On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:18:26 GMT, "James Silverton"
wrote:

Ken wrote on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:39:52 -0700:

?? singlemalt wrote on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:05:01 -0600:
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?? On Dec 18, 2:59 pm, "singlemalt"
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?? We have been researching restaurants in SF and keep
?? running across the Slanted Door. Some on Chowhound say
?? it is a tourist trap nowadays and no SF people go to
?? it. Any opinions either way, and is the food
?? good, which ultimately is most important. Thanks, jw
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?? It's good food for people who are afraid to go to a real
?? Vietnamese restaurant.
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?? I don't really think of it as a Vietnamese restaurant;
?? definitely fusion, IMHO.

KB Definitely. It's certainly not Vietnamese, and doesn't even
KB pretend to be. It has as much to do with being "afraid to
KB go to a real Vietnamese restaurant" as it does with being
KB afraid to go to a real Japanese restaurant. Although the
KB chef/founder might be Vietnamese, the food isn't and is a
KB blend of several different styles. I very much like the
KB inventiveness of that kind of blending.

San Francisco has a number of enjoyable fusion restaurants. Not
far from The Slanted Door, with a good view of the Bay Bridge,
is the Brasserie Chaya whose Japanese chef prepares
Japanese-inspired fusion dishes. The sushi that I like for
appetizers can be really inventive!


Thanks. I've heard of it, but never eaten there. I'll make a point of
trying it the next time I'm in San Francisco.

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Ken Blake
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