Patrick Heig

Citysearch

Having garnered almost every accolade possible at The Slanted Door, superchef Charles Phan's confidence must be at an all-time high; this latest venture's strange name and subprime SoMa no-man's-land location--not to mention this being Phan's first foray into Chinese cuisine--smell almost like a self-imposed challenge. Divided into five small but distinct sections (lounge, bar area, eating nook, glass-walled semi-private dining room, plus a lunch-hour noodle bar), the Olle Lundberg-designed interior is highlighted by a wall woven out of strips of maple and steel and a bar fashioned from a…