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?