San Francisco: D&A Cafe
When we went to Burma Superstar, we passed by D&A Cafe, which my Chicago friend told me she heard was a cheap and authentic Chinese restaurant:
A quick peek inside convinced AF and I of this, as the entire restaurant was filled with Chinese people. Nobody knows good, cheap Chinese food like Chinese people.
So when AF asked me last week if I wanted to meet up for dinner at D&A, I didn't even have to think about it. And when she told me that we could get happy hour prices if we ordered before 6:00pm, I made sure to take off from work a few minutes early so that I could hop on the earliest bus possible. Food is that important, yo.
When we got to D&A, the restaurant was moderately filled with people:
Mostly Asian.
Happy hour occurs 3 times a day at D&A: 8-11am, 3-6pm, and 10pm-1am. If you go during those times, you get to order off the special happy hour menu where dishes are either $2.75, $3.28, or $4.28. Oh, yea. Given those prices, can anyone blame us for going a bit crazy?
Brace yourselves. Here's what we ordered that night.
Beef stew fun soup ($2.75):
Spicy beef tendon ($3.28):
I'd never had sliced tendon like that before. While good, I think I still prefer my tendon in large, buttery chunks.
Curry fish ball and pig's skin ($2.75):
Definitely my least favorite of the night. The curry was totally bland and the pork skin was...soggy. According to AF, that's how a lot of Cantonese people eat it, but I like my pork skin roasted and crisp.
Fried pig's intestine ($3.28):
Oh, fried intestine, it's been too long since I last had you in my tummy. Thank you, D&A, for satisfying my deepest craving.
We originally stopped there. But after the food arrived and we found that we still had some time before 6:00 rolled around, we ignored all the warning bells that went off in our heads and ordered 2 more dishes.
There was the fried squid ($2.75):
Kinda like a McDonald chicken nugget, but with squid. Freshly fried and oh so good.
And the fried chicken wing ($2.75):
I think we ordered the wrong one. There was a $4.28 salt & pepper chicken wing, but we thought the $2.75 one was just a smaller portion of it. Still good, but not what we expected. Plus, I was so stuffed by then that I couldn't do more than pick at it.
We also got an iced lemon tea and an iced milk tea for $1.38 each:
As expected, while the food was good, it wasn't exceptional. But at those prices...who cares? Super cheap, decent food, lots of fried options...basically a recipe for happiness.
Not that I was in a happy mood by the end of our meal. We surreptitiously checked the tables around us and no joke...the two of us ate more than a table of 3 old men as well as a table of 4 young guys. AF and I were BEASTLY that night. I was in PAIN when we walked out the door.
I really need to learn to listen to those warning bells...
D&A Cafe
407 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-7882
A quick peek inside convinced AF and I of this, as the entire restaurant was filled with Chinese people. Nobody knows good, cheap Chinese food like Chinese people.
So when AF asked me last week if I wanted to meet up for dinner at D&A, I didn't even have to think about it. And when she told me that we could get happy hour prices if we ordered before 6:00pm, I made sure to take off from work a few minutes early so that I could hop on the earliest bus possible. Food is that important, yo.
When we got to D&A, the restaurant was moderately filled with people:
Mostly Asian.
Happy hour occurs 3 times a day at D&A: 8-11am, 3-6pm, and 10pm-1am. If you go during those times, you get to order off the special happy hour menu where dishes are either $2.75, $3.28, or $4.28. Oh, yea. Given those prices, can anyone blame us for going a bit crazy?
Brace yourselves. Here's what we ordered that night.
Beef stew fun soup ($2.75):
Spicy beef tendon ($3.28):
I'd never had sliced tendon like that before. While good, I think I still prefer my tendon in large, buttery chunks.
Curry fish ball and pig's skin ($2.75):
Definitely my least favorite of the night. The curry was totally bland and the pork skin was...soggy. According to AF, that's how a lot of Cantonese people eat it, but I like my pork skin roasted and crisp.
Fried pig's intestine ($3.28):
Oh, fried intestine, it's been too long since I last had you in my tummy. Thank you, D&A, for satisfying my deepest craving.
We originally stopped there. But after the food arrived and we found that we still had some time before 6:00 rolled around, we ignored all the warning bells that went off in our heads and ordered 2 more dishes.
There was the fried squid ($2.75):
Kinda like a McDonald chicken nugget, but with squid. Freshly fried and oh so good.
And the fried chicken wing ($2.75):
I think we ordered the wrong one. There was a $4.28 salt & pepper chicken wing, but we thought the $2.75 one was just a smaller portion of it. Still good, but not what we expected. Plus, I was so stuffed by then that I couldn't do more than pick at it.
We also got an iced lemon tea and an iced milk tea for $1.38 each:
As expected, while the food was good, it wasn't exceptional. But at those prices...who cares? Super cheap, decent food, lots of fried options...basically a recipe for happiness.
Not that I was in a happy mood by the end of our meal. We surreptitiously checked the tables around us and no joke...the two of us ate more than a table of 3 old men as well as a table of 4 young guys. AF and I were BEASTLY that night. I was in PAIN when we walked out the door.
I really need to learn to listen to those warning bells...
D&A Cafe
407 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-7882
you went, that's great! :D yeah sorry if it wasn't super, but at least cheap like you said!
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