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

Seller:	WokWiz
	Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours/Cooking Co

Ratings Summary: Rating: 4.47

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	# of Reviews	Overall Rating	=	Positive Points	–	Negative Points	% Positive	Average Rating
Last 3 months	121	219		233		14	95%	4.3
Last 6 months	194	374		393		19	95%	4.4
Last 12 months	307	633		656		23	96%	4.5
All	727	1547		1586		39	96%	4.5

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	Overall Rating	% Positive	Average Rating
Wok Wiz Daily Tour	614	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?
	lots of energy, good thoughts and life focus Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Apr 5, 06 9:30 AM	SylviaTuch	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	Dorothy was a 72 yr old incredible woman. I loved her personal touch, a native, loved her enthusiasm. History was fascinating, food emphasis and cultural differences much appreciated. Well worth while.
	Wok Wiz Tour was great Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Apr 5, 06 9:30 AM	mcollins027	Female	20-29	Local	Family Without Children
	I went with my mom on the Wok Wiz tour. The tour and our guide were both wonderful, not to mention the food. Thank you Dorothy -- Meg Collins Mountain View, CA
	Fun Tour with Personal Touch Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Apr 1, 06 10:00 AM	betsynickel	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Other
	This was a tour of the very best type: Personal and intimate. It was as if we were visiting long lost relatives (only better). Shirley was fun and interesting and full of details that enriched our experience. Lunch was great, so good, we went back another evening for dinner. We had a great time. It was the highlight of our trip.
	charming guide Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Mar 31, 06 10:00 AM	jackiebranz	Female	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Individual
	I really enjoyed it - a lot of the history and flavor of China town, and the dim sum was great. I also enjoyed meeting the other people on the tour.
	Great tour!!! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Fri, Mar 31, 06 10:00 AM	mindyappel	Female	30-39	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	My husband and I had the pleasure of taking this tour on a brief visit without our children. I thought the tour was very interesting. Our guide Dorothy was able to show us a side of China Town that we would not have seen (or even found) had we been on our own. The lunch was excellent and would have cost almost as much as the tour if we wanted to order all seven courses. I would highly recommend including this tour as part of your visit to San Francisco.
	Perfect for couples Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Mar 25, 06 10:00 AM	kenbelke	Female	50-59	International Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	My husband and I enjoyed the tour. The information presented was interesting and niether too much or too little. We particularly enjoyed being able to have lunch with others. If just two persons had gone out for lunch you would not have been able to try the vairiety, and may have been hesitant about trying unfamiliar foods. The tour was a great way to experience Chinatown!
	Good for the uniniated Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Mar 22, 06 10:00 AM	dkosovac	Male	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	This tour will give you a glimpse of the veneer of Chinese culture in San Francisco. The commentary along with the cuisine offered is decidely lite. Comments on feng shui were limited to noting the use of the color red in the office meeting place and its connection to wealth. The two hours of guided touring did not include a tea ceremony or a visit to a Buddhist Temple as promised but did include a walk ( run) through a traditional chinese medicine shop and a self-guided visit to a Taoist storefront temple, both without material comment from the guide. The cuisine would have been exotic were this the 1950's when chop suey was the standard. It was not dim sum as advertised and even included a curry chicken dish, off the map of Chinese cuisine. Any fast food take-out street corner chinese would compare favorably. Notably those at our table fell into two camps with their comments i.e., "what is dim sum" and "this isn't dim sum". For the former the meal was exotic. If you are absolute new to Chinese culture this tour may be for you. If you have taken one from column "a" and one from column "b" more than once in your life, I recommend using any general tour guidebook for sightseeing and choose virtually any restaurant in Chinatown. The results will be at least as reawarding. After 20 years, this tour needs substantial revitalization or bifurcation into beginners and culturally adept groups. The guide was born in the community and lives there so her knowledge is unquestionable. In two hours though, she revealed less than necessary to hold our interest.
	excellent Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Mar 22, 06 10:00 AM	sbrosmer	Female	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	As a fifty ish Mom, I loved the history and personal detail offered by our tour guide. It was especially meaningful to learn our guide was born and raised in Chinatown (we even visited her family's original apartment). My teen girls were not quite as enamored of the history tour as me and neither appreciated the great meal. I loved it but would probably not recommend for teens and younger kids.
	Great overview of Chinatown food and culture I Can't Believe I Ate My Way Through Chinatown!
	Wed, Mar 22, 06 10:00 AM	lemkneedler	Male	70+	Local	Couple on a Date
	My wife and I enjoyed the tour very much. We live near Sacramento and come to San Francisco quite often we hadn't visited Chinatown recently. We liked Shirley's humor very much. This is a trip that can be enjoyed by seniors or almost anyone. I would certainly be open to do this again or one Wok Wiz's other tours. By the way my wife and I travel to S. F. by Amtrac and play cards on the way..
	Don't Miss it!!! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Mar 22, 06 10:00 AM	jstromness	Male	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family Without Children
	We thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Our guide was born and raised in Chinatown and was intimately familiar with all the alleyways and shops. She shared stories of her childhood that helped us understand better what it might have been like living and growing up there. The tour finished off with an excellent meal. My wife and I highly recommend this as one of the more memorable events of our San Francisco experience.
	A truly excellent tour Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sat, Mar 18, 06 10:00 AM	rickkos	Male	30-39	Local	Group of Friends
	The Wok Wiz tour is outstanding. I live in San Francisco but now have a new appreciation for my city.....the tour revealed Chinatown in fascinating and fun ways that activated so many senses -- the sights of people carrying on age-old traditions, the smells of the street markets, fish stores, and dim sum lunch, and the sounds of people communicating in a variety of languages and dialects. Our guide was freindly, knowledgable and enthusiastic. Overall, a wonderful experience.
	Our delightful guide made it a great tour! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Wed, Mar 15, 06 10:00 AM	Hughes	Female	40-49	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	We loved the exposure to the history and culture of China Town! Dorothy, our tour guide, was exceptional! Finishing with a Dim Sum lunch was perfect. We really felt that we had an indepth experience that we could not have achieved on our own with a travel guide book. Our kids (ages 11 and 13) loved it as much as we did.
	This tour was GREAT!!! Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Mon, Mar 13, 06 10:00 AM	AnitaCC	Female	30-39	Local	Family Without Children
	I am so glad I went on this tour. It was a last minute thing, but I would definitely do it again. Our guide, Dorothy was so knowledgeable and friendly. She made history come alive as we were walking through the alleys of Chinatown. This is a must to understand not just Chinatown, but San Francisco as a whole.
	Great tour of Chinatown Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Mon, Mar 13, 06 10:00 AM	Thomasclee	Male	50-59	Domestic Tourist(s)	Family With Children
	Dorothy was our guide and was able to personalize the tour by describing personal experiences that she had growing up in Chinatown. We especially liked the visit to the herbal store and how that plays an intricate part in preventative medicine. The discussion on the telephone exchange and how calls were connected also was fascinating. Our 2 daughters went with us. They were on spring break from college and had always avoided eating Chinese food. They actually enjoyed the dim sum lunch that concluded our tour. We would highly recommend this tour and will look forward to taking it again, the next time we go to San Francisco.
	Shirley is wonderful Wok Wiz Daily Tour
	Sun, Feb 26, 06 10:00 AM	bubbybev	Female	60-69	International Tourist(s)	Unspecified
	I so enjoyed my tour of Chinatown with Shirley. She is delightful and so knowledgeable. It was one of the highlights of my trip. I ate at places I would never have known about without Shirley. I had a wonderful time with her and would go again in a minute. Well worth it!!!

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