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Empress of China
838 Grant Ave Fl 6
San Francisco, CA 94108
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Dinner Menu
It's Dungeness Crab Season - fresh, locally caught, sweet succulent crab. Must try Ginger Crab or Salt & Pepper Crab or Curry Crab. Cooked in the shell - sauce is so tasty this is a finger licking good dish!!!!
Appetizers
Vegetarian Egg Roll
- (2) $8.95
Empress Egg Roll
- (2) $9.95
Fried Soft Tofu
- (8) $7.95
Jelly Fish Salad
$15.95
cold plate
Arctic Clams & Jelly Fish
$20.95
served cold
Peking Pot Sticker
- (6) $9.95
Crispy Won Ton In Sweet And Sour Sauce
- (8) $5.50
Butterfly Prawns
deep fried prawns skewered with cucumber
- (6) $15.50
Peking Chicken Wings
marinated in our special sauce and deep fried
- (6) $10.95
Barbecued Spareribs (4 Ribs)
$13.95Barbecued Pork Slices
$13.95Baby Lobster Tail
sauteed with black bean sauce
- (1) $14.95
Baby Young Quail (flambe)
- (1) $9.95
Combination Appetizer Plate
$18.50
2 spareribs, 1 egg roll, 4 fried won ton, 2 butterfly prawns
Sai See Gai Empress Chicken Salad
$16.95
shredded roast chicken with green onion, chinese parsley, chopped almonds, spices, served cold
Soup
Won Ton Soup
- For Two $7.95
Tofu And Mushroom Soup
- For Two $7.95
Winter Melon Soup
- For Two $8.95
Hot And Sour Soup
- For Two $8.95
Sizzling Rice Soup
- For Two $9.95
Empress Seafood Soup
- For Two $13.95
Silver Flower Scallop Soup
- For Two $18.95
South Sea Shark's Fin Soup
- For Two $32.95
Egg Flower Soup
- For Two $6.50
Spinach And Tofu Soup
- For Two $7.50
Hot And Sour Soup
- For Two $7.50
Seafood
Scallop Cantonese
$21.95
sauteed scallops with water chestnuts and bamboo shoots
Prawns Cantonese
$21.95
shelled prawns, sauteed with mushrooms, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots
Lychee Prawns
$21.95
deep friend prawns, lychee fruit, green pepper, onion and pineapple with sweet and sour sauce
Prawns With Empress Sauce
$21.95
shelled prawns, green peppers, onions in black bean sauce
Glazed Walnut Prawns
$21.95Sauteed Crystal Scallops
$25.95Sauteed Scallops & Prawns
$24.95Braised Abalone Slices
$49.95
in oyster sauce
Lobster Sauteed In Ginger And Onion Sauce
$40.95Lobster Seejup
$49.95
lobster in shell sauteed with black bean sauce, minced pork, green peppers, and onions
Empress Lobster
$40.95
shelled lobster meat sauteed with snow peas, mushrooms, and bamboo sauce
Steamed Lobster
$40.95
with imperial sauce
Empress Dungeness Crab In Shell
$40.95
sauteed in ginger-onion sauce
Crab Seejup
$40.95
cooking in chinese black bean sauce with minced pork and garlic
Curry Crab Shell
$40.95
spicy curry in onion sauce
Fresh Fish Of The Day
$40.95Seejup Filet Of Pacific Rock Cod
$18.95
green pepper and onion sauteed in black bean sauce
Sweep And Sour Pacific Rock Cod
$18.95Hunan Spiced Fish (whole)
$40.95Sweet & Source Fish
$40.95
boneless & deep fried served in sweet & sour sauce
Poultry
Best Sticky Rice Chicken in all of Chinatown! Delicious sticky rice stuffing filled with a myriad of ingredients encased in a crackling crisp chicken skin shell. One order serves up to 10. Must pre-order, but well worth it!
