Menu for Brandy Ho's Hunan Food

Appetizers‏

2.95 Onion Cake with Peanut Sauce Deep fried thin cake with egg and green onions. Peanut sauce on the side.

5.50 Steamed Dumplings Little purse dumplings filled with vegetables and chopped meats and served with condiments and red hot sauce. Options: Meat, Vegetables

4.95 Egg Rolls Fresh cabbage, celery, delicious tree ears, carrots and clear rice noodles prepared in a quick wok for optimum flavor. Served with our special sauce. Not spicy unless requested.

5.50 Deep Fried Dumplings Little purse dumplings filled with coarsely ground pork, fresh ginger, garlic and vegetables. Served with our special sauce. Our chef recommends this one. Options: Meat, Vegetables

5.50 Deep Fried Dumplings/ Sweet and Sour Sauce Little purse dumplings filled with coarse ground pork, fresh ginger, garlic and vegetables. Served with sweet and sour sauce. Options: Deep fried dumplings, Sweet and sour sauce, Meat, Vegetables

8.50 Salt and Pepper Calamari Fresh Calamari toasted with batter in a wok until crispy. Sprinkled with seasoned salt and pepper. Excellent starter!

8.50 Deep Fried Oysters Halt a dozen oysters combined with flour, salt and black pepper. Served with ginger garlic sauce.

8.95 Fried Prawns with Sweet and Sour Sauce Jumbo shrimp are rolled in eggs and flour, then deep fried until lightly crispy. Served with our house-made sweet and sour sauce.

8.95 Mo Si Vegetables Egg, cabbage, tree ears, green onions, ginger, garlic and wine, quick-woked, and served with four rice pancakes and ho sen-plum sauce.

11.95 Sizzling Rice Shrimp Marinated shrimp, hot waked with green onions, tomato sauce, pineapple, sesame oil, garlic, ginger and broth poured over hot crispy rice cakes.

7.50 Deep Fried Won Ton From hunan province served at room temperature

Soups

4.25 WonTon-Soup Four won ton in a tasty broth, with bok choy. Won ton are filled with shrimp and chopped meat.

3.50 Hot and Sour Soup Eggs, bean curd, bamboo shoots and carrots.

3.75 Dumpling Soup Three little purses dumplings in a tasty broth, with green onions and a touch of sesame oil. Dumplings ore filled with seasoned vegetables and chopped meat.

3.95 Egg Drop Soup Egg drop, snow peas, and carrots in a tasty chicken broth.

5.95 Seafood Sizzling Rice Soup Egg drop, shrimp, scallops, snow peas, and carrots in a tasty chicken broth, served with sizzling rice on the side.

Salad

Bean Sprout Cucumber Salad Unforgettable sauce mixed with cucumber silvers and bean sprouts. Our sauce makes this one outstanding. Options: Full (6.50) , Half (4.25)

7.95 Julienne Eggplant Salad Steamed julienne eggplant served with delicious garlic sauce prepared with Chinese parsley, hot oil, vinegar and garlic - marvelous before dinner as a snack.

8.95 Chicken Salad Small strips of fresh chicken with silvers of cucumber and translucent rice noodles prepared with our old-recipe sauce. It's a real favorite.

Smooked Products

9.95 Our Own Smoked Ham Sliced smooked ham souteed with bamboo shoots carrots bell pepper with hot peper

10.95 Our Own Smoked Chicken Try this if you don't mind using your fingers. Small chunks of smoked chicken, bone-in for flavor, woked with bell pepper, carrots, bamboo shoots and hot-garlic sauce. Chicken smoked by us same as duck below.

12.95 Smoked Duck Hunanese Try this if you don't mind using your fingers. Small chunks of duck, which have been smoked by us, woked with bell pepper, sliced bamboo shoots, garlic and hot pepper. Using almond wood from Modesto, we smoke this duck for a minimum of 8 hours with as little heat from the smoke as possible. Fat and bones remain with the chunks to enhance the delicious flavor. Lot of efforts goes into this one, but it's well worth it.

