Big Lantern Menu
Introducing Big Lantern, a vegetarian dim sum paradise in San Francisco. Offering a plethora of plant-based options, this Asian-owned gem caters to veggie lovers with dishes like Vegetarian Egg Rolls, Hot and Sour Soup, and Meatless Chicken Congee. The mock meat options are a standout, especially the Kung Pao Faux Chicken and BBQ Chicken Bun. The service is impeccable, with attentive staff creating a welcoming ambiance. While some dishes may not hit the mark, overall, Big Lantern delivers on flavor and variety. With a reputation as one of the top restaurants in the U.S., this spot is a must-visit for those seeking satisfying and flavorful vegetarian Chinese cuisine.
Appetizer
3 Vegetarian Egg Rolls with Meatless Chicken
Onion Pancake
6 Fried Wontons
Crispy Fried Tofu
6 Crab Cheese Puffs
5 Pot Stickers
Vegetable or pork.
8 Steamed Wontons
With red chili oil. Hot and spicy.
Cucumber with Garlic and Chili Sauce
Hot and spicy.
5 Fried Chicken Wings
4 Fried Eggplant and Shrimp Rolls
6 Fried Prawns
Fried Calamari
BBQ Pork Spare Ribs
Combination Plate for Two
Egg roll, fried prawn, crab puff, and fried chicken wing.
Veggie Crab Cake
Chinese Donuts
for two pieces
Hot and Sour Soup
Hot and spicy.
Mixed Vegetable Soup
Vegetarian Wonton Soup
Spinach Tofu Soup
Egg Flower Soup
Wonton Soup
Combination Wonton Soup
West Lake Beef Soup
Mushroom Papaya Soup
Fish Seaweed Soup
Chicken with Corn Soup
Tofu Vegetarian Meat Ball Soup
Sizzling Rice Soup
Seafood Hot and Sour Soup
Hot and spicy.
Mixed Vegetable Meatless Chicken Soup
Prawn Wonton Soup
Seafood Soup
Porridge
Fresh Garlic Ginger Vegetable Porridge
Soup
Salad
Sesame Cold Noodle Salad
Papaya Salad
Mango Salad
Chicken Salad
Tofu Salad
Seafood Salad
Mango Prawn Salad
Meatless Chicken Salad
Dim Sum Combination
Three pieces each of shrimp dumpling, pork siu mai, and BBQ pork bun.
Vegetarian Dim Sum Combination
Three pieces each of vegetarian dumpling, meatless chicken siu mai, and meatless BBQ pork bun.
Meatless Chicken Siu Mai
Chicken Siu Mai
Beef Ball
Steamed Spare Ribs
Dumplings
Your choice of vegetable, or shrimp
Pork Siu Mai
Made with pork and shrimp.
Tofu Vegetarian Roll
Shanghai Baby Bun (Pork)
Chive Dumpling with Meatless Chicken
Pork and Vegetable Bun
Steamed BBQ Pork Bun
BBQ Meatless Chicken Bun
Spinach Dumpling with Meatless Chicken
Vegetable Turnip Bun
Baked BBQ Pork Bun
Turnip Cake with Meatless Chicken
Taro Vegetable Puff
BBQ Meatless Chicken Puff
Sweet Rice Tamale with Meatless Chicken
Curry Chicken Puff
Rice Noodle Roll
Pan Fried Pork Bun
Foil Wrapped Chicken
Stuffed Mushroom
With shrimp.
Shrimp Toast
Stuffed Crab Claw
With shrimp and crab
Stuffed Eggplant
With shrimp.
Bacon Shrimp Roll
Crab Cake
Sesame Ball
Fresh Mango Pudding
Egg Custard
Peach Bun
Mini Moon Cake
Veg Crab Cake
Big Lantern Dumpling
contains shrimp and cilantro
Pan Fried Shrimp & Chive Dumpling
Pumpkin Bun
Wheat.
Baked Dim Sum Combination
2 pieces of each baked bbq pork bun, curry chicken puff, and egg custard
Traditional Chinese Rice Pudding
contains dried scallop, dried shrimp, pork, Chinese sausage, peanuts, greens peas and sticky rice.
