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Longtime owner of Chinatown institution Sam Wo doesn t want to stop working - but he might have to
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The B.B.Q. Pork Rice Noodle Roll at Sam Wo s in San Francisco, Calif. is seen on Friday, December 18th, 2015.John Storey / Special to The Chronicle 2015
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At 112-year-old Chinatown legend Sam Wo Restaurant, longtime owner David Ho is doing everything these days.
He’s buying all the ingredients, lifting 50-pound bags of rice up the restaurant’s steep stairs. He’s cooking every item on Sam Wo’s menu, from the rice noodle rolls stuffed with pork to the jook studded with preserved egg. He’s washing dishes and scrubbing the floors.