9.95 Our Own Smoked Ham with Fresh Cloves of Garlic Our smoked ham wok-cooked with fresh cloves of garlic, spring onions, and bamboo shoots. This is our own authentic Hunanese recipe for smoked meat, which is popular with our customers.

Beef‏

8.95 Hot and Sour Beef This hot and sour taste is probably the most celebrated sauce of the Hunanese. It really contains only a small amount of souring agent (vinegar). Lightly saute beef in oil and removed from wok, add ginger, garlic, carrots, onions and stir lightly until flavors are blended. Add wine, hot and sour sauce, and return beef to the wok and toss lightly.

8.95 Sliced Beef with Bell Peppers in Black Bean Sauce Shredded beef placed briefly in hot wok. Remove beef and replace with bamboo shoots, bell peppers, fermented black beans, garlic and ginger. Return beef to wok for one minute.

8.95 Sliced Beef with Broccoli Slices of beef ore‏ quick-woked lightly in oil then removed from wok. Broccoli steamed separately for I minute. Hot wok added garlic, ginger, wine and brown bean sauce, then return broccoli in wok cooked for another minute, place beef in wok and toss together

8.95 Sliced Beef with Curry Garlic and Hot Sauce Try this one, it's‏ really tasty, we use our own curry sauce.

8.95 Spicy Beef with Green Onions in Wine Sauce Thinly sliced beef treated to very hot wok for one minute. Remove beef and place slivers of carrots, onion, and green onions in wok. Add ginger, garlic and spicy wine sauce and return beef to wok for one minute. Excellent!

8.95 Beef with Bean Cake Slices of beef are quick woked lightly in oil then removed from wok. Green onions, wine and bean curd are placed in the hot wok and the beef is added and all are tossed together. This is a great high-protein dish and is very tasty.

12.95 Gon-Pou Shrimp and Beef Hunan Jumbo shrimp and beef placed in hot wok with oil, quickly toss and remove. Add water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, onion, wine and hot garlic sauce. Separately deep fry peanuts, then odd peanuts and shrimp to wok containing other ingredients and toss lightly. Simply scrumptious.

8.95 Beef with String Beans Slices of beef are quick-woked lightly in oil then removed. String beans fried separately for one minute. Place garlic, ginger, wine and brown bean sauce in wok, then return string beans and cook for another minute. Place beef in wok and toss together.

Pork

9.95 Mo Si Pork Egg, cabbage, tree ears, green onions with slivers of pork, ginger, garlic and wine, quick woked and served with four rice pancakes and ho sen-plum sauce. You place the mixture on the pancakes and roll it up and eat with your fingers.

9.95 Sliced Fresh Tender Pork with Hot garlic Sauce Due to the time consuming steps of preparation this dish must be ordered two days in advance

8.95 Brandy's Pork with Sweet Sour and Sauce Hunan Roll small pork pieces‏ in eggs and flour and deep fry. In a separate wok, a sauce is prepared with garlic, bell pepper, carrots, white onion and pineapple. Remove pork from wok and toss with thick sauce in the wok. Great.

8.95 Harvest Pork with Hearty Vegetables Sliced tenderized pork with‏ onion and cabbage sauteed with hot bean and wine sauce. No garlic in this one. A favorite of hunanese peasant workers.

8.95 Shredded Pork with Celery Shredded Pork, celery and carrots, cooked with bamboo shoots, fresh ginger sauce and hot bean sauce.

8.95 Shredded Pork with Vegetables and Hot Bean Sauce. Deep-fried shredded pork with‏ bamboo shoots, bell peppers and carrots sauteed in hot bean sauce.

8.95 Bean Curd with Meat Sauce Bean curd stewed with a favorite meat sauce, green onions, green peas and hot bean sauce.

8.95 String Beans with Meat Sauce String beans stewed with a flavorful meat sauce or hot bean sauce Options: Meat sauce, Hot bean sauce

Lamb

12.95 Lamb with Crispy Rice Noodles Mix tender slices of marinated lamb, julienne onions, celery, carrots, bell peppers and onion in wok. Pass lamb slices through hot-oil wok and set aside. Add the lamb to sauce and toss on crispy rice noodles.