Szechuan Chicken
$18.95
cubes of chicken, sauteed with green pepper, pickled vegetable, spice hot
Almond Or Cashew Chicken
$18.95
sauteed diced boneless chicken, water chestnuts, mushrooms and bamboo shoots
Chicken With Snow Peas
$18.95
cubes of chicken with snow peas
Fresh Asparagus Chicken
$18.95
(in season only), cubes of deep fried boneless chicken in sweet & sour sauce with lychee fruit & pineapple
Lemon Chicken
$18.95
breast of boneless chicken deep fried served in lemon sauce
Walnut Chicken
$18.95
diced boneless chicken, sauteed with water chestnuts, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and toasted walnuts
Hunan Chicken
$18.95Minced Squab In Lettuce Cup
(minimum service for 2), 30 minutes advance notice
- Each $13.95
Phoenix And Dragon
$21.95
cubes of boneless chicken and shelled prawns, sauteed in wine, fresh chopped ginger, bamboo shoots and mushrooms
Pressed Duck
$20.95
served with sweet and sour sauce and garnished crushed almonds
Barbecued Duck
$21.95Peking Duck
$48.95
whole duckling dipped in honey, barbecued to a cracking golden brown, served with steamed buns, green onions and plum sauce. (advance notice required)
Shanghai Duck Delight
$45.00
cook in shanghai style sauce, (advance notice required)
Empress Roast Duck With Pineapple
- 1/2 $21.95
Meat
Empress Beef
$20.95
slices of beef and onions, sauteed in five spice sauce
Szechuan Spiced Beef
$20.95
stripe of beef, sauteed with green pepper, pickled vegetable, hot spice and hot pepper
Oyster Sauce Beef
$20.95
sliced beef, onions, sauteed in oyster sauce
Manchurian Beef
$20.95
cubes of beef sauteed with mushrooms and onions, a favorite recipe of emperor chicken lung
Beef With Snow Pea
$20.95
slices of beef, sauteed with snow peas & water chestnuts
Mongolian Lamb
$21.95
stir fried slices of lamb, sauteed in five spices sauce, a favorite of khan's court
Hundred Blossom Lamb
$21.95
strips of lamb, sauteed in hot and sour sauce, ginger, mushrooms and onion
Four Season Lamb
$21.95
slices of lamb sauteed with bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, mushrooms vegetables
Sweet And Sour Pork
$17.95
cubes of pork, deep fried with pineapple, green peppers and onions served in sweet and sour sauce
Hunan Pork
$17.95
slices of pork, onion and celery, sauteed with hunan sauce
Five Happiness Pork
$17.95
slices of pork, sauteed with mushrooms, bamboo shoots, water chestnut
Mui Shui Chicken
$18.95Mui Shui Pork
$18.95Vegetables
Bean Sprouts
$8.50
sauteed
Braised Tofu
$8.50
with oyster sauce
Tofu In Hot Sauce
$9.50Mui Shui Vegetarian
$16.50Snow Peas
$12.50
stir fried
Mixed Vegetables
$12.50
sauteed
Empress Mushrooms
$14.95
black, straw and button mushroom sauteed in our special sauce
Fresh Asparagus
Seasonal Price
Season Greens
Seasonal Price
Rice & Chow Mein
Empress Fried Rice
$13.50
diced chicken, chinese sausage
Yang Chow Fried Rice
$13.50
shrimp and barbecued pork
Shrimp Fried Rice
$13.50Barbecued Pork Fried Rice
$10.50Steamed Rice
- Per Person $1.75
North China Onion Pancakes
- 2 Pcs $5.00
Vegetable Chow Mein
$15.00Sing Chow Rice Noodles
$17.00Singapore Curry
$17.00
empress tomato beef chow mein (with or without curry)
Chicken Chow Mein
$17.00Empress Barbecued Duck Noodle
$19.00
shredded bbq duck with black mushroom and bamboo shoots
Prawns Chow Mein
$19.00Dinner Specialties
In season fresh Dungeness crab - stir fried with fresh ginger and scallions; Crispy skin Peking Duck; Shark's Fin Soup (until 7/1/13); Almond Pressed Duck
Baby Young Quail (flambe)
- (1) $9.95
South Sea Shark's Fin Soup
- For Two $32.95
Glazed Walnut Prawns
$21.95
jumbo prawns deep fried, then smothered with light mayonaise, garnished with glazed walnuts
