Yes, I need to learn how to be professional. And how to be kind to my employees.

>:-)

Ahemmmm...Uhhh...Mels...you DO know what a "Pro" is, yah? :-?

Does that mean Faina will teach me how to be a Pro?????

Did I ever tell you the time......?

Of course! Dunno in which field, but I must be a pro in something, doncha think?

Dear Shanghainese:

I would like to RSVP for this fine GTG. I even bid for the day off, and got it!! Count me in!! I'll be there between 6:30-7:00 pm

~:> I may be too chicken to eat the feet, but I'll have to see what else is on the menu!

Melissa- Are you going to be in SF on the weekend (26th/ 27th)? I'd like to meet you and other Fodorites though it's hard for me to get up to SF from San Jose on weekdays (I don't drive).

trippinkpj: You live in San Jose!!!???

I live in the Greater San Jose area also. I'll be picking Melissa up at the airport earlier in the afternoon.

Want to ride with me on the 23rd? We'd love to meet more Fodorites! :)

Hi easytraveler! Hmmmmmm, that's a very nice offer. Are you picking up Melissa at SJC or SFO? If you could email me at [email protected], we can discuss further. :-)

I just googled the Shanghai house and one of the writers said that to get pig's knuckle one must order it a day in advace....$18.95.

Also it said, cash only, fyi. No credit cards.

trippinkpj: I've emailed you! :)

valeriesgallery: are you referring to the Examiner review? She sure can write them up! Made me drool for some of those dishes!

Are you in the Bay Area also? Please join us if you can! >:D<

I'm interested in the pig's knuckles. Anyone else? I'll pre order them if anyone else will eat them with me!

trippin--easytraveler is picking me up at SFO. I will be in San Francisco through Monday, May 28 (I leave at 5:15 PM). On Saturday, the 26th, I have an excursion to wine country with some Hawaii friends. Not sure what the plans are for the rest of the weekend--except running errands for snake bile, fo chong, etc.

LOL Melissa. I am going to check back with easytravel, as I may be able to get a few hours off Wed. afternoon (she would pick me up before she picks you up). I'm not sure if that will work out since I'm the newbie at this job, but I will give it a try.

but are the pigs knuckles pickeled stewed or jellied????

The pig's knuckle's come in two varieties (both have to be preordered)

a) Salt & Pepper Pig Knuckle

b)Pig Knuckle with Brown Sauce (which is the standard "red roasted" Shanghai variety - i.e., stewed in a soy sauce mixture for hours).

The one that Patricia Untermann, food reviewer for the Examiner, tasted was the first one.

Both are $18.95.

There are also a couple of fish (carp) dishes which have to be pre ordered.

Remember that Faina doesn't eat anything associated with that intelligent mammal, the pig. However, I will eat just about anything but chicken feet, duck feet, blood dishes of any kind (no matter how nourishing), and a bunch of other "exotic" delights. So, I'll be happy to share with you, Melissa, as will Shanghainese in most likelihood. Can't speak for the others who will be joining us, so maybe we should hide away at one corner of the table. :)

Have car, will travel.

Will bring my slightly larger car that can seat five, as we have to pick up Faina and Shanghainese.

Oh, boy! Is this going to be FUN! :)

Would you knuck it out :))

If too many people for your car, Easy, I don't have a problem with taking a bus both ways, it's safe for me, and I'm used to it.

Heavens, no! Faina!

Someone could ride on TOP of the car - help us through the traffic jam! :)

oooo. I have never had Pig Feet mentioned in #1. Only #2. I'll take it!!!

LOL....Melissa and her foot fetish!! If you go out with the girl, she's gonna bring out some little footsies for you to gnaw on!!!!

Y'all have fun now, ya heah?

Easy, have you been nipping some of that bastardo :)

valeriesgallery: Thanks for mentioning cash only. Ok if I pre-order the salt/pepper pig knuckles? Looking forward to meeting you!

easytraveler: Which fish dish should we pre-order? And thank you for being the driver, remember I'm bring a car and if you drive your smaller one, I can drive Faina and myself.

trippinkpj: Hope you can make it!

ISeeYouToo: Thanks for the good wishes! I didn't realize Melissa had such a foot fetish! Maybe the rest of us should bring a fetish or two, just to make this a well-rounded gathering!

Faina: That bottle of bastardo is so large, it cannot be sipped. It must be slugged! :)

Last night we had some Sokol Blosser 2001 Pinot Noir with steak for dinner. I had bought that in Oregon a couple of years ago and was saving it. Darn thing gave me such a headache, it's still here today! (Which is why I keep saying that Oregon has a ways to go before its wines can match the worst of Napa-Sonoma! Prejudiced, aren't I?)

