Terry P. wrote: > > >While there are a lot of good Chinese restaurants on Castro, a >quantum leap in quality can be had a short distance up El Camino >at Hunan Home's. The food is a lot better than the typical Castro >fare and the wait staff is wonderful. They even do Mongolian beef >the *proper* way, using shallots instead of bell peppers. (They >offer Mongolian chicken, too, which I've never seen anywhere else.) I've tried Hunan Home's three times on the net's recommendation and have been unhappy all three times. I've learned my lesson and will not be back. Not that the food is bad exactly. But it's boring. No flavor. No innovation in the menu. Not cooked noticeably better than anyone else does it. I don't understand why this place gets the raves it does. My only theory is the dearth of good Chinese restaurants in the area here and people go there because other places are worse.
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