Golden Era
$ - inexpensive
Chinese, Vietnamese
Vegetarian Vietnamese and Chinese food
Voted 2004 Best Vegan Restaurant by SF Weekly. Golden Era says, "With respect for all life, we proudly serve all dishes free of meat, poultry, fish, egg, and MSG."
Added by Jesse Miner on Mar 23 03 (updated May 13)
Reviews
I tried 6 dishes here, and they were all good. Nothing was extraordinary, but they were all good or very good. The vegetarian lamb was very tough but it had good flavor. The vegetarian lemon chicken was very lemony and pretty good. The Indian fried rice was ok. The coconut curry was good. The eggplant with tofu was good too. The best was probably the spicy gourmet chicken; it was spicy, but not overly so, and it had a good flavor and chewy texture. Very good. The best thing about this restaurant, which made me give it an 8, is that they have Vegan Flan!! I used to love flan, but it's made just out of eggs + milk (+ sugar), but somehow Golden Era managed to make it vegan. It was very very tasty too, and just like I remember flan to be! Yumm! They also have vegan carrot cake and German chocolate cake!
I also liked that they had a lot of veg pamphlets at the front: Why Vegans, Guides to Cruelty-Free Eating, Vegetarian Starter Kits, etc.
I meet my son in SF every Thursday for lunch at Golden Era. We think it's one of the best veggie places in town. My favorites include Buddha Bun, Chicken Salad, Gourmet Spicy Chicken and Lamb Claypot.
love the food, especially the clay pot fish. the service is not that great though. i guess the waitress was having a bad day...then again, she's been having lots of bad days.
Great atmosphere and food for moderate prices. The carrot(cup)cake was very tasty, as were the Lemon chicken and Broccoli & beef. I'll definitely return when I'm back in the Bay Area.
Yummy food. The lemon "chicken" was delicious, as was the vegan carrot(cup)cake. The chow mein and wonton noodle soup were a bit noodle-heavy. The green bean/tofu dish was also very good. A much better deal than Millenium.
This is my all time favorite vegan restaurant. I've never had a dish here that I didn't like and I've never received poor service. It's tough to pick a favorite, but if I had to narrow it down, I'd pick the jalapeno tofu and the pho soup.