One of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco at the moment is Yemeni Kabab & Mediterranean near Market & Taylor.
The traditional haneeth, kabsa and mandi plates are excellent. The mezzes are fantastic. They have very affordable lunch plates too, and I love the tea they offer. One of those small homey places with seriously good food and vibes.
It’s much better than restaurants in that category that cost 2x more.
The best Burmese food in San Francisco is at Mandalay, not at any of the places with ‘Burma’ in their name
Not many people know this, but San Francisco is home to a large Yemeni diaspora, especially around the Tenderloin / Nob Hill area. That's why we have so many good Yemeni coffee and cake places (Delah Coffee, Haraz). Most of the grocers are also run by the community.
A newish restaurant just opened. 'Yemeni kabab & Mediterranean' . Really excellent. Some of the best falafel I've had anywhere in this city. Everything is good really. I've been really wanting this style of food (different from regular Mediterranean' as it uses more spices) so I am happy it opened. I hope it does well. Try any of the haneeth and kabsas. I love well flavored rice like that.
Very affordable lunch sets.
My favorite bánh mì in SF right now is at Bo&Beurre, kitty corner across from Saigon Sandwich (which is fine, but B&B just has far better ingredients and flavor). It’s also almost 2x the price of Saigon. But I am fine paying that coz I like it 3x more.
One day (soon) I will write a list of all the bánh mì stores in the Tenderloin and what to get from each.
One of my favorite businesses in SF Japantown is Maruwu Seicha. Awesome cheese tarts and matcha drinks.
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Legitimately good Malaysian food in San Jose at My Selera Bistro
Incredible Oakland immigrant story. Afghan brothers teach themselves how to make great pizza. They run the beloved Pizza Ponte
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/pizza-ponte-oakland-temescal-ny-pizza-20175811.php
I’m always fond of Hai Di Lao when there’s one near me but the Bay Area is so far behind on good modern Chinese chain food that this article (while great) feels like being breathlessly excited about the McDonalds of expensive and fancy hotpot
Another data point for my theory that every major Chinese and Taiwanese food biz chain opens only in Fremont, Cupertino and LA. SF is completely irrelevant in this biz.
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13970445/haidilao-hot-pot-fremont-late-night
This channel is great. Food and history and people of east bay. His taco list there has inspired many happy trips
this guy is one of my fave SF people. utterly delicious baklava. he is also obsessed with his craft
https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/11/baklava-story-mission/
in east bay, go to Simurgh
Yemeni food is one of my favorite cuisines. I am glad the city now has a nice sit down Yemeni restaurant (the other main Yemeni spot is good but in a dingy little spot)
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I’ve decided that one of my favorite restaurants in the whole of the Bay Area is Moo Bong Ri in Oakland.
Excellent Korean fried chicken, the rice cakes are excellent, every dish with any type of soup is excellent.
Just an all around great place and also cheaper than any Korean food in San Francisco. (Although I am also very fond of Muguboka in SF)
The trinity of good bready things in north beach / Chinatown SF:
- Liguria Bakery for homemade traditional focaccia
- Fairuz Eatery for awesome manakeesh
- Yummy Bakery for the best Chinese baked goods in the city
Lots of pizzas and other things like that but you already knew that (my pick is Il Casaro, but people love Golden Boy, Tony’s, Floyd + Water)
Good sandwiches at Palermo. Molinari if you want to stand in line
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