Shanghai 1930: Food of the Emperors-and the Music's Not Bad Either...

For Shanghai 1930, George Chen took a serpentine space underground on Steuart Street, added a cigar room, a nightly jazz band and a very good Northern Chinese food. We're talking the food of the emperors.

Start with the minced duck in lettuce petals, with plum sauce. Here's what sets this apart -- kalamata olives are part of the preparation.

If you, like me, are a lover of hot and sour soup, try it here with seafood.

Don't miss the dumplings, the Peking duck, or the cool jazz in this subterranean winner.

Shanghai 1930
133 Steuart St.
San Francisco
(415) 896-5100
www.shanghai1930.com