Meatless Chicken Traditional Chinese Rice Pudding
Contains wild rice, brown rice, sticky rice, red rice, farro, peanuts, and green peas
Wu Ren Mooncake
vegetarian. contains pine nuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, cashew nuts, apricot kernel nuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, and peanuts
Egg Yolk Mooncake
Box of 4 moon cakes
2 Wu ren mooncake 2 Egg yolk mooncake
Pork Belly Bun
Pumpkin Bun with Pork Belly
Dim Sum
Beef & Lamb
Twice Cooked
Hot and spicy.
Mongolian
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao
Hot and spicy. Contains peanuts
Curry
Hot and spicy.
Broccoli
String Bean
Mu Shu
Egg Foo Young
Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Vegetable
General
Sesame
Hot and spicy.
Orange
Hot and spicy.
Wood Ear Mushroom
Mango
Hot and spicy.
Basil
Hot and spicy.
Crispy Beef with Garlic Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Crispy Lamb with Garlic Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Szechuan
Hot and spicy.
Satay Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Asparagus
Snow Peas
Scrambled Egg
Big Lantern Tea Flavored Lamb
Hot and spicy.
Jalapeno
Hot and spicy.
Drunken
Beef Stew with Spinach
Beef Stew with Broccoli
Beef Stew with Bok Choy
Ginger and Onion
Spicy Cumin Sauce Lamb
Hot and spicy.
Mandarin
Hot and spicy.
Black Pepper Beef in Sizzling Hot Pot
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Pastrami
Hot and spicy.
Basil Pastrami
Hot and spicy.
Jalapeno Pastrami
Hot and spicy.
Big Lantern Flaming Szechuan Chili Fish
Big Lantern Tea Flavored Chicken
Big Lantern Flavored Beef
Jalapeno Chicken
Jalapeno Beef
Jalapeno Lamb
Drunken Beef
Drunken Chicken
Drunken Lamb
Mandarin Eggplant
With chicken and prawns.
Szechuan Spicy Cumin Sauce Lamb
Peking Mandarin Shredded Pork
Minced Chicken Lettuce Cup
Garlic Mushroom Family
Mandarin Meatless Chicken
Satay Meatless Chicken
Mandarin Meatless Fish
Portabella Mushroom with Meatless Chicken
Chef's Special
Chicken & Pork
Cashew
Mandarin Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Hunan Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Mixed Vegetable
Bok Choy
Royal Pork
Hunan Crispy Pork
Hot and spicy.
Sweet and Sour Pork
Pork with Garlic Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Shredded Pork with Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Mango Pork
Hot and spicy.
Spicy Cumin
Hot and spicy.
String Bean Chicken
Jalapeno Pork
Hot and spicy.
Honey Walnut Crispy Pork
Salt and Pepper Pork Chop
Hot and spicy.
Szechuan String Bean with Smoked Pork
Hot and spicy.
BBQ Pork with Asparagus
BBQ Pork with String Bean
BBQ Pork with Snow Peas
Moo Goo Gar Pan
Mushroom and chicken.
Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
Hot and spicy.
Hunan Crispy
Hot and spicy.
Sweet and Sour Chicken
white meat
Braised Chicken Wing with Mandarin Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Crispy Chicken with Garlic Sauce
Hot and spicy. White meat.
Lemon Chicken
Hot and spicy. White meat.
Szechuan Chicken
Hot and spicy. White meat.
Sun Flower Chicken
Hot and spicy. White meat.
Garlic Tofu Hot Pot
Hot and spicy.
Salted Fish and Chicken Tofu Hot Pot
Hot and spicy.
Honey Walnut Crispy Chicken
White meat.
Mango Chicken
Hot and spicy. White meat.
Salted Fish and Chicken Eggplant Pot
Hot and spicy.
Chicken with Asparagus
Chicken with Snow Peas
Mandarin Eggplant with Chicken and Prawns
Hot and spicy.
Big Lantern Smoked Pork
Hot and spicy.
Crispy Chicken
1/2 Roasted Duck
1/2 Peking Duck
Orange Sparerib
Fried Rice
With peas, carrots and eggs.
Chow Mein
Curry Chow Mein
Hot and spicy.
