San Francisco is known for its good food, so we took full advantage. My cousin, Betsy, helped us with a couple of great recommendations, and we also went on a Chinatown food walking tour.
The walking tour was really interesting.
The first (and my personal favorite) bite of the tour was a Green Onion bun. It was a sweet and savory bun that was delicious.
We loved all of the interesting details about Chinatown. I'm glad we got to go when we did, because Chinatown is suffering from gentrification and will most likely cease to exist the way it does in the next 20 years. Most residents are in the 80s and 90s, and the young are fleeing because of the high cost of housing.
Next up was a barbecue pork bun and Moon cake. The moon cake has a salty egg yolk center, so it was definitely the strangest thing we ate. It's a one-and-done for me.
Chinatown borders the financial district. Most of the older Chinese spend their day playing poker at the park. It was fascinating watching them.
We saw our church and then got to enter the oldest Bhuddist temple in San Fransisco. We went through a store of items entirely made of paper that you can purchase and burn as incense with the thought that your ancestor will receive the gift. The items look completely real. The paper is very elaborate.
The fortune cookie factory was so fun!
For Dim Sum we ate pork and shrimp dumplings with spiced green beans and Peking duck.
We went to a tea house. We only tried a couple of the herbal teas, the rest of the group tried some very strong teas.
Our final stop was chow mein, fried rice, and a pot sticker.
The kids had a great time and tried new things. Chinatown is definitely memorable.
Other food highlights while in San Francisco: We ate dinner in Little Italy. Joel says the single best thing he put in his mouth the whole trip was the lasagna from The Italian Homemade Company.
We ate Boudin's which was a favorite of my dad. We all love the sourdough bread. We went to the famous Dandelion Chocolates at the Ferry Building. My cousin also sent us to Jane the Bakery. The sandwiches and pastries were amazing! It wouldn't be complete without a trip to Ghirardelli Square for a hot fudge sundae.
We ended our culinary delights with a ballpark hot dog and churro at Oracle stadium during the baseball game.
