, Aug 12, 07 10:00 AM	sequoia8	Male	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	My parents and my wife really enjoyed the background information on the culture and the China town area. Guide was enthusiastic and very knowledgable.
	OK, But Nothing Special Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Aug 11, 07 10:00 AM	wizzie2	Male	50-59	Local	Individual
	Maybe I was naive but I thought being lead around Chinatown by Chinese-Americans, with backgrounds in Chinese cooking and a history in the neighborhood, would be something special. It wasn't. Our tour guide was friendly and enthusiastic but, frankly, dull. I wanted ancedotes about the Chinese struggle for equality or 19th century opium dens but there wasn't much of that kind of story-telling (though there was an interesting ancedote about Chinese schools). The meal was a disappointment, too. The restaurant was shabby and the food was good but ordinary. Nothing you can't get in any US city these days. On the plus side, the tour was well-organized and I enjoyed the stops at a Grant Street tea shop and a Chinese temple.
	Definitely worth your time and money Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Thu, Aug 9, 07 10:00 AM	eah39b	Female	20-29	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	Our leader through Chinatown, Chuck, was excellent. We really enjoyed his sense of humor and found him extremely knowledgeable. I think my family will have a different lens for our next walk through Chinatown. We will know that the men we thought were playing games in the plaza are actually gambling. We will know what different vegetables are used for... I highly recommend this tour.
	Really experience Chinatown Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Thu, Aug 9, 07 10:00 AM	havanaduck	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	We could have wandered around for hours and thought Chinatown was just a bunch of tourist type shops. Instead, we got an insider's look at the area. The fortune cookie factory and the tea shop were fun to experience. The young lady at the tea shop did a great job explaining teas and giving us a sample. Chuck, our guide gave us a lot of history about the area that we would otherwise not have known. Well worth the money.
	Eye Opening!! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Aug 8, 07 10:00 AM	toys4sale	Female	50-59	Local	Group of Friends
	We have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area All of our lives, and were enchanted by the special world of China Town we discovered by taking your tour. It was an enchanting day. We especially loved our Guides stories about China Town, The Tea Sampling and the delicious Dim Sum. Thank you so much for a day that was educational as well as delightful.
	Loved it.. Alberta was wonderful Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Aug 8, 07 10:00 AM	pamelasoper	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	Our tour guide was Alberta..and she was eager to let us know about where she grew up. wonderful insight .and explained very well......... Food was GREAt...... My husband and i thought it was money well spent and had a wonderful time. Anyone would love it especially if they like chinese food. like we do. thanks......

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