San Francisco has steadily craved Chinese food since 1848, and this fancy food hall delivers regional Chinese taste sensations with Californian flair – it's San Francisco chef George Chen's Asian version of New York's Eataly emporium. Menus change seasonally, but recurring favorites at the main-floor restaurant include slurp-worthy Shanghai xiao long bao (soup dumplings), zesty chrysanthemum salad and crispy, kumquat-glazed Peking duck.
Get your name on the waiting list and browse the well-curated selection of key ingredients, cookbooks and fancy kitchenware in the adjoining shop. Sample family-farmed tea at the Oolong Cafe tea counter, and spot the SF landmarks in the original Ming-inspired tiled mural.