Tomato Noodles
Pineapple Fried Rice
Pastrami Fried Rice
Noodle Soup
Chow Fun
Garlic Noodles
Lo Mein
Brown Rice
Hong Kong Style Pan Fried Noodles
Salted Fish and Chicken Fried Rice
Singapore Style Rice Noodles
With chicken, BBQ pork, and prawns. Hot and spicy.
Spicy Numbing Mandarin Noodles
With minced pork and vegetable. Hot and spicy.
House Spicy Noodle Soup
With chicken, BBQ pork, and prawns. Hot and spicy.
Satay Beef with Chow Fun
Hot and spicy.
Big Lantern Spicy Fried Rice
Combination with chicken, beef, pork, and shrimp.Hot and spicy.
Beef Stew Noodle Soup
Beef Stew Lo Mein
Big Lantern Spicy Chow Fun
Combination with chicken, beef, pork, and shrimp.Hot and spicy.
Garlic Fried Rice
White Rice
Wild Rice
Noodles & Rice
Seafood
Sweet and Sour
Lemon
String Bean Prawns
Prawns with Lobster Sauce
Mu Shu Seafood
Curry Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Black Bean Sauce
Ginger Fish with Spinach
Ginger Fish with Broccoli
Ginger Fish with Bok Choy
Hunan
Hot and spicy.
Salt and Pepper
Hot and spicy.
Peking
Crispy with Garlic Sauce
Hot and spicy.
5 Spice Sesame
Hot and spicy.
Scramble Egg
Steamed Prawns with Tofu
Honey Walnut
Portabella Mushroom
Big Lantern Tea Flavored
Hot and spicy.
Chong Qing Fish
Hot and spicy.
Mandarin Combo Clay Pot
Hot and spicy. Prawn, chicken beef and vegetable.
Half Moon Bay's Harvest
Hot and spicy. Prawn, scallop fish and calamari.
Salmon with Asparagus
Salmon with Snow Peas
Salmon with String Beans
Szechuan String Bean Salmon
Hot and spicy.
Prawn Snow Peas
Prawn Asparagus
Lover's Prawn
half honey walnut sauce and half sweet & sour sauce
Lemon Scallops
Garlic Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Honey Walnut Crispy Scallops
Scallops with Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Mandarin Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Hunan Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Salt and Pepper Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Crispy Scallops
Hot and spicy.
5 Spice Sesame Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Sauteed Scallops and Beef
Jalapeno Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Big Lantern Tea Flavors Scallops
Hot and spicy.
Pan-Fried Whole Flounder
Mixed Vegetables
Ginger Onion Broccoli
Ginger Onion Bok Choy
Mapo Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Basil Tofu
Kung Pao Tofu
Hot and spicy. Contains peanuts
Curry Fried Tofu
Garlic Spinach
Sauteed String Bean
Hot and spicy.
Salt and Pepper Crispy Fried Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Eggplant
Hot and spicy.
Sauteed String Bean with Fried Tofu
Braised Tofu with Bok Choy
Black Mushroom with Bok Choy
Tofu with Sauce
Hot and spicy.
Wood Ear Mushroom with Tofu
Ginger Sauce Chinese Broccoli
Oyster Sauce Chinese Broccoli
Yum Yum Eggplant
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Crispy Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Lemon Crispy Tofu
Honey Walnut Crispy Tofu
Sauteed Asparagus with Fried Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Black Bean Sauce Asparagus
Vegetable & Tofu
Meatless
Sweet and Sour Meatless
Twice Cooked Meatless
Mu Shu Meatless
Hot and spicy.
General Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Basil Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Curry Meatless Chicken
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Orange Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Mango Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Egg Foo Young with Meatless Chicken
Lemon Meatless
5 Spice Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Mandarin Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Sesame Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Jalapeno Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Shredded Meatless Chicken with Tofu
Hot and spicy.
Chong Qing Meatless Chicken
Hot and spicy.
Ginger Onion Broccoli with Meatless Chicken
Hot and spicy.
Sauteed String Bean with Meatless Chicken
Ginger Onions Asparagus with Meatless Chicken
Manadarin Eggplant with Meatless Chicken
Hot and spicy.
Ginger Onion Chinese Broccoli Meatless Fish
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Crispy Meatless Chicken
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Crispy Meatless Fish
Hot and spicy.
