Macao Friends Restaurant
2240 Irving Street,
San Francisco , CA 94121
(Prices: $10 and up)
(415) 665-7888

With my head bobbing up and down,“Slurp Slurp, Suck Suck.” Ahh.
I was a bad boy. I wanted to finish every morsel.

On a shivering Saturday night, there was nothing better than sucking on bone marrow. A Macao house favorite, the Pork Marrow bone soup (10.95) arrived piping hot. Some use straws to suck, I just like my thick lips caressing the bone and simply inhaling.

Peppery notes heightened the soup but the pork bones played center stage. Few would ever dare to dive in. With unattractive skeleton features, appearing to be from a recent X-ray exam, many parts of the world especially many parts in Asia revere this park of the pig

Just like digging for culinary gold, the gelly like marrow hits the spots especially for those who loves sweetbreads (thymus gland of pork,lamb, beef).

Shifting my focus, the Portuguese basked chicken rice satisfied my comfort food craving ($6.50). Arriving in vibrant Golden yellow colors, the creamy sauce made from curry and coconut cleverly seeped into fried rice.

Similar to many Macao and Hog Kong style dishes, the fried rice is stir fried with small pieces of scrambled eggs. This style called “chow dai” which literally translate to “stir fry the ground.”

Service is on par. The two primary female waitress gleam with smiles and owner/chef Ming who appears to be from a Hong Kong gangster movie is kind and very charming.

For more extensive review on food items, read about my first visit to Macao Friends.