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I ate lunch at Soizic the other day; it was the best yuppie lunch I've had in a while. It's expensive but delicious. I had the ravioli with white corn, squash, and some other vegetables. The menu said it was served with pesto, but the sauce was in fact lighter and more interesting than pesto. My friend had a smoked chicken sandwich with watercress aioli; she said it was delicious. For dessert we had a plate of three sorbets (plum, strawberry, and cantaloupe) which were beautifully presented and mouth-wateringly fruity. Service was good, although this isn't the place to come for a speedy lunch.

Tasty but unremarkable yuppie food. Good service. Don't bother with the famous beef cheeks; they're stringy and fatty, sort of like second-rate potroast.

Don't be fooled by the unimpressive exterior--Omei is a top-rate restaurant, serving creative Californiafied Chinese food. The appetizers (including carrots with cilantro, artichoke hearts in hot sauce, and cashews with black and white sesame seeds) were particularly tasty. Lots of great vegetarian entrees--we especially liked the fried tofu with lichees. The two non-veg entrees we got (chicken coconut curry and something with shrimp and corn) were also excellent. Prices are higher than the average Chinese food dive, but not at all unreasonable: we stuffed ourselves for $12/person, including tax and tip.

Red Tractor is a new chain-like (I'm not sure if it's really a chain) counter-service restaurant in the Rockridge, featuring midwestern-style food. Entrees include chicken, sirloin steak, and "No Meat Loaf", and there are various side dishes such as sweet potato pudding, corn relish, and garlic mashed potatoes. Other than the cheddar buttermilk biscuit, nothing I had was all that good. The steak was tough and brown, the green beans overgrown, the sweet potato glop too sweet. Ambience is also not a draw, unless you feel drawn to photos of tractors. On the plus side, prices are low, and you can look at most of the side dishes before choosing.

Serving Korean Barbeque and Japanese dishes, including sushi, this oddly named restaurant is surprisingly good considering how amazingly cheap it is. We didn't try the sushi, but the food we had was fresh and tasty.

This is a Cafe with a full lunch and dinner menu. It's kind of expensive compared with most Cafes, but it's very good. The antipasto-like plate has many tasty items including marinated eggplant, stuffed artichoke, and polenta and cilantro fritters. Vegetarians can substitute something for the smoked fish. The Roman gnocchi didn't look anything like the gnocchi I'm used to (it looked more like a wedge of polenta), but it was delicious. The desserts are good, too. The service is nice in a sort of charmingly disorganized way.

A bit more expensive than most Indian restaurants, but worth it. This is definitely the best Indian food I've had in the Bay area-- creative, nicely presented, tasty, and fresh. Yum. Service is kind of slow, as in many Indian restaurants.

Low-end in a big way. Probably the worst food I've had in Berkeley. Greasy yet not at all tasty. I'd rather eat at McDonalds than here.

Great sandwiches--I particularly like the #1, an open-faced grilled sandwich with mozzarella, pesto, sundried tomatos, and mushrooms. Pasta salad and soup are also good. Good selection of drinks. Open only for lunch, only on weekdays; typically very crowded.

Unlike the other people who have reviewed Tu Lan, my experience was pretty negative. I thought the food was greasy and unremarkable (though at least cheap), and the neighborhood is the worst in SF. While I was waiting at the bar for a table, drug dealers came in and tried to sell us their wares.