Meeting up with Kohei Saito, a good friend from San Francisco...he decided on a famous roasted crab place...run and owned by a Vietnamese family.
The location was rather easy to find, but the parking is a horror...valet is available, which we eventually used.
The restaurant was crowded by the time we arrived at about 7pm...but we were promptly seated.
First up...grilled calamari
Perfectly grilled...slight burnt edges, but nicely medium rare inside...so the meat gives rather easily. It is easy to overcook squid, and will result in a rubbery texture. But this was perfect. Nice, sweet, a bit spicy due to the seasoning and sauce.
We also had the classic Vietnamese deep fried spring rolls.
This was de-rigeur. Quite tasty, but nothing to write home about.
The piece de resistance is the roasted crab.
A nice large Dungeness crab was roasted in supposedly secret ingredients...The crab was large, fat, and had quite nice chunky meat. The meat itself was sweet, rich and creamy. Nicely done. There was rather a lot of meat within the crab.
We also had their famous garlic noodles...basically soft cooked spagetti like noodles, with a garlic sauce. Some claimed this to be irresistable. I found it to be good, but not great.
I liked the calamari and crabs. Very nice.
4101 Judah St
(between 46th Ave & 47th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94122
Neighborhood: Outer Sunset
(415) 665-1146
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