On Tuesday night, I finally got a chance to try Heaven's Dog, the new Chinese venture of Chef Charles Phan (of Slanted Door fame). Heaven's Dog is located in SOMA, in the SOMA Grand
luxury condo complex. The design is sleek, and there are fantastic paintings of different and apparently, famous, dogs all over the place.
We had a group of 6 (Will, Robert, Sue Hee, Wendy and Gail...Key was highly overworked last week and couldn't make it), so we took advantage of the family-style menu to try lots of dishes. There's a pretty fun drink menu too...
Salt and pepper local squid with ginger and red peppers.
Braised pork belly in a clam shell bun with scallions (my favorite of the night, reminded me of Peking duck).
Shanghai dumplings with pork, rice vinegar and scallions. Pretty tasty with good broth, the rice paper wrapping was a little thick though. My favorite Shanghai dumplings are still those from Crystal Jade in Hong Kong...
Shu mai dumplings of pork, shrimp and shitake mushrooms. Very tasty.
Rice vermicelli stir fry with Niman ranch pork shoulder, shrimp and yellow curry. 
Niman ranch flank steak, asparagus and baby shitake mushrooms.
Organic spicy green beans, szchezuan pickles and red chiles. 
Spicy organic cauliflower and beech mushrooms. 
Beef curry claypot with potatoes and coconut milk.
Florida shrimp and glass noodle claypot.
Chocolate terrine, delish and rich.
Overall, the meal was good, but not mind-blowing. I would come back here for happy hour and dumplings.
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