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    3.7 (42 reviews)
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    E1. Salty Rice Balls / 咸汤圆 E7. Rice Vermicelli / 赖粉 *Salted waffle with taro*
    Jenny M.

    Came here on winter solstice and had beef stew wonton, salted waffle, and SALTY RICE BALLS! Everyone knows it's a cultural thing for today ^_^ yumm! Everything tasted great with no MSG! Will definitely be back to try out many other items ! Service 5 star! Food 5 star! Ambience 5 star! Lovin the slow chinese jam on their playlist.

    Thai spicy basil
    Ken L.

    Its a good place for some hk cantonese style and Thai food. Had the Thai spicy basil, it not the same but its good.

    May T.

    The food are incredible good, and the service are really nice . Must try. love it during rain day, and love it when I miss home

    豬雜米粉
    Yami C.

    Delicious food, the noodle soup was really good, and good service. Although there were a few Thai dishes on the menu that may not be authentic, but might worth a try. Will definitely come back. 很適合南方人口味.

    Be good, super close my hometown taste! Is amazing! We come here once a week; we really enjoy this hometown flavor.

    Udon with duck and chicken
    Tony Y.

    A surprising wonderful place to enjoy a unique meal with Chinese and Thai fushion. One must try this place. A great find for us.

    Real authentic canto comfort food

    Real authentic canto comfort food! Ordered the clay pot rice noodles and a plate of grilled meat, and everything was solid. The soup was clean and comforting, and the clay pot kept it hot the entire time. Ingredients tasted fresh and the portion was generous. The grilled meat was nicely seared, tender, and well-seasoned without being overly salty. Overall, it's a great spot if you're looking for something warm, satisfying, and not too heavy. Would definitely come back and recommend it to friends.

    Dried fried wings. Don't get the lemongrass they are not fried like this.
    Dorothy D.

    Very nice hidden gem in San Leandro. We were looking for Chinese food and yelp pulled this place up. I wouldn't. Call it Chinese at all, more Thai fusion. Very very tasty with organ meats which are done in a variety of ways. The service is very pleasant. She made mw u suggestions and helped us order better. The ambiance was cute. Clean and comfy. The restrooms are clean too.

    Chicken skewer

    Bad service, bad food, she didn't even give me sauce! We shared the first skewer and it was trash!!!!! Quickly fried no seasoning NOTHING!!

    Menu September 2023
    Alicia L.

    Based off of previous reviews, my boyfriend and I were definitely hesitant to try this place.. but because it seems that there are no other Chinese skewer spots in the vicinity (Allie Daddy switched from skewers to sushi, and we didn't feel like driving all the way out to Fremont/Milpitas), we gave this place a shot. The menu is pretty light, so it makes it easier to decide what you want to eat. We ordered a little lighter since we weren't too sure of the place yet. Skewers: Beef Skewers ($4.99 for 3) - Good flavor! However, not consistently cooked... the first skewer my boyfriend tried was completely raw in the middle. The other two skewers were cooked a good medium rare. Lightly seasoned and a little sweet in comparison to most Chinese skewer spots that hurt throw on a ton of cumin. We notified the workers about the raw skewer and they recooked us a new batch, but overcooked it the best time to make sure it was fully cooked through -_- but it still had decent flavor and was still somewhat tender with a slight jerkier consistency.. Pork Jowl ($4.99 for 3) - Cooked well. Fatty, large pieces. Solid choice. Lemongrass Chicken Wings ($9.99) - This dish threw me off. It came out looking like a xylophone sorted from biggest size chicken wing to the tiniest wing they could cook. And it looked absolutely NOTHING like the picture someone else posted of the same chicken wings (confirmed with the waitress that the picture was of the same order; just cooked differently). So weird. Tasted fine though. And they gave us 6 wings instead of 5, probably because the wings were so small. Cheese w/ Beef Pancake ($8.99) - THIS. This was good. So simple, yet comforting. Beef was tender, pancake was fluffy and crispy, yet glutinous. The only note is that it's a bit oily, so they could probably lay it on a paper towel to absorb some of that oil or something underneath, but otherwise I loved it. Personally, I'd come here again. But based on the reviews, that's probably because I didn't try their Thai food. Lol, the theme of Thai food confuses me for that place. Don't think I've ever been to a Chinese spot trying to be a Thai restaurant too. But safe to say that their Chinese representation of food worked for us. We did get a bubbly stomach shortly after though, heh, so be forewarned. Ambiance wise, it's a cute small, cozy spot.

    the worst basil chicken i've ever had. They legit took drumsticks and cut them up into little pieces.
    Janel L.

