Cuisines and Dishes at Brandy Ho's - Castro:
- Chinese
Brandy Ho's - Castro
4068 18th St,
San Francisco
CA
94114
brandyhos.com (415) 252-8000
Menu for Brandy Ho's - Castro
Appetizers
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Onion Cake
$2.95
Served with Peanut Sauce. Deep-fried thin cake with egg and green onions. Peanut sauce on the side.
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Steamed Dumplings
$5.50 - $5.50
Little purse dumplings filled with vegetables and chopped meats and served with condiments and red hot sauce. Select Meat or Vegetarian
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Deep Fried Dumplings
$5.50 - $5.50
Little purse dumplings filled with coarsely ground pork, fresh ginger, garlic, and vegetables. Served with our special garlic ginger sauce or sweet and sour sauce. Our Chef recommends this one. Select Meat or Vegetarian
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Egg Rolls
$4.95
Fresh cabbage, celery, and bamboo shoots rolled in thin pastry and deep-fried. Served with our special sauce. Not hot with pepper unless requested
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Deep Fried Wonton
$7.50
Won Ton filled with shrimp and chopped meat. Served with our specil sweet and sour sauce.
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Deep Fried Oysters
$8.50
Half a dozen oysters combined with flour, salt and black pepper. Dredge oysters in flour misture, dip in egg and roll in bread crumbs. Then carefully slide oysters into hot oil until golden brown. Served with our Ginger Garlic Sauce
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Chinese French Fries
$5.50
Cubes of soft tofu cut into slices and fry in the wok. Served with our home-made sweet and sour sauce.
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Salt and Pepper Calamari
$0.50
Fresh Calamari toasted with batter in a wok until crispy. Sprinkled with seasoned salt and pepper
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Fried Prawns with Sweet and Sour Sauce
$8.95
Jumbo shrimp and rolled in eggs and flour. then deep fried until lightly crispy. Served with our house-made sweet and sour sauce.
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Mo Si Vegetables
$8.95
Egg, cabbage, tree ears, green onions, ginger, garlic and wine, quick-woked and served with four rice pancakes and Hoi Sen-Plum sauce. You place the mixture on the pancake and roll it up with your fingers.
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Sizzling Rice Shrimp
$11.95
Marinated shrimp, hot woked with green onions, tomato sauce,pineapple, sesame oil, garlic, ginger and broth poured over hot, crispy rice cakes.
Salad
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Bean Sprout Cucumber Salad
$4.25 - $6.50
Unforgettable sauce mixed with cucumber slivers and bean sprouts. Our sauce makes this one outstanding.
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Julienne Eggplant Salad
$7.95
Steamed, julienned eggplant served with delicious garlic sauce prepared with Chinese parsley, hot oil, vinegar and garlic; marvelous before dinner or as a snack.
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Chicken Salad
$8.95
Small strips and pieces of fresh chicken with slivers of cucumber and translucent rice noodles prepared with our old-recipe sauce. It's a real favorite.
Soup
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Hot and Sour Soup
$3.50
Eggs, pork, bean curd, and bamboo shoots.
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Won Ton Soup
$4.25
Four won ton in a tasty broth with bok choy. Won ton are filled with shrimp & chopped meat.
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Dumpling Soup
$3.75
Three little purse dumplings in a tasty broth with green onions and a touch of sesame oil. Dumplings are filled with seasonal vegetables and chopped meat.
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Egg Drop Soup
$7.90
Minimum 2 orders Egg drop, snow peas, and carrots in a tasty chicken broth
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Seafood Sizzling Rice Soup
$11.90
Minimum Size is 2 orders Egg drop, shrimp, scallops, snow peas, and carrots in a tasty chicken broth, served with sizzling rice on the side.
New & Seasonnal Items
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Egg Drop Soup
$7.90
Egg drop, snow peas, and carrots in a tasty chicken broth.
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Seafood Sizzling Rice Soup
$11.90
Egg drop, shrimp, scallops, snow peas, and carrots in a tasty chicken broh served with sizzling rice on the side.
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Sesame Shrimp Toast
$13.95
Shrimp peeled and chopped, then mash 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 & Delicious
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Gelato Ice Cream (Ciao Bella)
$3.50 - $4.95
Ciao Bella, the award winning, premier producer of high-end gelato goes to any lengths, and cuts no corners, making the finest ice creams available.
Smoked Products
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Our Own Smoked Ham
$9.95
Sliced smoked ham sauteed with bamboo shoots, carrots, bell pepper, with hot pepper.