12.95 Lamb with String Beans Slices of Australian lamb are quick-woked lightly in oil then removed. String beans fried separately for one minute. Place garlic, ginger, wine and brown bean sauce. Place lamb in wok and toss together.

Vegetables

8.75 Harvest Bean Curd Toss bean curd into wok and add cabbage, onion and hot bean sauce with wine. Saute' while tossing together.

8.75 Bean Curd with Curry Onion, wine, garlic, ginger, bean coke and Brandy's curry sauce all placed in the wok and tossed lightly. This one is very good if you don't have a honkering for meat.

8.75 Old Country Vegetables Slivers of bamboo shoots, tree ears, bok choy, ginger, garlic, wine, quick-woked with bean curd which has been deep fried.

8.75 Old Country Vegetables with Broccoli Broccoli pre-cooked for tenderness then placed in wok with slivers of bamboo shoots, tree ears, deep fried bean curd, ginger, wine and garlic. Quick - woked with or without pepper spices.

8.75 Sauteed Deluxe Vegetables Bok choy, sliced carrots, bamboo shoots and bean curd stir-fried with wine and fresh garlic.

8.75 Bean Curd with Chinese Pickled Vegetables Nice light dish.

8.75 Spicy Eggplant Served hot. Steamed julienne eggplant with an excellent garlic sauce prepared with Chinese parsley, hot oil, vinegar and garlic. A great light dish, good any time of the day.

8.75 Vegetarian String Beans Lightly deep fry string beans, remove and drain oil, in hot wok, odd ginger, garlic, radish, add string beans and tossed in wok until done.

Not Spicy‏

8.95 Shredded Pork with Chinese Pickled Vegetables Slivers of tender pork cooked with our Chinese pickled vegetables. Very interesting taste.

8.95 Bite-size Boneless Chicken with Fresh Garlic Sauce Strong garlic flavor cooked with bell pepper, carrots and bamboo shoots. A tasty dish without the hot pepper.

9.50 Stewed Beef Chunks Beef chunks slow-cooked for several hours until deliciously tender. Served over cabbage.

8.95 Sliced Beef with Green Onions Beef with wine, ginger, garlic, bamboo shoots and green onions. Very flavorful.

8.50 Brandy Ho's Special Chow Mein Prepared with shrimp, chicken and beef.

8.50 Brandy Ho's Special Fried Rice Prepared with shrimp, chicken and beef.

7.50 Vegetable Fried Rice Prepared with bean sprout, cabbage, carrots and green peas.

1.50 per person Steamed Rice

1.95 per person Brown Rice

Noodles and Rice

7.95 Beef Chow Mein

7.95 Chicken Chow Mein

7.95 Pork Chow Mein

7.95 Vegetable Chow Mein

6.95 Cold Noodles with Peanut Sauce

6.95 Stewed Beef Noodles

6.95 Pork Meat Sauce and Vegetable Noodles

6.95 Pork Meat Sauce and Hot Sauce Noodle

8.50 Brandy Hos Fried Rice

8.50 Shrimp Fried Rice

7.50 Beef Fried Rice

7.50 Chicken Fried Rice

7.50 Smoked Ham Fried Rice

7.50 Pork Fried Rice

7.50 Vegetable Fried Rice

6.95 Boneless Chicken with Garlic Sauce on Rice

6.95 Hunan Smoked Ham, Hot and Spicy on Rice

6.95 Sliced Beef and Vegetables on Rice

6.95 Stewed Beef Chunks with Cabbage on Rice

7.95 Stewed Beef Chunks and Dumolinas

Entrees

A Laa Carte Old country hot and spicy dishes the spiceness of any item we served can be adjusted upon request when order

Chicken

8.95 Hot and Sour Chicken Lender diced boneless chicken sauteed with bell peppers, carrots, hot and sour sauce, garlic, young bamboo shoots and fresh minced ginger.