    You do not get what you pay for at this establishment. Paid $15 for a small container of bones! Wtf, Thai Chicken basil that was all bones? They cut drumsticks into small pieces. Nothing but bones, fat and skin. Someone may really enjoy this type of meal but not I. I was beyond difficult to eat without using your hands. Horrible.

    E7. Rice Vermicelli / 赖粉

    Nice little cute Chinese restaurant in San Leandro. The taste of home town. Staffs are friendly.

    RIP Licensed 2 Grill! You will be sorely missed.  However, it looks like a cozy new Chinese restaurant will be taking its spot!  01/30/23

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    Authentic food, quick service. Good rice and soup dishes. Smaller space off of the highway, but don't sleep on it!

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    The food was really good. I especially enjoyed the Thai basil beef which paired really nicely with the white rice.

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    The foods taste horrible no favorite. Foods are expensive, and food quality is terrible. I will not recommended.

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    Good quality and fresh food. Price is fair. The workers are very friendly.

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    3.8(176 reviews)
    2.3 mi
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    Came in for dinner on a Thursday night, they were not that business. The service was good and…read moreattentive. All their plates were huge portions and everything tasted great and authentic. Appetizer Combo Platter is the BEST value for your bucks. It came with Salt & Pepper Fish Fillet, Salt & Pepper Calamari, Tempura Green Beans, Crispy Shrimp Chips. 100/5 Honey Walnut Shrimps, perfectly made. 5/5 Mongolian Beef, large pieces of very tender beef stir-fried with red and white onions. 5/5 Singapore Style Vermicelli has the perfect Wok-Hei (smoky flavour) with curry. 5/5 Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lan) Stir-Fried with minced garlic. 5/5 Lobster E-Fu Noodle, lobster was perfectly made and the noodles had good flavors. 5/5 All the dishes came out pretty fast. Differently coming back!!!

    Let me start with this was a door dash order. Everything arrived warm and as ordered. Secondly…read morenothing was inedible. However 100% of the food was bland. Nothing distinct . I have never did this about any Chinese food before but everything lacked salt. There were a few pieces of garlic and a few pieces of ginger in two of our dishes. We had a tiny bit of soy sauce left in the house that my husband got to before my daughter and I ate. He lucked out. The food was fresh. The veggies were perfectly cooked. But there was zero flavor. No sauce with two of the dishes that claimed to have some. Just boring. Tonight , the day after I chopped up most of the leftovers and made a soup. So it it is not going int the trash. However if I was not someone who knows how to cook it would have been in the bin. I hope that HKC can take this review and do better.

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    2.9(1.1k reviews)
    0.7 mi
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    Came here for dim sum and there was a long waiting list. The food was mediocre…read more There must be lots of MSG because I kept drinking water afterwards.

    I came here for a family birthday dinner. It's located in greenhouse so there's plenty of parking…read morearound, even if it means just a tiny bit further away. The restaurant is really big and we sat at a table for 14 pretty comfortably. We were also here on a Saturday night and the restaurant was full. The service is your typical Chinese restaurant vibe where you leave a little bit emotionally abused after paying for overly priced menu items. We did the à la cart and easily spent up to $1500. Better off with the family plan meal but nothing was of interest to us except one or two dishes. It took forever to come out and I mean FOREVER to a point where we almost cancelled a few dishes and called it a night, but they kept saying it's being made. With as many people and as massive as the restaurant was, and the price tags, I was expecting a more efficient service. A couple of times we saw our dish being brought to the wrong table and the people going "oh we didn't order this." With all of that out of the way, I am giving them an average score of 3 starts because the food did bring them back up. It was actually really good. My favorite of all things we ordered was their sea bass with string beans. The sea bass was fried crispy, garnished salty and still soft inside. It paired really well with the string beans. We ordered a bunch of other things that I couldn't tell you what the name was in English and they were above average taste wise. Their complimentary dessert however, was mass produced and tasted like they added too much water to it. This was the only one I was disappointed in. I still say this place is extremely overpriced but for a family meal experience and if you ever want to impress a date, why not.

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    Jin Gege - Sweet and sour fish

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    3.4(155 reviews)
    0.7 mi
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    Moon Cake Festival brought a long crowd of people & after almost 2 hrs.we finally got to eat. It…read morecan be confusing with the shared space w/Yao Yao, but you can basically order everything from their menu at Jin Gege as well & sit at either side. Staffing on the Yao Yao was only 1 waitress & a waiter bot. Orders: Sour Shredded Potato $16.95- crunchy potato sticks w/oil, chili peppers & seasoning. A different menu than other places & it was good, just a little oily. Garlic Pea Sprout $19.95-tender pea sprouts w/garlic bulbs cooked together makes this my favorite vegetable dish. Combo BBQ platter $29-BBQ pork, chicken & soy sauce chicken gives you a variety but my favorite was the pork. I am not used to the bony chicken pieces & having to de-bone them myself so I wouldn't order this again. Shrimp & BBQ pork Fried Rice $17-nice wok heat w/fresh pierces of shrimp made this a satisfying dish. It was a little bland but ok. Golden Soup Pickled Fish (S)$22.95-for the price this was the best bargain. The fish fillets are tender & the perfect size. The broth was a bit oily but still excellent & the star of the show. The slight tangy broth bc of the pickled vegetables gives this dish its unique flavor profile & my favorite. In addition to this, I was surprised w/a few pieces of potato noodle hidden inside this gem that gave it a chewy texture. Other than going on a hectic day, I'm sure service would be better on a weekday.

