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sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
29%
5 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Rice Roll Express, a no-frill Chinatown joint that became a TikTok sensation for its freshly made chewy rice noodle rolls — known as cheung fun — is still pulling huge lunchtime crowds, with lines stretching out the door two years after opening.
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lines → become → door
The star of the show is the restaurant’s namesake Rice Roll Express special: layers of thin steamed rice noodle wrapped around beef, pork, barbecue pork and egg, all for just $9.21.
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star → steam → 9.21
Its “shrimp feast” is another fan favorite, loaded with fresh shrimp, dried shrimp, egg and scallions, ringing in at $10.78.
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feast → load → 10.78
Restaurant menu items in the city averaged $25.51 in September, according to Market Pulse, which tracks prices at local eateries — meaning Rice Roll Express’ signature dish costs less than half that average.
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dish → average → average
And customers are apparently willing to pay for the savings with their time.
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customers → pay → time
Diners have been spotted waiting roughly 25 minutes for food and then jockeying for precious seats inside, according to a recent lunchtime visit by SFGATE.
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Diners → spot → SFGATE
The hype was so high that even Mayor Daniel Lurie was swept up in the noodle mania.
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Lurie → sweep → mania
“I kept hearing about Rice Roll Express, so when I had some time before an event in Chinatown, I stopped by their spot on Stockton and Pacific,” Mayor Lurie wrote in a Facebook post.
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Lurie → keep → post
“I got the BBQ pork rice roll, with chili oil and lots of their special soy sauce on top, and it was delicious.”
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it → get → top
At Rice Roll Express, the noodles are reportedly made with rice soaked overnight and ground before being steamed into delicate sheets.
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noodles → make → sheets
Once hungry patrons get their hands on a plate, there’s another attraction: a DIY sauce station where you can douse the rolls in house-made chile oil, a special sweetened soy sauce, vinegar and Sriacha.
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you → get → oil
The secret to the hysteria isn’t marketing genius — it’s raw, unapologetic old-school labor, and owner Tom Zhen took an unusual route to noodle stardom.
Zhen reportedly grew up eating cheung fun in China, and his father previously operated a rice roll restaurant before the family to San Francisco.
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father → ’ → Francisco
He initially went into tech, but ultimately ditched that industry at age 29 to return to his family’s culinary roots and open Rice Roll Express.
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He → go → Express
Zhen reportedly saw specialized cheung fun shops flourishing in New York City, and figured SF could use one of its own.
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SF → see → own
Soon after, influencers began flooding social media with videos of the restaurant’s translucent, steamed-and-folded noodles drenched in sauce.
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influencers → begin → sauce
Rice Roll Express is located at 1131 Stockton Street in San Francisco.
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Express → locate → Francisco
Just make sure you bring cash — the restaurant doesn’t accept cards, but it does take Venmo and Zelle.
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it → make → Venmo
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