Restaurant consultant notes:
In general, Chinese restaurants try too hard to translate restaurant names “directly” into English. It does not work. They think in Chinese and translate into English.
Their focus: Attempting to seek wealth, they name their restaurants filled with countless so called prosperity words.
Should be focus: clean bathrooms, great food, great service, asking for community [...]

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Macao Friends Restaurant
2240 Irving Street,
San Francisco , CA 94121
(Prices: $10 and up)
(415) 665-7888
With my head bobbing up and down,“Slurp Slurp, Suck Suck.” Ahh.
I was a bad boy. I wanted to finish every morsel.
On a shivering Saturday night, there was nothing better than sucking on bone marrow. A Macao house favorite, the Pork Marrow bone [...]

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Shubuway
San Mateo Location
650-548-2483
145 E. Third Ave.
San Mateo, Ca 94401
Moutain View Location
(650) 961-8880
180 Castro St .
Mountain View, CA 94041
Prices:
Lunch: R $9.50, L $11.50
Dinner: R $12.50,L $15.50
In Japan , Shabu Shabu, meaning “swish swish,” referring to the sound of swirling meat, is a popular form of community eating. Filled with restaurants on Third Street in San [...]

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Viva Las Vegas!
Watch the video above. Even the reporter gets wide eyed excited about a McDonald’s.
With all the glitter and lights, steak & lobster specials, McDonald’s just launched a new high tech restaurant attempting to wow diners and tourists alike.
Features:
Hours of operation- 24 hours 7 days a week
Space – 8600 square feet
Exterior-9 feet tall by [...]

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Controversy sells! Burger King has come up with another viral marketing campaign, this time selling burger scented cologne in the promotion Fire Meets Desire. For just $3.99, you can buy the cologne at Ricky’s Halloween.

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Hey look! Thats Phoebe Buffay from Friends. Video game king Nintendo has published Personal Trainer: Cooking that allows users to cook using interactive recipes.
It’s really cool.
Voice activated commands such as “Next” (next step in recipe) and “Details” (providing more specific information) allow users to talk to the game console.
Other features
-Built in calculator to keep [...]

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Ad Campaign: Whopper Virgin
Mission: Burger King sets out to prove that the Whopper taste better than the Bic Mac
Method: Hire a production team and travel to places in the world that have not been exposed to commercials from Burger King or McDonald’s
Controversy: Bloggers deemed it distasteful and some call it racist
Bloggers have been asking, has [...]

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Otaku has been referred to people with obsessive interests.
Whether you’re into feet, Hello Kitty, Bob Marley LPs, it is all up to you.
In the realm of food, Otaku exist in the cult like following with Ramen. There is even a Ramen museum.
Unlike the 3 for $1.50 ones we ate in college dorm rooms, Ramen [...]

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R & G Lounge
631 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 982-7877
www.rnglounge.com

My grandma played an important role in my life. She taught me how to cook “fly rice” and taught me how to speak Chinglish.
Her Chinglish also resulted in my sub par English grades.
Here are few of her favorites.
(Chinglish – English)

Blender – Brenda
Fly Rice – [...]

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(in a deep narrative voice)
The Following Scenes Occurred Between 8pm -11p
Mission:in a three hour window-eat: drink, dance, laugh out loud as much and often as I could
As I hip hopped through the glass door, immediately my senses were heightened. Damm

Ambiance: Exploratorium was a great pick. With its playful exhibits, the mile high [...]

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