Newbie who's new in town - need some advice

I haven't been there in a while but as far as Chinese goes in the east bay - try Hong Kong East Ocean, it is in Emeryville, on the water.  I was at there sister restaraunt in Kowloon and it was excellent.  On a smaller scale Liu's Kitchen on Solano has always been good.

Also, as far as Spenger's go.  You can't go to far wrong ordering (as suggested by the other post) a simple dish.  Stay away from heavy sauces and they do ALOT of fried food there.  The bread is great as is the chowder - and if you like oysters and eggs, the Hangtown Fry is not half bad.

Philip H. wrote:
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> Someone wrote:
> >Eric M. wrote:
> >
> >>Someone wrote:
> >>: I'll ignore the "virus" post that was made. People never cease to amaze me.
> >>
> >>The original post by  was yet another crappy marketing
> >>spam thinly veiled as an actual worthwile Usenet post (as a DejaNews
> >>search quickly confirms). _That_ never ceases to amaze/sadden me.  If the
> >>said poster actually wanted help and advice on matters of ba.food, surely
> >>he/she could have just asked for it without forcing a stupid corporate web
> >>page down our throats?
> >>
> >>Eric
> >
> >So you felt compelled to lie to everyone about the guy's website as
> >opposed to simply stating what it was and allowing the rest of us to
> >simply make up our minds like adults....thanks....you must be a joy to
> >be around.
>
> He was right.  You are wrong.
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> The real problem was the person who made the first, deceptive post.  What
> is wrong with expressing what we felt upon learning that an apparently
> earnest appeal for help was really an attempt to sneak some ulterior
> motivated money thing into our newsgroup.  Funny, I saw netcom.com and
> correctly guessed the faux free thinking nature of your reply.
>
>                                                 Philip
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> p.s. Since I would like this post to be relevant, I was wondering:
> Berkeley has dozens of Chinese restuarants, but few of them are anything
> beyond the ordinary.  I was wondering if anyone would recommend a Chinese
> restuarant in the East Bay area.  Also, my friend is having his birthday
> dinner at Spenger's in west Berkeley.  Instead of telling me you like or
> dislike the place, I want to know what dishes stand out on the menu.
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