The best Cantonese-Chinese food in Chinatown

(San Francisco, CA 2005) Tucked away in the restaurant minefield of Kearny Street, lies our favorite Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. Good ol' 12 years running,  Cheung Hing, means "Good Business" to be exact. Located at  708 Kearny Street  near Clay and nestled at the mouth of Portsmouth Square just pass the giant Holiday Inn overpass, this venerable dive serves up delicious cheap hot Chinese fare of the old skool kind. Raised in Chinatown in the 70's and by a Grandpa who was a chef, Cheung Hing is indeed the real deal. The place actually is 2 restaurants in one. There's the dark side where few sit and the lit side where old regulars, haggard financial district types and large family chow. Since moving back to North Beach, we've been enjoying the old flavor for 2 years and in six sigma fashion the cooks have not missed a beat to provide consistent tasty luscious hot food. The wait staff is usually very smiley and low key. Round tables with the rotating lazy susan center seats large families, and the square glass topped tables can seat 4. Don't be fooled by the scenery, if you're into good food at a terrific value. Menus for the specials are still hand written in marker. They recently renovated so the menus have been reprinted.  Most rice plates are under $5. Family style entrees go to $6.50 to 8 range from all forms of meat and seafood.
The house wonton special is so good it harkens back to Tong kee days, a once famous won ton place where old timers plied two hand kung fu to won ton bowls. We also enjoy the rock cod fillet with black bean or eggplant rice plates. So if you're near Broadway and don't have a clue, come try the best food in Chinatown and forget the long lines at House of Nanking.

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[JB]

Does anyone have a clue as to where they moved to?