Cashew Meatless
Black Bean Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Hunan Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Tomato Veg Meat Ball
Hot and spicy.
Salt and Pepper Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Szechuan Meatless Fish
Hot and spicy.
Drunken Meatless
Honey Walnut Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Tea Flavored Meatless
Hot and spicy.
Black Pepper Meatless in Sizzling Hot Pot
Meatless fish, and meat ball. Hot and spicy.
Shaolin Temple Combo Pot
Vegetarian. Meatless chicken, tofu and vegetables. Hot and spicy.
Mixed Vegetable Lunch Special
Ma-Po Tofu Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Crispy Tofu Garlic Sauce Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Sweet and Sour Pork Lunch Special
Sweet and Sour Chicken Lunch Special
Garlic Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Tofu Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Eggplant Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Tofu Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Beef Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Cashew Chicken Lunch Special
Cashew Beef Lunch Special
Orange Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Sesame Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
General Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce Lunch Special
Basil Tofu Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Basil Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Basil Beef Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Vegetarian Meat Ball Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Meatless Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Meatless Fish Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Sweet and Sour Meatless Chicken Lunch Special
Sweet and Sour Meatless Beef Lunch Special
Sweet and Sour Meatless Fish Lunch Special
Broccoli Chicken Lunch Special
Broccoli Beef Lunch Special
Broccoli Fish Lunch Special
Lemon Chicken Lunch Special
Lemon Pork Lunch Special
Lemon Tofu Lunch Special
Mongolian Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Mongolian Beef Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Mongolian Vegetable Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Egg Fu Yong BBQ Pork Lunch Special
Egg Fu Yong Chicken Lunch Special
Egg Fu Yong Beef Lunch Special
Beef Stew Lunch Special
Royal Pork Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Salt and Pepper Pork Chop Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Peking Sauce Pork Chop Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Ginger Onion Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Crispy Chicken Lunch Special
Roasted Duck Lunch Special
Garlic Sauce Crispy Pork Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Sauce Crispy Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Lemon Meatless Fish Lunch Special
Lemon Meatless Beef Lunch Special
Lemon Meatless Meatball Lunch Special
Garlic Sauce with Crispy Meatless Chicken Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Garlic Sauce with Crispy Meatless Fish Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Hunan Smoked Pork Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Fried Rice Lunch Special
With peas, carrots, and eggs.
Chow Mein Lunch Special
Chow Fun Lunch Special
Hunan Fish Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Hunan Calamari Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Hunan Prawn Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Prawn with Lobster Sauce Lunch Special
Sweet and Sour Prawn Lunch Special
Kung Pao Calamari Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Prawn Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Honey Walnut Crispy Tofu Lunch Special
Honey Walnut Crispy Pork Lunch Special
Honey Walnut Crispy Chicken Lunch Special
Mandarin Eggplant Lunch Special
With chicken and prawn. Hot and spicy.
King of Kung Pao Lunch Special
Chicken, beef, pork and prawn. Hot and spicy.
Seafood Combo Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Orange Lamb Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Orange Beef Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Sesame Lamb Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Sesame Beef Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
General Lamb Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
General Beef Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Pastrami Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Kung Pao Lamb Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Salmon with Asparagus Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Salmon with String Bean Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Combo Fried Rice Lunch Special
contains peas, carrots and eggs
Combo Chow Mein Lunch Special
Combo Chow Fun Lunch Special
Choice between orange, sesame or general meatless chicken
Hot and spicy.
Meatless Fish with Sauce Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Meatless Beef with Sauce Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Veg Meat Ball with Sauce Lunch Special
Hot and spicy.
Lunch Special
Dessert
Mochi
Ice Cream
Fried Banana
Mango Pudding
Guinness
MUST BE 21 AND OLDER12 fl oz
Sierra Nevada
MUST BE 21 AND OLDER12 fl oz
Heineken
MUST BE 21 AND OLDER12 fl oz
Corona
MUST BE 21 AND OLDER 12 fl oz
Sapporo
MUST BE 21 AND OLDER Small 12 fl oz Large 20.3 fl oz
Drinks (MUST BE 21 AND OLDER)
Beverages
Thai Tea
Juice
coconut, orange, apple, pineapple, cranberry
