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There aren’t a ton of Chinese restaurants in the Richmond or Sunset I’d take my parents to other than maybe Riverside. Everything else is kind of too ‘rough’ or not ‘refined’ or to their taste. Like dimsum with really thick wrappers that I don’t love either. Noodles that aren’t quite to their taste (or mine). They’re open to eating other foods but my mom is at the absolute limit (4 weeks away) and wanting comfort food. I’ve also been struggling with this a bit. Other than maybe some spots in Chinatown and Oakland and Fremont, I have to make my own comfort foods.
I'm a white kid, but I think I was spoiled growing up eating fantastic food in Vancouver/Richmond in Canada. It's really hard to travel anywhere because when I get a jones I know I will be disappointed. Which is part of why i learned to cook as much food from around the world as possible as well. If you can't find it you gotta have skills!
I've studied a fair bit of Cantonese cooking, but mainly Hong Kong style.
Edinburgh made me cry when I lived there 25 years ago.
I think the only meal I had in SF that was fairly solid was at Dol Ho in Chinatown about 12 years ago. I don't know if it's still to the same standard though. I was the only white person there and I definitely drew a lot of attention being a weird white kid ordering dim sum by myself, to the point that an older lady who didn't speak english came to sit with me cuz I think she felt bad that I was getting laughed at, but she wouldn't share my dim sum when I offered.
It was fairly solid, but it still wasn't as good as what I'm used to. I think i've been spoiled with the good stuff on a multinational level. Van is a weird city and not very livable but damn, the food is next level.
Mang Kang still made the best daan tat I ever ate though.
@RobotDiver yeah, i think the only places in the 'west' that could rival Vancouver / Richmond is LA / San Gabriel Valley and NY / Queens specifically
Dol Ho is not very good anymore; I prefer Dim Sum Bistro. Oakland has better (Ming's Tasty). Fremont actually has a ton of immigrant Chinese food that I love but it's a bit of a trek