Mamahuhu — Restaurant in San Francisco

Unfortunately I’m not exaggerating when I say this place is home to the worst Asian dish of any kind I’ve ever had in my life.

Portions: I know it’s SF but for $18, which they labeled as a large portion, I was expecting a lot more. I went right next door to the Dim Sum place because I was still hungry, and I got more and better tasting chicken for $4.95 than they gave me for $18 + tax + tip.

Taste: We got the Sweet and Sour Chicken, which had multiple pieces of JUST BATTER. Little fried bits of rice batter with no chicken inside. Even the bits with chicken were pretty disappointing, since they had about 20-30% of the chicken you’d get in Panda Express’s orange chicken. It really was pretty shocking how little actual chicken there was in the dish, especially at a higher price point like this. The taste itself of the sauce though is what really did it for me. It was nauseatingly sweet with no balance of flavor. No salt, no spice, no sour, no flavor. It tasted like they just poured a can of pineapple juice in the pan and called it a day. My girlfriend and I both felt sick from the taste and we both agreed it was the worst Asian dish we’ve had anywhere ever (which is saying a lot, since we seek out Asian food every chance we get!).

Service: Can’t say much about service since it’s a fast food style ordering system, so the service is basically self service. All I can say is the guy taking our order did not seem very happy to be there.

Overall: Seems like they are maximizing price while minimizing food costs. The place looks nice and inviting but that’s really all it has going for it. As far as taste, value, and quality, there is absolutely no comparison with basically anything else on Clement St. Don’t be fooled by its location, this is NOT high quality Asian food! It’s basically Jack in The Box Chinese food dressed up to fool you with their nice interior design and exorbitant prices. Go to any of the cheaper joints on Clement and you’ll get much better...

Loved everything about Mamahuhu, from the food to the concept design. Let's start with the food.

Everything was really delicious. Flavors were fragrant and subtle at the same time.

The sweet and sour chicken has satisfying chunks of meaty chicken with a well balanced crunch.

The beef and broccoli is to fall for, the sauce elevates the dish as a whole and the beef is well prepared, not overcooked like most other places that carry this dish.

The cold noodles are actually cold (not room temperature) and the light creamy sauce surrounding them is 1) delicious and 2) keeps your noodles together so they don't slip off your chopsticks and splash your face as you bring to your mouth.

Rarely featured on menus, the mapo tofu is a nice twist on the original dish. It has quite a heat kick and pairs nicely with the cold noodles. Yum!

I love the concept design so much. Everything from the logo (so cute) to the dishware, the swag, tables, chopsticks, and yes, the Mamahuhu playlist that we listened to on the way back home. There is so much attention to detail.

The dinning experience is meant to be casual. The interior is a mashup of a stylish American dinner with pastel colors, an Asian vibe from the dishware and the colorful art on the walls, and a bit of a taqueria vibe with the arched openings that separate the front of the house from the back.

The Mamahuhu logo is lovely. It's declined in different styles. The ying-yang ducks featured on the flyer that will take you to their playlist are spot on. It also declined as an Andy Warhol-like art color-printed on the takeout paper bag (and I love the red handles). You will spot it elsewhere in various shapes and forms. Anyway, it's cute and worth...

This place is the perfect example of Chinese-American food gone wrong. Just because you use Chinese ingredients doesn’t mean it will end up tasting anything like Chinese food. As a Chinese-American, I can confidently say you can get better food from the worst-rated traditional Chinese restaurant you know of.

Food: The flavors are not balanced at all, overpowering and one-note. It really tastes more American than Chinese - black pepper, ‘brown/burnt’ notes(NOT wok hei ) and salt are the most notable flavors . Sweetness and greasiness made you feel sick after a few bites. Chinese food is all about balance; instead, their food was somehow both bland and overpowering. I ordered many dishes, and none were more than a 4/10. I am not against some good fusion food, but this didn’t do either culture justice.

Beef and broccoli: 4 tiny pieces of beef, very salty, a LOT of black pepper (tasted burnt) and tasted fermenty/beany instead of like oyster sauce. Vegetables were soaked in oil and tasted charred. Palate is overwhelmed in 1 bite.

Mapo tofu: okay, but literally just tastes like salt and spice. Nothing else. Most edible dish.

Chicken sandwich: greasy, impossible to eat cleanly, sickly sweet with thick, thick breading. Pineapple bun would have been better on its own.

Cucumber: okay-ish, but somehow they made a cold dish greasy and overpowering.

Egg roll: filling is mushy, sauce is gloopy and sweet.

Service: They forgot 2 of our dishes somehow. I don’t care if service is bad if the food is good, but unfortunately neither were good.

The one thing going for it is that the decor is nice, it looks...