(415) 564-3481
Continuing on the Chronicle’s bargain bites path, I went with a couple friends to check out this restaurant. Did it really qualify for cheap eats, by San Francisco Chinese food standards? We went for a Saturday lunch, it was a nice day, and so we drove way out there to Vicente and the 40s.
First observations:
Ok in Yelp the first reviewer has called this place Topz, and I believe that’s what the sign on the door says in the little strip mall in San Mateo, but I’m staring at the receipt and it says “Tops Burger & Grill.” Go figure.
Including tax, my Cheeseburger lunch special included almost McDonald-like fries, and a medium-sized (?) soda, for $4.32. Not bad. Or is it?
The chain that bakes its own Vietnamese sandwich bread rolls, and sells a variety of Vietnamese sandwiches with other Asian snack delights, is set to open up a franchise in San Francisco. Looks like the store is slated to open in December 2006..no word on if they’ll be delayed or not.
I can’t wait. I discovered what everyone else living on the Peninsula already knows. Lee’s Sandwiches are pretty dang tasty. I visited the one in Fremont and ordered up 3 sandwiches for a team of us out helping with a team playing in a Washington High School volleyball tournament.
Grubgirl was recently invited to partake in eating some home-cooked fried chicken at a friend’s house. (The recipe for the fried chicken batter was taken from a Wall Street Journal article, of which I don’t have the exact link since I don’t have access to the “paid subscribers” section.)
My friend was able to make the fried chicken without the help of an official deep fryer. Rather, he used a deep stock pot with a cooking thermometer hanging on the side.
Next, he purchased warehouse-sized cooking oil from Costco.