8.95 Diced Boneless Chicken with Curry, Garlic and Hot Sauce Place tender chicken in hot oil wok with ginger and garlic and toss until half done. Add onion, bamboo shoots, hot garlic sauce, and Brandy's curry sauce and toss for a few minutes until done.

8.95 Si Foo Chicken with Black Bean Sauce Saute boneless chicken with‏ fermented black bean sauce, ginger, garlic, and wine until half done. Add onions, bell pepper, and hot spices and continue to toss in wok until done.

8.95 Gon-Pou Chicken Hunan Place boneless diced chicken, ginger and garlic in hot wok with a small amount of oil. loss in wok until half done. Add onion, bamboo shoots, hot garlic sauce, and water chestnuts and toss lightly. To this mixture add peanuts that have been separately deep-fried; toss in wok a few minutes until done, and you have a delicious dish.

8.95 Diced Boneless Chicken with String Beans Fry string beans separately. Place tender chicken hot oil wok with ginger, garlic and hot bean sauce until half done. Add string beans and continue to toss in wok until done.

8.95 Diced Chicken with Broccoli Diced Chicken ore quick-woked lightly in oil then removed from wok. Broccoli steamed separately for 1 minute. Hot wok added garlic, ginger, wine and brown bean sauce, then return broccoli in wok cooked for another minute, place chicken in wok and toss together

9.50 General Chicken Roll diced chicken eggs and flour and deep fry until lightly crispy. In separate wok prepare a sauce with garlic, ginger, honey and hot sauce. Remove chicken from fry wok and toss with the thick sauce.

8.95 Sweet and Sour Chicken Roll diced thicken in egg and flour and deep fried until lightly crispy. In separate wok, prepare a sauce with garlic, ginger, honey and chili. Remove chicken from fry wok and toss with the thick sauce.

9.50 Lemon Chicken Roll diced boneless chicken‏ in eggs and dour. Fry in a separate wok till Crispy and Golden Brown. Toss with the light honey, lime and lemon sauce. All white meat Chicken for S1 extra. Three Delicacies

Fish‏

13.95 Three Delicacies Toss fry scallops and shrimp in oil for a few minutes and remove from wok. In this wok place diced chicken, ginger, garlic, fermented black bean sauce and wine and toss for a few minutes. Add onion, bell pepper and bamboo shoots and toss lightly. Return the shrimp and scallops and toss lightly.

13.95 Brandy's Dinner Stir-fried beef, scallops and shrimp in oil for o few minutes and remove from wok. Add wine sauce, bamboo shoots, onion, ginger, garlic and bell pepper and stir-fry for a few minutes. Add beef, scallops and shrimp and toss lightly. Very good! Brandy's favorite!

13.95 Old Country Scallops Scallops cooked with bell peppers, bamboo shoots, and onions in hot black bean sauce. A unique old country method.

16.50 Hunanese Whole Fish San Francisco locations only. Rock cod fried and removed from pan, where delicious broth is prepared using fresh ginger, garlic, green onions, hot bean sauce and wine. Broth poured over fish and served with carrots silvers as garnish.

9.95 Braised Fish Fillet Lightly dredge fresh cut fish fillet in flour and deep fry until brown. In a separate wok lightly oiled, place bean coke chunks, ginger, garlic, onion, bamboo shoots, and wine. Toss for a few minutes until well blended, add fish with a little broth and allow to simmer for a minute or two.

13.95 Sesame Shrimp Toast Shrimp peeled and chopped, then mosh shrimp to soft pulp and mixed with ground pork. Bread removed from crust and mixtures spread on bread. Then the mixture dipped with white sesame and fry until golden brown. crispy and delicious

11.95 Sizzling Rice Shrimp Place shelled shrimp that have been marinated in egg white, wine and tapioca very briefly in hot wok and remove. To this wok, add green onion sections, tomato sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, pineapple and a liberal amount of broth so that the result is a sauce to which the shrimp is re-entered for a minute or two. Pour over hot crispy rice cakes at the time of serving.

11.95 Old Country Shrimp Shrimp quick-cooked with bamboo shoots, bell peppers and onions in hot block bean sauce. Unique old country method.

