Sat Feb 16 2002 19:05:
There's a greasy spoon Chinese restaurant near the BART station, called "Tom's Restaurant", which I
didn't try until recently, even though I love greasy spoon
Chinese restaurants (this goes back to my youth; the only Chinese
restaurant in Arvin was (and is) a greasy spoon called the Canton Cafe).
Some chow mein, some fried rice--delicious. My only complaint is that
Tom's of San Francisco likes to put water chestnuts in things, and I
don't like water chestnut. They also like to use baby corn, though,
which cancels it out.