Chase Supplies

This is a neat place that has a lot interesting utensils like soup spoons,forks,knives,serving spoons...

They also have nice Plates,Tea Cups,Regular Cups,Glassware,Rice Cookers,Hot Pots,Claypots,Gravy Pots,Ketchup & Mustard Squeeze Bottles...

This was my 1st time coming to this utensil supply store and what I bought myself was a soup spoon... If you Yelpers & Yelpettes need to buy utensils or cookware try going to the Chase International Trading Inc In The San Francisco Chinatown Ca USA Area!!!!!

I'm not quite sure where the store's name comes from. Maybe it's because of its location so close to the FiDi (i.e., Chase as in inspired by Chase bank)? But why the "International" and "Trading"? Do they export?

Regardless, this relatively small shop and the intersection between Chinatown and FiDi is basically a no-frills hardware store filled to the brim with what I assume is imported merchandise (based on the name, the boxes laying around with Chinese text on them and the fact that not very many lower end glasses, pans, lamps, meat cleavers, etc. are still being manufactured in the US).

There are usually two people there: a Chinese guy who doesn't speak English at all and a lady at the cash register who is fluent in English - so language is not a problem.

This is where you may get high quality kitchen equipment that is "restaurant grade". I have plastic containers that I use to let my bread dough ferment - a set of those cool hooks you see in Chinatown windows to hang ducks (I hang my kitchen stuff from rod), woks, scoops, spatulas and all manner of gear one needs to run a kitchen.

I bought a couple of those squeeze plastic bottles you put oil in. I use olive oil in one and canola oil in the other. Very convenient. (They were a dollar each.)

The Wok Shop is up the street and to the right of this place. This place has the woks that are used in the restaurants of different sizes. What I like about this place is that I know what I see is good quality - otherwise it would not be there. The Wok Shop has every wok that is made on earth... you have to guess which one is the best one for you.

I love going in and looking at all the stuff.

It's a simple restaurant supply and hardware store. (Granted, it's more for Chinese restaurant stock than not.)

Rolling pin $9.50 + tax = win. I can make dumplings again...and hopefully not as lopsided!

You need *real* wok supplies...they got 'em!

You need deep fryer baskets or scoops...they got 'em!

You need steam trays...bamboo trays...dim sum making stuff...they got 'it!

Unfortunately, you need to really know what you're doing... when you come here ;-) Because if you don't have some knowledge of Chinese cooking, or grasp of the Chinese language...you might be SOL.