Z & Y Restaurant

Chinatown, San Francisco Bay Area · Chinese · $$

Sichuan cooking stands apart in Chinatown's older Cantonese streetscape, and this plain Jackson Street dining room is where the city goes for the real numbing burn. The chicken arrives hidden under a mound of dried red peppers, and the bean jelly noodles hum with Sichuan peppercorn, cooking the Michelin inspectors keep recognizing with a Bib Gourmand. Order with a group, share widely, and ask for water early.