My sister-in-law, Nikka Yonzon Abantao, lives in a charming Victorian house on 2nd Avenue just around the corner of Clement St. in San Francisco. She says that as recent as fifteen years ago, their area had quaint shops and cafes that were so much different from the rows of Asian restaurants, markets and shops that now have made Clement become known as the New Chinatown.
Hugz and I went out one early morning to have breakfast in one of the food shops on Clement. What I saw is, I am sure, no less interesting as what were there years before.
Early morning mist
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Just a few meters visibility
Hugz posing on as yet empty street
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Another yellow
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Wheee! Welcome the morning sun.
Inside Green Apple
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One lokomoko please!
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We have our own candidate
Saigon? Hongkong? Where are we?
What are they doing here?
But we are from the East, too!
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Fresh produce market, Asian cafe
Some surviving structures
Another original in Clement
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 | Oo nga. May tendency to become a Chinatown. But along the streets there are new shops following various themes or reflecting the origins of the owners probably: France, Burma, Italy, Vietnam, Ireland, MiddleEast, at iba pa. Masaklap walang Pilipinas. |
 | Never a boring day - just go to Clements and to my "favorite" hung-out - Walgreens and ayos na ang araw ko. I am amuse to see an array of Asian delicacies and spices just around the corner of Nikka's home - very accessible to everything. Bablik ako - calling Dainty! |
| What is sad is that a lot of old Victorian houses have been razed down by Chinese businessmen to give way to really ugly boxes masquarading as condos. It is a good thing that the city is now trying to stop that. |
 | 'so many books so little time'
indeed =) |
 | gwiz wrote on Nov 11, '07 Lokomoko is Hawaiian style hamburger steak. A burger is put atop steamed rice with gravy poured over it. Then fried eggs (over easy) is again put on top. I took a taste of Ken's lokomoko when we were in Oahu and I liked it. The one I had in Clement wasn't as good, though. =( |
| gwiz wrote on Nov 11, '07 Despite the presence of various other ethnic shops on Clement, it still earned the moniker New Chinatown. I think it is because of the many Victorian houses converted condos in the area that have a lot of Chinese living in them. Para bang Greenhills dito sa atin. Di ba it is also known informally as the Forbes Park of Chinatown? |
 | Ito kaya yung saging na saba na puedeng pang maruya? |
| Mag-click kaya sa Clement and ukay-ukay? :-) |
| gwiz wrote on Nov 11, '07 Chito, meron dun. Goodwill Store – American version of ukay-ukay. =) |
 | dumami na ang tao, bukas na sa wakas ang mga shops. |
| naaalala ko tuloy one early morning sa Taipei lumabas kami na ganitong oras walang katao tao and we had our breakfast sa Mcdo tabi ng hotel namin. Sarap gumala to see how the city wakes up and see the progress of it's daily activity. |
| strawberries and lychees? |
| naku saging na saba yan ang hinahanap ko dito sa japan!! |
| gwiz wrote on Nov 11, '07 Yes, Chito, these bananas are what they call there cooking bananas. It is vey much like our saging saba but longer in length. Pareho rin ang lasa. |
 | masarap yung bitter melon at broccoli :) |
| parang mas nasasarapan pa rin ako sa saba...na wala rin dito. |
 | Nice and clean in the early morning ang Clement ano? Wait til you see all the Chinese get up and make the street messy again. |
 | I like this atmosphere. This picture shows more than what you see. |
| Colourblind yata ako, kasi ang tingin ko, greenish, eh. |
| Hi Guia and thanks for sharing the pics. They show a lot about China town in SF. |
 | hmmm from here, parang i can taste the strawberries na! |
| most of it is yellowish...sa may tangkay and dulo ang medyo green...green minded ka kasi jack eh! hahaha! |
| wow ampalaya!!! i so love it!! ang laki at ang tataba oh... |
| pag nahugasan yan...white na rin yan.... |
 | Ang agad ninyong nagising sa araw na ito huh?...cannot wait until the Green Apple opens? I know almost all the shops does not open until 9am. |
| Produce markets usually sell bananas this way..medyo greenish pa..so,any buyers will have ample time to have their bananas when and how they want it. |
| We are lucky here in Frisco to have SABA, I have the opportunity to make turon from it and ginataan too. You all should see their ube...amazing talaga. You can almost buy anything here except for lansones,siningguelas or atis. |
| Sayang nga ano.?..na "LOKO-mo ako" sana sinabi mo sa nagserve. Anyway, sorry we were not able to bring you to L&L..They do have great Lokomoko. Maybe next time. |
| This is also one of the good restaurants that we missed...very tasty mediterrean food! |
| vyabantao wrote on Nov 14, '07, edited on Nov 14, '07 Yup,one of the original/remaining stores in Clement. |
 | Tama si Guia. these are cooking bananas. Marami dito niyan sa Hawaii, pero marami ding saging na Saba. Doble nga lang ang presyo. Ang mga Pinoy talaga, kapwa Pilipino tinataga pa rin nila. Mas masarap naman kasi. Mas pure ang lasa at hindi ma-pakla. Minsan ganoon ang cooking banana. Sa Hilo, maraming exotic fruits din like lanzones, mangosteen, chico, atis, singuelas, etc. Para kang nasa Pilipinas. Every time I go to Hilo, I shop for those. I was fortunate to meet an old Japanese man who owns an orchard in Hilo and has gone to the Philippines to study Horticulture at UP Los Banos. There I was able to buy Lychees fresh picked from the tree and Longan too. Hopefully, lanzones and mangosteen will be my next purchase there. |
| gwiz wrote on Nov 17, '07 I love Hawaii. We will definitely go back there, Joey. Ipon muna kami, hehe. |
 | nice message...makes you think to finish a book everytime you shop with this reusable bag! |
 | Jan pala napunta ang Cavendish bananas natin! Wala nang panggawa ng banana cakes (preferred daw ang Cavendish dahil sa distinct fibers nito). |
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green minded ka kasi jack eh! hahaha! 