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Our Own Smoked Chicken
$10.95
Small chunks of smoked chicken, bone-in for flavor, woked with bell pepper, carrots, bamboo shoots, and hot garlic sauce.
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Smoked Duck Hunanese
$12.95
Small chunks of house smoked duck, woked with bell pepper, sliced bamboo shoots, garlic, and hot pepper.
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Our Own Smoked Ham with Fresh Cloves of Garlic
$9.95
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.
Chicken Entrees - A La Carte
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Hot and Sour Chicken
$8.95 - $9.95
ender diced chicken sauteed with bell pepper, carrots, hot and sour sauce, garlic, young bamboo shoots, and fresh minced ginger.
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Diced Boneless Chicken with Curry, Garlic, and Hot Sauce
$8.95 - $9.95
Chicken with ginger and garlic and tossed until half done. Add onion, bamboo shoots, hot garlic sauce, and Brandy's curry sauce and toss for few minutes until done.
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Si Foo Chicken with Black Bean Sauce
$8.95 - $9.95
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.
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Hunan Gon-Pou Chicken
$8.95 - $9.95
Boneless diced chicken, ginger, and garlic in hot wok with a small amount of oil, tossed with onion, bamboo shoots, hot garlic sauce, and water chestnuts. To this mixture add peanuts that have been separately deep-fried and you have a delicious dish.
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Diced Chicken with Brocolli
$8.95 - $9.95
Dices of chicken are 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.
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Mo Si Chicken
$8.95 - $9.95
Egg, cabbage, tree ears, green onions with dices of chicken, ginger, garlic, and wine, quick-woked and served with four rice pancakes and Hoi Sen-Plum sauce. You place the mixture on the pancake, roll it up and eat with your fingers.
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Diced Boneless Chicken with String Beans
$8.95 - $9.95
Fry string beans separately. Places tender chicken in hot oil wok with ginger, garlic & hot bean sauce until half done. Add string beans and continue to toss in wok until done.
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General Chicken
$9.50 - $10.50
Roll diced chicken in eggs & 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.
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Sweet & Sour Chicken
$8.95 - $9.95
Roll diced chicken in eggs & flour and deep fry 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.
Fish Entrees - A La Carte
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Three Delicacies
$13.95 - $14.95
Toss fry scallops and shrimp in oil for a few minutes and remove from wok. In this wok placed diced chicken, ginger, garlic, fermented black bean sauce and wine, then toss a few minutes. Add onion, bell pepper and bamboo shoots and toss lightly. Return the shrimp and scallops and toss lightly.
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Brandy's Dinner
$13.95
Stir-fry beef, scallops & shrimp in oil for a few minutes & remove from wok. Add wine sauce, bamboo shoots, onion, ginger, garlic & bell pepper and stir-fry for a few minutes. Add beef, scallops & shrimp and toss lightly.
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Old Country Scallops
$13.95
Scallops cooked with bell peppers, bamboo shoots and onions in hot black bean sauce.
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Hunanese Whole Fish
$16.50
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 carrot slivers as garnish.
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Braised Fish Fillet
$9.95
Lightly dredge fresh cut fish fillet in flour and deep fry until brown. In separate lightly oiled wok, place bean cake 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.
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Sesame Shrimp Toast
$13.95
Shrimp peeled and chopped, then mash shrimp to soft ulp 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.
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Sizzling Rice Shrimp
$11.95
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.
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Hunan Curried Shrimp
$11.95
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 stir until flavors are blended. Return shrimp to wok and toss lightly. GREAT!
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Old Country Shrimp
$11.95
Shrimp quick-cooked with bamboo shoots, bell peppers, and green onions in hot bean sauce. Unique old country method.
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Hunan Gon Pou Shrimp
$11.95
Jumbo shrimp are tossed quickly in hot wok and removed. Place water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, onion, wine and hot garlic sauce in wok. Separately deep fry peanuts. Add peanuts and shrimp wok containing other ingredients and toss lightly.
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Marinated Calamari with Black Bean Sauce
$11.95
Tenderized pieces of calamari that have been marinated in egg whites, soy sauce and wine are passed through hot-oil wok and set aside. To this wok add julienned 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.
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Calamari with Curry and Wine Sauce
$11.95
Tenderized pieces of calamari that have been marinated in egg whites, soy sauce and wine are passed through a hot-oil wok and set aside. To this wok add bamboo shoots, onion, hot garlic sauce, bell peppers and Brandy's curry sauce.