Sauteed Crystal Scallops
$25.95Prawns With Empress Sauce
$21.95
shelled prawns, green peppers, onions in black bean sauce
Empress Dungeness Crab In Shell
$40.95Steamed Lobster
$40.95
steamed fresh lobster with ginger and green onions
Phoenix And Dragon
$21.95
cubes of boneless chicken and shelled prawns sauteed with wine, fresh chopped ginger, bamboo shoots and mushrooms
Pressed Duck
$20.95
served in sweet and sour sauce and garnished with crushed almonds
Shang Hai Duck Delight
$45.00
(advanced notice), cook in shang hai style sauce
Empress Roast Duck W/ Pineapple
cook in shang hai style sauce
- 1/2 $21.95
Manchurian Beef
$20.95
cubes of beef sauteed with mushrooms, onions-a favorite recipe of emperor ch'ien lung
Mongolian Lamb
$21.95
slices of lamb stir fried in five spice sauce a favorite of khan's court
Dinner Highlights - Princess Choice
$26.95 per person - minimum service for two or more
Fried Wonton
with mandarin orange sauce
Empress Specialty Soup
Empress Beef
slices of beef, onion, sauteed in five spice sauce
Sweet And Sour Pork
cubes of pork deep-fried with pineapple, green peppers, and onions, in sweet and sour sauce
Steamed Rice
Snow Peas With Chicken
service for three or more includes
Walnut Prawns
service for six or more includes
Dinner Highlights - Empress Delight
$32.95 per person - minimum service for two or more
Shantung Smoked Chicken
served cold
Peking Pot Sticker (kuo Tieh)
Empress Specialty Soup
Manchurian Beef
cubes of sirloin of beef sauteed with mushrooms and onions
Szechuan Prawns
prawns sauteed with bell peppers and onions in spicy sauce
Steamed Rice
Almond Pressed Duck
service for three or more includes
Three Princess Chicken
service for six or more includes
Dinner Highlights - Empress Festive
$35.95 per person - minimum service for two or more
Peking Pot Sticker (kuo Tieh)
Chicken Salad
Hot And Sour Soup
Orange Duck
boneless duck, barbecued with chef's special recipe, topped with orange and pineapple in sweet and source sace
Szechuan Scallop And Prawns
sauteed with bell peppers and onions in a special spicy sauce
Seasonal Greens
sauteed in garlic and wine sauce
Steamed Rice
Walnut Chicken
service for four or more includes
Dinner Highlights - Empress Gourmet
$48.95 per person - minimum service for two or more
Sai See Gai
Empress Chicken Salad
Peking Pot Sticker (kuo Tieh)
Baby Quail Flambe
Sizzling Rice Soup
Beef Cantonese
cubes of sirloin of beef, sauteed in chef's sauce with mushrooms
Empress Dungeness Crab
dungeness crab in shell cooked in ginger and onion sauce
Seasonal Greens
sauteed in garlic and wine sauce
Empress Fried Rice
Dessert
ice cream with lychee and dragon eye
Lemon Chicken
service for four or more includes
Desserts
Lychee
$4.50Dragon's Eye
$4.50Mandarin Orange
$4.50Mixed Chinese Fruit Cup
$5.50Coffee
$3.00Almond Delight
$4.00Vanilla Ice Cream
$4.00Green Tea Ice Cream
$4.00Raspberry Sorbet
$4.00Flaming Sweets
$5.00
tropical fruit custard, minimum service for 2 or more
Green Jade Mist Delight
$5.00
greme de menthe over almond delight
Heavenly Ambrosia
$6.00
brandy over mandarin orange
Appetizers
Shanghai Dumplings
hsiao lung pao
- (6) $10.95
Peking Pot Sticker
kuo tieh
- (6) $9.50
Crispy Won Ton
with sweet-sour sauce. the ever popular one!
- (8) $4.50
Empress Egg Rolls
$8.95
filled with tasteful goodness
Butterfly Prawns
$12.95
deep-fried. skewered with bell peppers & onions. a crunchy tasty mouthful
Barbecued Spareribs
with chinese spices-succulent
- (4) $11.95
Barbecued Pork
$11.95Empress Flambè Quail
- (1) $8.95
Chicken Wings
zestful spicy flavor
- (6) $8.95
Empress Appetizer Plate
$15.95
ribs, prawns, egg roll, fried won ton.
