Yamo - 3406 -18th St. at Mission, SFCA

   On my second attempt to have some pulled pork at Southpaw I was thwarted again by the fact that they've changed the opening time to 5pm on Thursday. What's handy, I said to myself. Oh, Yamo. I hadn't been there since it was operated by a single Asian man who, besides being a fairly decent cook, was also a pretty damned good guitarist. It seems in the course of the last few years that Yamo has achieved hipster cult status. I've seen people standing in line outside the door to get into a place that seats ten at best. If you're claustrophobic, this isn't the place for you. Even though there are four women running the show, only one was cooking, and it took about 15 minutes to get this simple Black Bean Tofu (6) dish, which was pretty bland and needed some Sriracha to get it up on its feet. I guess the allure here is because it's 'cheap and funky'. It still gets only 2.5 on the Meter.