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Mo Si Shrimp
$13.95
Egg, cabbage, tree ears, green onions with jumbo shrimp, ginger, garlic, and wine, quick-woked and served with four rice pancakes and Hoi Sen-Plum sauce. You place the mixture on the pancake, roll it up and eat with your fingers.
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Shrimp with Brocolli
$11.95
Jumbo shrimps are 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, shrimp in wok and toss together.
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Shrimp with String Bean
$11.95
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.
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Sweet & Sour Shrimp
$12.95
Jumbo shrimp are 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.
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General Shrimp
$13.95
Roll jumbo shrimp in eggs and flour and deep fry to lightly crispy. In separate wok an sauce is prepared with garlic, ginger, honey and hot sauce. Remove shrimp from fry wok and toss wit the thick sauce in the wok. Sprinkled with sesame.
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Honey Walnut Prawns
$13.95
Prawns are rolled in flour lightly and deep fried. Remove prawns from fry wok and toss with our special house-made mayonnaise sauce. Served with honey-glazed and sesame walnut. A kid's favorite.
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Steamed Fish w/Ginger & Green Onions
$16.50
Pink meat trout steamed for 10 to 15 minutes. Slivers of fresh ginger and green onions are added, doused with a mixture of hot oil & soy sauce.
Beef Entrees - A La Carte
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Hot and Sour Beef
$8.95
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 sauteed beef in oil and remove from wok, add ginger, garlic, carrots, onions and stir lightly until flavors are blended. Add wine, hot & sour sauce and return the beef to the wok and toss lightly.
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Sliced Beef w/Bell Peppers in Black Bean Sauce
$8.95
Sliced 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.
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Sliced Beef w/Curry Garlic & Hot Sauce
$8.95
Our own curry sauce.
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Spicy Beef w/Green Onions in Wine Sauce
$8.95
Thinly sliced beef treated to very hot wok for one minute. Remove beef and place slivers of carrots, onion & green onions in wok. Add ginger, garlic and spicy wine sauce and return beef to wok for one minute.
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Beef w/Bean Cake
$8.95
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.
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Sliced Beef with Brocolli
$8.95
Slices of beef are 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 beef in wok and toss together.
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Hunan Gon-Pou Shrimp & Beef
$12.95
Jumbo shrimp and beef placed in hot wok with oil, quickly tossed and removed. Add water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, onion, wine and hot garlic sauce. Separately deep fry peanuts, then add peanuts and shrimp to wok containing other ingredients and toss lightly.
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Beef w/String Beans
$8.95
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. Beef in wok and toss together.
Pork Entrees - A La Carte
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Mo Si Pork
$9.95
Egg, cabbage, tree ears, green onions with slivers of pork, ginger, garlic, and wine, quick-woked and served with four rice pancakes and Hoi Sen-Plum sauce. You place the mixture on the pancake, roll it up and eat with your fingers.
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Hunan Sweet and Sour Pork
$8.95
Roll small pork portions in eggs and flour and deep fry. In a separate wok a sauce is prepared with garlic, bell pepper, green onion, carrots, white onion and pineapple. Remove pork from fry wok and toss with thick sauce in the wok.
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Harvest Pork w/Hearty Vegetables
$8.95
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.
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Shredded Pork w/Celery
$8.95
Shredded pork, celery, and carrots cooked with bamboo shoots, fresh ginger sauce and hot bean sauce.
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Shredded Pork w/Vegetables & Hot Bean Sauce
$8.95
Deep fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots, bell peppers, and carrots, sauteed in hot bean sauce.
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Bean Curd w/Meat Sauce
$8.95
Bean curd stewed with a flavorful meat sauce, green onions, and hot bean sauce.
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String Beans w/Meat Sauce
$8.95
String beans stewed with a flavorful meat sauce and hot bean sauce.
Lamb Entrees - A La Carte
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Lamb w/Crispy Rice Noodles
$12.95
Tender slices of marinated lamb, julienned onions, celery, carrots, and green onions mixed with ginger, garlic, wine, broth and spices and placed on top of crispy noodles.
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Lamb with String Beans
$12.95
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 in wok, the return string beans and cook for another minute. Lamb in wok and toss together
Vegetables - A La Carte
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Harvest Bean Curd
$8.75
Toss bean curd into wok and add cabbage, onion & hot bean sauce with wine. Sauteed while tossing together.