Empress Chicken Salad
$14.95
our famed sai see gai
Rice & Noodles
chow mein $2.00 extra for h.k. style
Barbecued Pork Fried Rice
$8.95Empress Fried Rice
$10.95
diced chicken, chinese sausage sliced
Yang Chow Fried Rice
$10.95
shrimp, barbecued pork
Steamed Rice
$1.50Hong Tao Won Ton Soup
$14.50
in crab meat sauce
B.b.q. Pork, Bean Sprout Chow Mein
$11.95Beef Tomato Chow Mein
$14.50Chicken Chow Mein
$14.50Shrimp Chow Mein
$16.50Beef & Whipped Eggs, Rice Noodles
$14.50Singapore Spicy Rice Noodles
$14.50Shredded Cantonese Duck Lo Mein
$16.50Seafood
Sweet And Sour Fresh Cod
$15.95Snow Pea Prawns
$18.95Praws With Lobster Sauce
$19.95Curry Prawns
$18.95Lobster Cantonese Steamed
- Seasonal Price
Lobster Ginger & Scanllion Sauce
- Seasonal Price
Crab Sauteed
With Ginger & Scanllion Sauce
- Seasonal Price
Poultry
Curry Chicken
$15.95Almond Chicken
$15.95Chicken And Mushrooms
$15.95Lychee Chicken
$15.95Chicken In Plum Sauce (spicy)
$15.95Lemon Chicken
$15.95Almond Pressed Duck (sweet And Sour)
$16.95Mongolian Lamb
$17.95Meat
Empress Beef
$16.50Oyster Sauce Beef
$16.50Manchurian Beef
$16.50Szechuan Beef
$16.50Sweet And Sour Pork
$15.95Vegetable
Mix Vegetable-sauteed
$10.95Snow Peas
$10.95Shrimp Egg Foo Young
$12.50Ma Po Tofu
$9.50Lunch Highlights - The Princess
$17.50 per person - minmum service for two or more
Fried Wonton
Soup Of The Day
Sweet And Sour Pork (goo Lo Yuk)
cubes of pork deep-fried with pineapple, green pepper, and onion in sweet and sour sauce
Empress Beef
stir fry slices of beef and onion, sauteed with five spice sauce
Steamed Rice - Tea - Chinese Cookies
Snow Peas Chicken
service for four or more
Bbq Pork Chow Mein
service for eight or more
Lunch Highlights - The Empress
$19.95 per person - minimum service for two or more
Pot Sticker
Soup Of The Day
Walnut Prawns
jumbo prawns deep fried, smothered with light mayonnaise with glazed walnut on top
Three Princess Chicken
cubes of boneless chicken, black, button, straw mushrooms, and snow peas sauteed with oyster sauce
Steamed Rice, Tea, Chinese Cookies
Press Duck
service for four or more
Curry Chicken Chow Mein With Coconut Flavored Sauce
service for eight or more includes
Lunch Highlights - The Emperor
a north china luncheon. $25.95 per person. minimum service for two or more
Sai See Gai (chicken Salad)
Sizzling Rice Soup
Szechuan Beef
shredded beef with pickled vegetables, onion, green pepper, hot spice, and hot pepper
Scallops And Prawns Sauteed
scallops and prawns sauteed with mushrooms, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots
Bbq Pork Fried Rice, Tea, Chinese Cookies
Lemon Chicken
service for four or more
Bbq Duck Lo Mein
service for eight or more
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General Info
Payment Types
All Major Cards
Cuisine
Chinese
Meals
Lunch
Dinner
Hours
Monday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Tuesday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Wednesday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Thursday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Friday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Saturday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Sunday:
11:30am - 10:00pm
Additional Information:
*We are open 365 days of the year.
About Us
Empress of China, the only high-rise Chinese roof garden restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown, is lauded as one of the world's most beautiful Oriental restaurants. International gourmet honors and virtually every award of merit that is bestowed upon restaurants of exceptional quality have been conferred on the Empress.
This roof garden retreat features the cuisine of all China in an opulent atmosphere of dynastic splendor and elegance. The interior reflects the beauty, color, and architectural form of the Han Dynasty (206 BC). Matchless city and bay views enhance leisurely dining.
Your favorite Chinese dishes; almond chicken, snow peas with barbecued pork, lobster Cantonese, egg roll, pressed duck, lychee chicken, each with its own fragrance and appeal, are on our award-winning menu.
Empress Garden Court is an image of charm and welcome which reflects the atmosphere of the Dowager's own garden. A pine tree, defined by natural light filtering through the overhead dome is surrounded by banks of seasonal blooms in the marble fountain. The vision of beauty that meets the eyes is indication of the pleasure within for the ultimate in Chinese cuisine.
Pavilion, only such antique wood structure used in a restaurant in America, was inspired by the original creation in the royal pleasure park in Peking. This 30-foot diameter, 50 ton octagonal work-of-art was built in Taiwan by palace craftsmen, shipped to San Francisco, and reassembled here without the use of a single nail.