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| | Yan Comes Up Short / Well-known chef's fast-food venture suffers from sameness |
 | | The concept is built on Yan's personality, wide-ranging travels and 25-year reputation as creator of the popular PBS show "Yan Can Cook." In fact, at the restaurant entrance, the menu near the ordering counter competes for diners' attention with continuous tapes of the smiling chef chopping chicken, stir-frying vegetables and pounding out dumplings. |
 | | Too much oil can also be a problem at Yan Can, especially in the lo mein ($6), in which the noodles are tossed with onions, bean sprouts, carrots, celery and snow peas. |
 | | I'm convinced from the show and cookbooks that Yan can cook, but if people based their impressions on the what they consume at the restaurant, many might vote to can Yan. |
| sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/06/CM282746.DTL (0 words) |
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