Unfortunately, I have gone from a Yes to a No. We have to go out of town to attend a memorial service of a close friend next weekend. I will miss meeting you all. :-(

LOL, did I overstep an inner circle boundary to deserve your sarcasm Loveitaly? My sincere apologies if commenting is reserved only for senior Fodorites. I thought this board is about sharing personal experience to help others.
I only wrote about our spotty experience because we were so impressed by E Tutto Qua where the previous March GTG was held so we had assumed Henry Hunan would be another Fodorite secret gem. Henry Hunan might have been great at one time but must have declined ever since judging from the serious lack of customers and dirty appearance. To highlight the positive again, the meat pie was enjoyable even without the peanut sauce which they apparently forgot to serve us.
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I found some recent internet reviews of Henry Hunan which mentioned the unusual weird taste that we thought was an accidental contamination in their oil:

I'M NOT A PICKY EATER AT ALL...but this place was rude and disgusting.
Before you read, let me first say that it was my first time there and that I always order the most standard dish before trying other stuff to check out their quality....
So I ordered the Orange Chicken for take out and $10 later I got balled up questionable chicken breaded and marinated in slimy grease. I bravely tasted it only to be REPULSED BY SOME FUNKY TASTE...ugh
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THIS IS THE FIRST MEAL I'VE ACTUALLY REGRETTED IN A LONG TIME. I've been to the Henry's Hunan over in SOMA and always enjoyed it. Is it my imagination or is this location a LOT worse?! Everything we had was sooooo greasy. I literally feel sick right now, and we finished a couple of hours ago. Normally I'm eager to take leftoevers.. I'll even feast on a Chinese leftover breakfast, but I couldn't be paid to take them from here. I'd go through the list of what we ordered, but it's not even worth it. There are so many restaurants close by.... steer clear.

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I WASN"T REALLY IMPRESSED. The food isn't necessarily bad but, this place always seems like a rat trap you would see on the TV show "Dirty Jobs." I kind of feel like it's a Dirty Job to eat here. The tables are always sopping wet after they wipe it down and so are the plates and silverware they bring you as well. The service is fast and the food is cheap.

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BAD SERVICE, BORDERLINE RUDE WAITRESS. She might as well said "You order food, you eat, and you get out". After taking the order the food came lightning fast. I ordered Beef and Broccoli and Fried Rice. The rice was good, the Beef and Broccoli was really greasy and had a FUNKY FLAVOR.
service = rude but fast
food = greasy and nasty (except for the rice)
parking = Impossible

Cat, I agree, that's an odd post! By the way, this weekend was a Nike Marathon, no wonder there was no street parking! We're going Friday, it's a weeknight. Food? Well, we'll help them stay in business :))

Yes:
Abranz
Cat(Mrs)
Chiao and Leone
Faina
Framboise
Giovanna
LindaL
LoveItaly
Patrick and Lee
Paula
P_M
Ronda and Dan
Shanghainese
Stu Dudley
ThereYet
Trvl Maven and Mr Maven

Maybe:
DMlove
Kal
LucieV
Surfergirl
ToedToes

LoveItaly, I always have computer with Internet access at home! I just don't have time to use it, that's all.

Giovanna, you've got mail from

[email protected]

And for new people who're joining, look for a Fodor's orange tote bag to recognize the group (if I can be there early)

Question to everybody: should I take Midpeninsula off the attendee list?

Oh, yeah, she is CiaoLeone on this list.

Sorry Ncounty, I've missed you, I sure want to see you again!

Yes:
Abranz
Cat(Mrs)
Faina
Framboise
Giovanna
LindaL
LoveItaly
Patrick and Lee
Paula
P_M
Ronda and Dan
Shanghainese
Stu Dudley
ThereYet
Trvl Maven and Mr Maven

Maybe:
DMlove
Kal
LucieV
Ncounty
Surfergirl
ToedToes

And one more time, there are many Hunan's in San Francisco, we're going to 924 Sacramento St @ Vallejo.

<<the peanut sauce which they apparently forgot to serve us. >>

Haha, that the thing, you have to ask for it. LOL :)

thereyet

cat-Yes that would be great if you want to take BART together. And ncounty if you can meet us, too, that would be even better.

There is a chance I will be getting a car. Some of that depends if LoveItaly needs a ride home on Sat or we decide to go out of the city on Sat (Muir Woods?) if I don't drive LI home.

Midpenisula-I don't think LoveItaly's comment had anything to do with a Fodor's inner circle. If you really are a long time poster, why did you register with a new name and have only used it once? Obviously you can see why we are confused. And if you were at the March GTG at E Tutto Qua, then identify yourself.

Faina-Did you mean 924 Sansome Street for the Henry Hunan's?

Yea!!! I will be able to attend....just bought my plane tickets. I fly into SFO. Faina and Paula, it will be great to see you again! I am looking forward to meeting everyone else.....

I won't be able to ride with you Paula since I'll be at SFO and you'll be at OAK. Let's plan to meet up mid to late afternoon with Cat when we all get into town.

OUCH! SANSOME, SANSOME, I'll write it down 500 times :) Thank you, Paula!

Yes:
Abranz
Cat(Mrs)
Faina
Framboise
Giovanna
LindaL
LoveItaly
Ncounty
Patrick and Lee
Paula
P_M
Ronda and Dan
Shanghainese
Stu Dudley
ThereYet
Trvl Maven and Mr Maven

Maybe:
DMlove
Kal
LucieV
Surfergirl
ToedToes

ncounty-Don't know what time you are getting in? Right now we are all meeting at Fisherman's Wharf for a Bay Cruise. The cruise is at 2:30. Will you be able to make that?

Paula, when do you arrive in Oakland? I was going to email you but I am not positive I have the right email. I think I have it but do you sill have mine? It is my screen name at aol. Maybe we can figure out a place to meet.

cat, Oakland International is a wonderful small airport and it will be very easy to find each other. There are only two terminals, so even if you are in different terminals it is no problem at all.

If yo are both taking the BART shuttle, the island where the shuttle picks you up is a good place to meet. :)

thereyet

Bruce is right. AirBART now makes only one stop. Exchange your cell phone numbers in e-mail.

Paula- I land at 1:13pm so I don't think I'll get to the cruise on time. I'll see you guys at the dinner then.

Yes:
Abranz
Cat(Mrs)
Chiao and Leone
Faina
Framboise
Giovanna
LindaL
LoveItaly
Ncounty
Patrick and Lee
Paula
P_M
Ronda and Dan
Shanghainese
Stu Dudley
ThereYet
Trvl Maven and Mr Maven

Maybe:
DMlove
Kal
Surfergirl
ToedToes

When will those 4 know if they're coming or not?

I am going to call the Resto now and will tell them we have 21, but I will tell them give us + or - 5, to be more rough about it.

Still nothing from Katie, should I drop her another EM?

thereyet

Yes, sure! Katie's posting on Fodor's, so now is good time to e-mail.

Is it too early to plan the next GTG? :)) April 25 2009 Petaluma butter and eggs day parade. Mark your calendars.

Now back to Friday GTG.