"Tú Lan’s imperial rolls alone earn it a spot on this guide. They’re fried until bubbly and a deep golden brown, and loaded with enough pork and noodles to constitute a meal. But visit this decades-old, classic spot in SoMa for their other entrées, too—like the saucy ginger chicken, and anything involving the charred pork straight off the open kitchen’s grill. Snake your way to the tables in the back of the long space if you want to stay a while, or swing by and take home a fragrant haul in a plastic bag." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez
Melissa Zink