Punjab Restaurant — Restaurant in San Francisco

Ordered takeout and it took 5 minutes before we could flag someone down who told us to wait as they had not assembled our order that was supposed to be done 10 minutes prior to our arrival. Normally I wouldn't even mention this, but the food itself wasn't great.

I ordered sweet and sour pork with pork chow mein and pork fried rice. I received 4 tiny pieces of pork that I thought were missing at first because the rest of the container was filled with fried rice and chow mein. The included spring roll was incredibly greasy, and the fried rice was mushy, wet, and had not enough salt and way too much msg (and I love msg). The chow mein was also oddly greasy

My partner's wonton soup also was pretty meh, and the orange chicken we split had little flavor. Panda Express is better IMO because it at least leans into being overly Americanized and doesn't sit in some awkward middle ground of authentic and not.

All this for $60. We won't...

It's over the top Asian American food that's serve here. The menu items are americanized with a heavier sweet sauce. It's a big restaurant and they even have a second floor to open if needed. The kitchen is much bigger than most of the restaurants in San Francisco. It is also shiny and looks clean. The seats and tables look old style in dark green color. They are placed to exceed the 6-feet covid-19 requirement. They can server big groups. The place could get busy. So they have a 90-minute seating limit. This is a restaurant that's in business for many many years. The sign outside is at least 20 years old as I could remember. But if you are looking for some very "authentic" Chinese food, you night be a little bit disappointed because they don't even have a Chinese menu. The servers can speak...

Indian sounding restaurant that serves Chinese food but has photos of Vietnamese photos on the wall...???

..what's going on....

So I went to find out!

This place serves Cantonese-Chinese food with a side of Vietnamese. The food is actually really good and the prices are on the cheaper side.

I ordered the Beef Pho with Meatballs and was surprised at how good beef soup came out. The meat was extremely tender and flavorful, the noodles were of the right consistency, and the soup was full of flavor.

The service is pretty good, you're not getting a 5-star treatment but you're getting your water right away, order taken, and meal served. Great attitude just no frills.

This is going to be my go-to spot for chinese/vietnamese food in the mission, it's fast,...