11.95 Curried Shrimp • Hunan Place jumbo shrimp in hot wok with oil, quickly toss and remove. Place broth, wine, ginger, onion and brandy's curry sauce in wok and stir until flavors are blended. Return shrimp to wok and toss lightly.

13.95 Lemon Shrimp lumbo Shrimp are rolled in eggs and flour, then deep fried until lightly crispy. Toss with the light honey, lime and Lemon sauce.White meat available, $ 1 additional

11.95 Gon-Pou Shrimp • Hunan lumbo shrimp are tossed quickly in hot wok with oil and removed. Place water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, onion, wine, and hot garlic sauce in wok. Separate deep fry peanuts. Add peanuts and shrimp to wok containing other ingredients and toss lightly. Simply scrumptious!

10.95 Marinated Calamari with Black Bean Sauce Tenderized pieces of calamari‏ that have been marinated in egg white, soy sauce and wine are passed through hot-oil wok and set aside. To this wok add julienne onions, bamboo shoots, bell peppers and onions with hot bean paste, wine ginger, garlic and broth, re-enter the calamari, tossing for two or three minutes.

10.95 Calamari with Curry and Wine Sauce Tenderized pieces of calamari‏ that have been marinated in egg white, soy sauce and wine are passed through a hot-oil wok and set aside. To this wok and bamboo shoots, onion, hot garlic sauce, bell peppers and Brandy's curry sauce; re-enter calamari and toss for a few minutes until done.

12.95 Sweet and Sour Shrimp Jumbo shrimp and rolled in eggs and flour, then deep fried until lightly crispy. In separate wok a sauce is prepared with garlic, ginger, honey and chili. Remove shrimp from fry wok and toss with the thick sauce.

13.95 Honey Walnut Prawns Prawns are rolled in flour lightly and deep fried. Removed prawns from fry wok and toss with our special house-mode mayonnaise sauce. Served with honey-glazed and sesame walnuts. A kid's favorite!!!

16.50 Steamed Fish with Ginger and Green Onions Pink meat trout steamed for 10 to IS minutes. Slivers of fresh ginger and green onions are added, doused with a mixture hot oil and soy sauce. (This menu item is not always available.) (North Beach location only)

13.95 General Shrimp Roll jumbo shrimp in eggs and flour and deep fry to lightly crispy. In separate wok a sauce is prepared with garlic, ginger, honey and hot sauce. Remove shrimp from dry wok and toss with the thick sauce in the wok. Sprinkled with sesame.

11.95 String Bean with Shrimps Separately fried the string‏ bean. Place jumbo shrimp in hot oil wok quickly toss and removed from wok. To this wok add brown bean sauce, garlic, ginger and wine. Add shrimp and string bean to wok and toss lightly.

11.95 Shrimp with Broccoli Shrimp are quick-woked lightly in oil then removed from wok. Broccoli steamed separately for I minute. Hot wok added garlic, ginger, wine and brown bean sauce, then return broccoli in wok cooked for another minute, place shrimp in wok and toss together

Luncheon Special

Lunch Box Special #1

Hot and Sour Soup

Onion Cake

Spicy Vegetables

Hunan Style Smoked Ham with Bamboo Shoots, Hot and Spicy with Rice

Hot and Spicy with Rice

Boneless Bite Size Chicken with Fresh Garlic Sauce and Bamboo Shoots on Rice

Hunan Style Stewed Beef Chunks with Vegetables and Rice

Cold Noodles

Pork Meat Sauce and Vegetables with Noodles

Pork Meat Sauce with Our Special Hot Sauce and Noodles

Lunch Box Special #2

Hot and Sour Soup

Cold Noodle Salad

Dim Sum

Gon - Pou Chicken Hunan

Bite-Size Boneless Chicken with Fresh Garlic Sauce

Our Own Smoked Ham with Fresh Cloves of Garlic

Harvest Pork with Hearty Vegetables

Braised Fish Fillets

Spicy Beef with Green Onions in Wine Sauce