Shanghainese: You're back! So thankful you will be helping Melissa with her knuckles! :)

The carp dishes are:

Roasted Carp with Green Onions

Carp Fish and Turnip Soup

both are $12.95.

There's also a Vegetarian Goose which I'm certain Faina will enjoy.

Patricia Untermann wrote about another vegetarian dish: Bean Curd Puff (Kao Fu) which she enjoyed immensely.

There's also a bunch of hot vegetarian dishes.

Wish I could post the menu for all to see! Let me work on that!

trippin: I'm going to check my email now. Hope there's something from you!

easytraveler: could you direct me to the Untermann review, please?

Shanghainese: sho'nuff! :)

http://www.examiner.com/a-657780~Wor...hai_House.html

If this link doesn't work, try getting into the Examiner website, click on San Francisco, click on Entertainment.

I've just spent the last hour reading her reviews and can't wait to try some of those other SF restaurants!

Here, I shortened the link:
http://tinyurl.com/2vuo5g

It sounds just wonderful! I love shredded jellyfish, too. I once had it mixed in with Chinese chicken salad for a new twist on texture. yummy!

"Very drunken chicken, vegetarian goose, juicy hunks of wheat gluten, Fried tofu and glass" - copied from that article! I'm sure I'll have a lot to report :))

Faina! Will you be the drunken chicken, or the vegetarian goose? I feel a new nickname for you coming on....

Thanks! easytraveler and Mels, my mouth is watering.

Faina: You can't eat glass ..., your nickname now is glass noodles, tre chic.

Mels: My mom mixes jellyfish with chicken since chicken was cheaper!

I don't need no name-calling :((

I'll be vegetarian chicken if Kal becomes drunken goose :))

Shanghainese, on the contrary:

http://www.kidsrcrafty.com/edible_glass.htm

"fried tofu and glass"

OK, anyone having any problems with eating "glass [noodles]", or a vegetable running around pretending to be a goose

or have any other dietary restraints

had better speak up now!

Just on time, taking off in 20 minutes :)

Anything vegetarian will do for me. Any drinks - alcohol or not.

Are you going to order in advance or we'll see the menu first, or how will it work out?

Hey, sorry it took me so long to get back this post. As you can see, yes it was the examiner. I would "love" to get the pigs feet, but doubt that I'd eat it jellied. (if I do, you can't tell anyone. It just doesn't sound right :)

I am going to be flying space available, since I work in the airlines. Might make a day or two of it.

It will be fun and silly. After I write this, I have to take some time to read what you all wrote. These posts can be hilarious and dizzy-ing to keep up with!!

Faina: We'll only pre-order the pig knuckles and the fish/carp since it's not available the same day. Everything else we can order when we get there.

Have a great trip!

Valeriesgallery: Glad you're back! Certainly hope you can catch a ride, just tell one of the passengers they've been bumped off because of an emergency on your part! :) Well, it'll be halfway true, You definitely need a knuckles fix and can't wait!

Shanghainese: do you have a choice of the two pre order fish dishes?

Here's the menu. I can't wait for my niece's boy friend to show. Besides, the amount of time he has to explain how to do this will be equal to the time it'll take for me to type up the menu. So, here goes!

SHANGHAI HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO

"DIM SUM"

1. Shanghai Steamed Baby Dumplings (10) $4.95

2. No longer offered

3. Pork & Vegetable Dumplings (10) $4.95

4. Vegetarian Steamed Dumplings (8) $4.95

5. Potstickers (8) $4.95

6. Spring Roll (3) $2.95

7. Green Onion Pancake $3.95

8. Silver Threaded Roll (steam or fry) $3.95

9. Vegetable & Pork Bun (4) $4.25

10. Vegetable Bun (4) $4.25

11. Red Bean Bun (4) $4.25

12. Savory Rice Roll $2.25

13. Sweet Rice Roll $1.95

14. Sweet Soy Bean Milk $0.95

15. Savory Soy Bean Milk $1.50

16. Chinese Donut $1.50

17. Crepes filed with Red Bean Paste $3.95

18. Eight Precious Rice Pudding $3.95

19. Sweet Sesame Ball in Rice Wine $3.95

20. Sweet Sticky Rice Ball in Rice Wine $2.25


"COLD PLATE"