    Their menu inside and their receipts spell their name as one word...Jingege. Why different on this…read morelisting? There's usually a pretty good line right by the register, so this place is pretty well known by the Asian locals. Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup ($16/2*) First outing here I sat for lunch and tried this. Surprisingly disappointing seeing how busy and popular this place is. The wontons were okay, decent flavor with a strong sesame oil presence. But they weren't that plump and luxurious, just seemed like homemade/amateur versions. Which is fine, except given the nicer restaurant feel, I just expected something more elevated. The noodles were fine, super thin egg noodles that had a nice QQ. BUT their broth was so bland and unremarkable that it kinda ruined the whole experience. I couldn't even taste/detect the protein that made up the stock, just tasted like murky liquid to me. And zero condiments on the table, so I just ate the wontons and the plain tasting noodles cuz the broth couldn't offer anything to the noodles. Womp womp. And their bowl of choice is very weird to eat from. Super tall bowl that if you leave a spoon in there it will sink and be submerged for you to fish out...in piping hot liquid. If I would have reviewed this place just on this one visit, then it surely would have been a sub 3* rating. But I knew I couldn't leave my impression with that one lone visit. Roast Duck - Half ($20/4*) Came back for some take-out deli items and I was handsomely rewarded. Total 180 experience from the soup outing. Their ducks here are slightly more expensive than most others for the area. But it is still worth it imo. They cut it with good skill and even for a take-out box they present it nicely, with the shape of duck still somewhat intact. The skin is not crisp at all but it is very well rendered. Some pieces were not that salty at all but some other pieces are well seasoned, which I thought was strange. But overall a very solid roast duck is to be found here. There's also a big scoop of these tiny beans that are slightly sweet almost like baked beans just not as gloopy. But the bean texture is very al dente, almost crunchy, which I found very strange. Macao Roast Pork w/ Rice ($19/4.5*) This is crazy good...I'll even say special. Super seasoned pork belly is roasted til the skin gets crisp...like chicharon status, except it is just a very thin layer of crispness. So the balance between the sturdy crunch and juicy flavorful meat was practically perfect. It is definitely on the salty side, almost the same intenseness as eating Spam with white rice, but white rice offsets those salty components beautifully. And they garnish this massive plate with perfectly blanched gai lan (Chinese Broccoli) and some other pickled greens that add a nice sweet and tangy component. So between the decadent pork, white rice and diverse greens offerings just made this a complete one stop shop that could make a regular out of me. There's also a Share Tea next door so I've got a harmonious tandem going on here. Lucky Ducky Me yassss!

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    Asia Delight #2 - 4/24/25 FYI. Got here too early. Not fully open yet.

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    3.3(227 reviews)
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    This was my second time getting food from Asia Delight #2. The first time I tried the shrimp with…read moremixed vegetables, which was very flavorful, and the pork ribs in black bean sauce, which were also really good. This time I ordered the yellow curry chicken and the fried pork ribs. The ribs were just okay, a little too fatty for me. The yellow curry chicken I would not order again. It was very bland and watery compared to other yellow curries I have had, which usually have more depth and umami. I even tried adding salt to improve it but it did not help. On top of that, the potato chunks were huge, almost the size of a tennis ball, which threw off the dish. I also got their thin chow mein noodles, which I prefer over the thick ones, and a hot and sour soup. The soup was actually one of the highlights. It had the sourness I look for since most places fall short on that, although it was a bit too salty and I had to add some water. Still, I would definitely order it again. Overall, this spot feels like one of the better fast food style Chinese places in the area. I would come back, but I would stick to certain dishes.

    Stopped by for a quick Chinese takeout and it hit the spot. We ordered the chow mein noodles, salt…read more& pepper fish, and General Chicken. Everything was tasty and came out quickly, which made it perfect for a fast meal. The chubby noodles had a nice texture, the salt & pepper fish was crispy and flavorful, and the General Chicken had a good balance of sweet and savory. It's a solid option when you want something quick and easy, and they have a lot of different dishes to choose from as it's similar to Panda Express setup but authentic food.

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