Mission Chinese Food

"Sometimes, it’s so cold and dreary that a true classic is in order — such is the case with the Mission Chinese mapo tofu. Loaded with chiles and lemongrass, this silky, hot bowl does make your tongue tingle - but it also comforts like no other. Our favorite spin includes pork, but the vegetarian mushroom option is equally great." - Flora Tsapovsky

"Mission Chinese, the former of which introduced her to non-industrially produced bread and the latter she adores for its impeccable wok technique and cabbage with pistachio milk." - Paolo Bicchieri

"Serves a vanilla bean panna cotta—and lest you think it’s boring, it comes with pop rocks that fizz in your mouth with each bite." - ByGenevieve Yam

"Stop for Mission Chinese Food in San Francisco You could walk right by this incredibly popular restaurant on Mission Street and not even be able to tell what it was, thanks to the misleading “Lung Shan Restaurant” sign out front. What will tip you off? The incredibly long lines of San Francisco’s foodiest hipsters waiting to get inside the dive-y restaurant and eat Sichuan-laced, inventive Chinese dishes like sour chili chicken and kung pao pastrami. Mission Chinese has two branches—the second is in New York City—but the San Francisco location is what turned the young chef Danny Bowien into a household name. Mission Chinese has eat in, take out, and delivery; no reservations or parties of more than eight. They’re open from 11:30 am to 3 pm and 5 to 10:30 pm Thursdays to Tuesdays."

"Last week's example was Chris Crowley's look at the culture at Mission Chinese, where a Black dishwasher was burned with hot oil and regularly called 'boy.'" - Amanda Kludt