Tommy Toy's Chinoise Restaurant in San Francisco

Tommy Toy's Cuisine Chinoise restaurant has been a San Francisco institution since 1985. Many of its unique recipes have been imitated over the years, but there's something about the original recipes that just can't be duplicated. Once you walk into this elegant restaurant, you will be ushered to an intimate dining spot amidst beautiful antiquities, 300 year-old tapestries and Tommy's personal collection of rare Chinese fans.

Tommy Toy's Cuisine Chinoise restaurant has been a San Francisco institution since 1985. It has survived the onslaught of countless trendy restaurants that have come and gone.

Once you walk into this elegant restaurant, you will be ushered to an intimate dining spot amidst beautiful antiquities, 300 year-old tapestries and Tommy's personal collection of rare Chinese fans.

The Chinese dishes are prepared with a French flair, with impeccable personal service. While you may have to roll your sleeves up at other restaurants to serve your guests that slippery Asian prawns dish, at Tommy Toy's you can just sit back and enjoy the dining experience.

During the weekdays, the restaurant is filled with executives from the San Francisco Financial District. On the weekends and evenings, the pace is more leisurely, perfect for celebrations or just savoring life.

Toy's classic sauteed lobster rests on a bed of angel hair noodles with pine nuts and mushrooms. Try the appetizer of minced squab wrapped in leaves of lettuce. Don't miss the savory Chinese roast duck with plum wine sauce on crisp snow peas. One of the most unique items is the seafood bisque which is served in a half coconut shell, with succulent coconut meat melding with the bisque. Top it off with a light peach mousse in a strawberry compote!

Tommy Toy's Cuisine Chinoise can swiftly transport you to an oasis of calm. There is a fixed menu daily special offering that includes a crisp glass of California wine. Also, a signature Business Luncheon, and a Celebration Feast menu. There are dining rooms if you want to privately entertain your guests.

Tommy Toy has graciously providede to AsianConnections his signature recipe for:

Grilled Tiger Prawns with Lemon Grass (Serves 4)

Ingredients:

12 jumbo tiger prawns
3 tsp. freshly chopped lemon grass
3 tsp. freshly chopped red and green jalapeno
1/4 cup of white cooking wine
White pepper and salt to taste

Procedure:

Chop off all of the prawn's legs and slice the back open, half-way.

Marinate the prawns for 15-20 minutes with white cooking wine and sprinkle white pepper and salt on top.

Mix the green and red jalapeno and lemon grass together and lightly bread the top of the prawns.

Cook with high heat for approximately 10 seconds. Turn them over and cook through the shell for 30-35 seconds.

Let the prawns cool for two minutes before serving.

Tommy Toy's Cuisine Chinoise
655 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: 415.397.4888
Fax: 415.397.0469
Owner-Proprietor: Tommy Toy
Partner: Alon Yu