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Bean Curd w/Curry
$8.75
Onion, wine, garlic, ginger, bean cake, and Brandy's curry sauce all placed in the wok and tossed lightly.
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Old Country Vegetables
$8.75
livers of bamboo shoots, tree ears, bok choy, ginger, garlic & wine quick-woked with bean curd which has been deep-fried.
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Old Country Vegetables w/Broccoli
$8.75
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 hot pepper spices.
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Sauteed Deluxe Vegetables
$8.75
Bok choy, sliced carrots, bamboo shoots, and bean curd stir-fried with wine and fresh garlic.
- Bean Curd w/Chinese Pickled Vegetables $8.75
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Spicy Eggplant
$8.75
Served Hot Steamed. Julienne eggplant with an excellent garlic sauce prepared with Chinese parsley, hot oil, vinegar and garlic.
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Vegetarian String Beans
$8.75
ightly deep fry green beans, remove and drain oil. In hot wok, add ginger, garlic & preserved radish then add string beans and toss in wok until done.
Non-Spicy Dishes - A La Carte
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Shredded Pork With Chinese Pickled Vegetables
$8.95
Slivers of tender pork cook with our own Chinese pickled vegetables.
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Bite-Size Boneless Chicken with Garlic Sauce
$8.95 - $9.95
Strong garlic flavor, cooked with bell pepper and bamboo shoots. A tasty dish without the hot pepper.
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Stewed Beef Chunks
$9.50
From a large pot of beef chunks that have been slow-cooked for several hours until deliciously tender. Served over cabbage.
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Sliced Beef with Green Onions
$8.95
No hot pepper in this one. Beef with wine, ginger, garlic, bamboo shoots, and green onions. Very flavorful.
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Special Chow Mein
$8.50
Prepared with shrimp, chicken, and beef.
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Special Fried Rice
$8.50
Prepared with shrimp, chicken, and beef.
- Brown Rice $1.95
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Vegetables Fried Rice
$7.50
Prepared with bean sprouts, cabbage, carrots, green peas, and green onions.
- Steamed Rice $1.50
Rice & Noodles
- Steamed Rice $1.50
- Brown Rice $1.95
- Brandy Ho's Chow Mein $8.50
- Chow Mein $8.50 - $7.95
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Cold Noodles
$6.95
w/Peanut Sauce
- Stewed Beef Noodles $6.95
- Pork Meat Sauce Noodles $6.95
- Fried Rice $8.50 - $7.50
- Fried Rice $7.50
- Boneless Chicken w/Garlic Sauce on Rice $6.95
- Hunan Smoked Ham, Hot & Spicy on Rice $6.95
- Sliced Beef & Vegetables on Rice $6.95
- Stewed Beef Chunks $6.95 - $7.95
Homemade Sauces
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Bottled Sauce
$4.95
Homemade
- Bottled Sauce MultiPack $19.80
Beverages
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Soft Drinks
$1.95 - $7.80
12 oz. cans Select Single or 6 Pack
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Evian Water
$2.95
500ml small glass bottle
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Evian Water
$4.95
1 liter glass bottle
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Calistoga Water
$2.00
300ml bottle
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San Pellegrino Sparkling Lemonade
$2.95 - $11.80
355ml can
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Martinellis Apple Juice
$2.95
296ml Bottle
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Minute Maid Orange Juice
$3.50
450ml Bottle
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Ratings and Reviews for Brandy Ho's - Castro
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May 14 2012
Armando F. via Yelp
The beef over rice tasted like seasoned beef chuck gone bad and the service was good at first, but when I asked for the same discount purchased card (I just...read more
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Apr 08 2012
Natasha K. via Yelp
I don't know why everyone is tripping. B Ho's massive disappointing star status kept me away for awhile but sometimes one really needs some chow mein and if...read more
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Mar 08 2012
Nadia N. via Yelp
This is a nice place to take people who are chinese food virgins or doesn't want to greasy food. Well I went here with my family since my cousin was...read more
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Jan 24 2009
via Citysearch
Brandy Ho's was really nice, very clean. Staff was very nice and catered to you as soon as you walked in. The food is very good es...read more
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Nov 19 2008
via Citysearch
Brandy Ho's is one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the city. Deffently getting what you payed for and the wait staff is rea...read more
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Oct 17 2008
via Citysearch
OMG let me tell you that this place has excellent Chinese food. Quality of the food is superb and always fresh! Waiters are always...read more
From Citysearch
Things get hot and spicy when country-style Hunan food meets the Castro.
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