Kwong Sang Lung Company

Purchased a mahjong set here, after looking in many stores on Grant Ave. Nice selection, good prices. Super nice, helpful and friendly staff.

Got pretty good mahjong sets here! Bought one as a gift, sparkly gold :)

They have some nice nick knacks here at borderline expensive prices.
My parent bought 4 art panels here about 13 years ago and they were tacky.
I bought a $ 40 display box with Chinese carved cork trees 4 years ago. This item is cool but the lady breaks the trees when packing it up for me, she looks at it with an oops expression, doesn’t tell me. I see this when I get home and man am I mad.

Pretty much the best place to buy gifts for those relatives-​who-​are-​so-​hard-​to-​shop-​for-​but-​you-​have-​to-​get-​them-​something-​so-​you-​decide-​your-​gift-​should-​be-​something-​relatively-​inexpensive-​but-​distinctively-​San-​Franciscan-​but-​not-​Ghiradelli-​chocolate.
If that’s what you’re looking for, this is your place.

I guess I’m reviewing the other half of the store which is more of the home goods of china; there are actually two stores side by side but not connected.
We went into the herbal side and asked if they had a Gold Mah Jong set, one old man yelled to another old man that was hanging out outside, he ran next door and yelled something to the two ladies inside and then they all smiled and nodded to us and showed us a HUGE selection of mah jong sets. wow.
5 stars for the enthusiasm of the older generation, easily.
So yeah, Gold mahjong, pink, green, blue, silver, white, black, clear, whatever. They seemed to have them all, $ 40 to start, less if you smile and deal a little. Cash is always a good bargaining chip. Most other stores have an ok selection with higher prices, but why bother? These people are friendly and have the biggest selection I have seen in Chinatown. This side also has Go boards and pieces, chinese chess (the circle with chinese characters written on them, can’t think of the real name.) and other game stuff, um and uh skin lightener if you’re looking.

Five stars for the fact that they carry ephedra. You know ephedra right? Its an herbal stimulant that used to be available in health food stores until someone took a massive quantity that was enough kill himself while working out. This combination would be enough to put your heartrate through the roof, and your body onto the floor. Of course it was in pill form that was mixed with huge quantities of caffeine and other ingredients. Also known as ‘trucker speed’ by some people. Of course the FDA comes in to quell the public controversy by banning the herb and squashing any protest. Systematically eliminating everyone’s right to legally consume an HERB that you may benefit from the occasional use of. Meanwhile giving the green light to dangerous pharmaceutical drugs of all sorts.
5 stars at Kwong Sang Lung for handing me a bag of Mormon tea (another name for ephedra) when I asked for it, without a pause. Unlike a few Chinese herb shops who got visually spooked when I asked for the verboten herb.