21. Vegetarian Goose $4.25

22. Bean Curd Puff $4.25

23. Cucumber & Bean Thread Sheet $4.25

24. Bean Curd Salad $4.25

25. Salted Duck $4.25

26. Delicious Spiced Duck $4.25

27. Drunken Chicken (half) $8.50

28. Five Spice Smoked Fish $5.50

29. Shredded Jelly Fish with Green Onion $4.25

30. Five Spice Beef $4.25

31. Spicy Beef Combination*** $4.25

32. Hot Peppery Beef Tendon $4.25

33. Golden Sauteed Prawn $4.95

34. Spicy Cabbage*** $3.95

35. Fried Crispy Finless Eel [I didn't know eels had fins!] $8.50


"SHANGHAI SPECIALS"

36. Pickled Vegetable w/ Soy Bean & Bean Curd Leaf [What's a "bean curd leaf"? Do bean curd grow leaves? Your guess is as good as mine!] $6.50

37. Braised Bean Thread Sheet with Pickled Vegetable $6.50

38. Mushroom, Bokchoy, & Wheat Flour Gluten $6.95

39. Mushroom & Winter Melon in Clay Pot $6.95

40. Beef Vermicelli with Satay Sauce in Clay Pot $7.50

41. Salted Pork with Vegetable Rice Clay Pot $7.50

42. Sweet & Sour Spareribs $6.95

43. Braised Meat Ball with Vegetables $6.95

44. Stewed Pork with Dry Vegetables $6.95

45. Shredded Pork with Bean Curd & Chives $6.95

46. Salt & Pepper Pig Knuckle (Reserve) $18.95

47. Pig Knuckle with Brown Sauce (Reserve) $18.95

48. Tea Smoked Duck (half) $9.95

49. Sauteed Fresh Shrimp $10.50

50. Sauteed Eel with Chives $9.50

51. Crab Meat Tofu $8.95

52. Crab's Chevllenge (sic!) $10.95

53. Braised Fish with Wine Sauce $9.50

54. Steamed Fish with Black Bean & Chili Sauce*** $8.95

55. Fried Pomfred w/ Spiced Sauce $8.95

56. Braised Fish Tail with Brown Sauce $11.95

57. Roasted Carp with Green Onions (Reserve) $12.95

58. Seafood & Tofu Clay Pot $7.95


"SOUP"

52. [Hey! It's their numbering system, not mine!] Bamboo Tips & Winter Melon Soup $5.95

53. Fried Tofu with Vermicelli Noodle Soup $5.95

54. Ham, Fresh Pork, & Bamboo Shoots in Casserole $8.95

55. Chop Suey in Casserole $8.95

56. Fish Head in Casserole*** $16.95

57. Carp Fish & Turnip Soup (Reserve) $12.95

58. Clay Pot Lamb & Sour Sauerkraut ["sour" English "sauer" German - so this must be a REALLY SOUR dish!] $8.95

59. Clay Pot Fish Filet & Sour Sauerkraut {Another very sour dish] $8.95


"RICE CAKE, WONTON, & NOODLE"

60. Shanghai Style Pan Fried Noodle $5.25

61. Stir Fried Shanghai Rice Cake $5.95

62. Shredded Pork w Pickled Vegetable Rice Cake $5.95

63. Tan Tan Noodle*** $5.25

64. Noodle with Meat Sauce $5.25

65. Green Onion with Dry Shrimp Braised Noodle $5.25

66. Shredded Eel Noodle Soup $6.95

67. Eight Precious Noodle Soup*** $5.50

68. Tender Chicken in Shanghai Style Noodle Soup $5.25


"NOODLE, RICE NOODLE, OR HAND-CUT NOODLE"

69. Pickled Vegetable with Soy Bean & Shredded Pork Soup $5.50

70. Mixed Vegetable Soup $5.25

71. Beef Brisket Soup $5.50

72. Spare Rib Soup $5.25

73. Combination Soup $5.50

74. Pan-fried Hand-Cut Noodle $6.50
(Add Shrimp $1.00)

75. Vegetable & Pork Wonton $4.95

*** = Hot & Spicy

OK! There you have it.

Disclaimer: not responsible for anything, especially typos. :)

You know, Chinese menus are a constant source of entertainment. Pair it with the stereotypical sassy Chinese waitress and you got yourself a real experience!

#26: So is there an un-delicious version?
;)

easytraveler: I thought I had a lot of time on my hands!! You've got me beat.

Or #27: "Drunken chicken (half)"

Are we getting half of a wholly drunk chicken or a whole chicken that's only half drunk? :)

easytraveler: You typed the entire menu?! Wow, thanks so much, do you ever sleep?