Happy Family Gourmet Inc — Restaurant in San Francisco

Me and my friends come here all the time. They have good food and I love that all of the noodles here are handmade. The owners really nice and friendly and makes good recommendations. Definitely a no frills restaurant only seats about 20 people. There’s a little booth and a window for you to watch them make their dumplings and bread. I honestly haven’t had anything bad here and the prices are very reasonable. I noticed this place has gotten a lot of popularity lately due to tik toks and IG posts and they definitely deserve it, I hope with that the quality doesn’t drop and the prices don’t skyrocket.

Our favorites: E1. Xian cold noodles (5/5) - long and flat hand pulled noodles topped with cilantro mixed with a savory, tangy, and spicy sauce. Order it before they run out.

E22. Special hot oil noodle (4.5/5) - noodles that come with woodear mushrooms and baby bok choy, garnished with a healthy amount of garlic and chili powder with vinegar. One of my favorites when I want something garlicky and spicy.

B20. Wontons in red chili oil (5/5) - this one always hits. And it’s not too spicy but the flavor is always immaculate.

A17. Lamb skewers (4.5/5) - really nice and tender pieces of lamb with cumin and chili powder.

C2. Chicken chow mein (4.5/5) - if you want something non spicy then I recommend this dish. Comes with a huge portion for the price and the flavor is great.

G2. Dry sautéed string beans (4/5) - a good and flavorful...

This place has no atmosphere and they don’t speak English but it’s the best Chinese food you’ll find in SF. Thankfully I speak mandarin and was able to ask them for some recommendations - we ordered the Xian cold skin, cabbage and pork dumplings, and the beef roll.

I could hear mandarin being spoken at most of the tables and people talking about which dishes they hadn’t tried before. Surprisingly, most tables when we went seemed to order a cold skin and a beef roll. The Xian cold skin was absolutely excellent. The chili oil sauce came out perfectly savory and it was the perfect accompaniment to the super wide and thin cold noodles. Also, the dumplings and beef roll tasted even better dipped in the sauce. The dumplings were super juicy and savory - I don’t know how they mix their fillings but it is out of this world good. The beef roll was a classic and also delicious.

We also saw a tray of big puffy buns in the front and asked the server about them. They are stuffed with eggs, beef, or pork so we bought a four pack of the pork ones to take home and tray.

Seriously delicious spot and well-priced. Highly recommend to anyone looking for authentic...

Chicken Chow Mein - Taste pretty good but not specially good. Pretty much like most good chicken Chow mein.

Pan fried buns - it's average. The reason why it's not as good as I expected is that it is too big. Yes, we all prefer more food but these Pan fried buns supposed to have soup inside and it does but the buns is so big that it absorbed most of the soup before you get a chance to taste them. Flavor wise not bad neither. Just not enough soup. The other thing about the meat in this bun is that it's too firm. I've tasted one that was very "fluffy". It was quite impressive. Nonetheless, it's not bad just that I've had better.

Spicy seafood noodle (炒馬麵) - it's ok. Didn't like the spicy flavor, may be I have too much Korean style spicy seafood noodle. I've richer spicy soup, not spicier, just richer flavor. Asked the seafood also lack seafood flavor.

Steam pork dumpling - it's actually the best dish we had.

All in all, imo,...