What's up, everybody? Philcaela here! San Francisco has an awesome Chinatown, it's really
big, it's really popular. Now there are a lot of tourist traps, but there are also a
lot of hidden gems around here. And today we're gonna show you Our Favorite Spots in Chinatown: Let's go!!!
We are at Reveille Coffee in Chinatown. Some people may not consider
this Chinatown, but I think it is. It's on Pacific and Columbus and it's kind of bordering
North Beach, but not really. It's still Chinatown. There's not really any great coffee shops
in Chinatown. You'll find bakeries, Chinese food, more bakeries, more Chinese food. But
there's no places with an environment like this where you can relax, have a coffee, hang
out with friends, study, drink some more coffee. Cappuccinos are great here This is your best
option for a coffee shop in Chinatown. It's literally next to Chinatown, so it's Chinatown.
This is Golden Gate Bakery on Grant Street. They are unfortunately closed right now. This
is a pretty common occurrence because they kind of open and close how they want, it's
really hard to predict. Sometime they're open, sometime they're not. They go on long vacations
at random for 3 weeks, 4 weeks. Looks like they're gonna be open next weekend, but this
place is really popular, usually has a line down the block for their really, really famous
egg tarts. Unfortunately they're not open, but there's another place around the corner
called "AA" that we can go to that does have good egg tarts. We're at AA Bakery in Chinatown,
this is the next best option for egg tarts. We got 2 right here. They're literally fresh
out of the oven so they're still really warm so they should be super delicious. Oh my god
it's warm it's so good! Typically, I'm very picky about the egg tart's crusting, because
it tastes just very flour-y, but this one has a really good flavor, goes really well
with the egg. Their most popular items are the most fresh because everybody orders it,
which includes the pineapple bun. This one is the plain one with no filling inside, which
is my favorite. Super light. It doesn't really taste like pineapple, it just looks like pineapple,
but the top is crusted like this. It's crunchy on top, so good. If you guys have never had
a walnut cookie, they're probably the best Asian cookie (or cookie in general), it's
so good, the flavor is unique. I don't know why, but I just really wanted this, but it's
a chicken pot pie. It's like a mini one, it's really dense and it'll be really good once
we re-heat it back at home. We only got 4 different things here but there's such a big
variety of stuff here. There's tons of cakes, a lot of savory breads. AA Bakery has a bunch
of seats in the back, so unlike a lot of other Asian bakeries where it's really just to-go
only, you can buy some coffee, some milk tea, also some pastries here, come in the back,
grab a seat and enjoy them. Overall, this place is awesome and definitely an excellent
option if Golden Gate Bakery is closed. This is Good Mong Kok Bakery, it's an awesome takeaway
dim sum place, really popular, really, really cheap, too. If you haven't seen our dim sum
video, check it out! So we just picked up our food, we got 2 orders of har gao, we got
an order of siu mai, we also got the good wife pastry, we also got the baked char siu
bao, which is a baked barbecue pork bun, only for $10. What a steal! HOW MUCH? $10!! WAHHH?
But this place is known for all of its har gao, siu mai, and pretty much all other kinds
of dim sum dishes. Definitely check it out. They're closed right now, unfortunately, because
it's Chinese New Year, but can't recommend them enough, cheap and delicious! Little Swan
Bakery is an Asian bakery in the heart of Chinatown kind of on the north side, it's
kind of like a hidden gem here, this place is amazing. They have lots of sweet pastries,
a lot of savory pastries, best known for their cakes here, what I usually get here is their
crepe cake. Similar to Lady M, there's a 20-layer crepe cake and it's packed with green tea,
black sesame, so good, so we got a black sesame and a matcha cake. I don't want to count it,
because there's so many but there're at least 20 layers of crepe on here. If you take a
picture of this and a Lady M cake, they pretty much look identical probably half the price
and just as good. I've only had the cakes here and they're amazing and I"m assuming
the breads are just as good because they bake everything really well. Not a fan of durian,
but they have durian here for those who love the smell of cat poop. Oh my god. Such amazing
black sesame flavoring, it's so good. It's not sweet so it's perfect, it's really good
dessert, each slice is definitely a lot for one person, so it's great to share. I don't
know which one I like better, they're both amazing. I really wanted to share this place,
but at the same time I don't want people to know about this place, I want it all to myself!
So we're at Capitol restaurant and this restaurant is known for their fried chicken wings, it's
like a salt and hot pepper. It's so good, it's so crispy. I've only had this place as
takeout for my work potlucks and I've never had it actually in the restaurant so I'm excited
to eat that. They're so good, even an hour later they're still crispy and the middle
is still tender and there's so much flavor, it's... did I say so good? Because they're
so good. We also ordered a clay pot ox tail and we also ordered some string beans. Gotta
get our greens. Today we got really lucky, we only got wings and no drumsticks. The best!
Mmm! So crunchy, so salty, but very tender and moist in the center. Mmm! Hot! Capitol's
chicken wings are better than the chicken wings at San Tung. You heard it here first,
shots fired, it's true. Also, friendly reminder when you're eating chicken wings, you gotta
eat all the meat otherwise that's wasteful. Oxtail when it's made properly look at this,
the meat is so tender! Oh my gosh! This is the tiniest one I've ever seen. So cute! The
meat is so tender, you can tell it's soft, soft, soft. There's that oxtail meat! Mmm!
Like Micaela said, really tender! Really juicy, too! The ox tail is awesome, the string beans
were what you'd expect. The chicken wings are the star of the dish, though. Capitol
is awesome, it's cash-only and it's a little bit pricey for Chinatown, but still come check
it out and get the chicken wings. Down on Kearny Street, this is Chong Qing Xiao Mien,
but this place is a little noodle shop that has awesome tan tan noodles that I'm really
excited to order. So we ordered the tan tan noodles, which is like a spicy, usually peanut-y
flavor over noodles and beef and stuff and pork. Spicy Sichuan with pork, soup, spicy,
but really, really good. Numbing, but not that numbing. And I also like how they're
thinner noodle, not as thick so they're easier to eat, as well. Woo look at that! And we
also got steamed vegetables. The steamed vegetables are delicious, nice and crunchy and they have
a sweet soy sauce at the bottom, goes really well together. I'm typically not a huge fan
of pork belly, but the pork belly here is really tender and we're dipping it in the
tan tan sauce and it's delicious, this kinda reminds me of the pork belly you get in ramen:
really, really thinly sliced. We have sweet and sour spareribs, these are delicious, as
well. This is Z & Y Bistro, it's a spin-off of Z & Y Restaurant, which is a super popular
Sichuan restaurant down the street in Chinatown. Barack Obama ate there. At first glance, it's
a super upscale-looking, trendy, probably the trendiest looking restaurant you'll find
in Chinatown that has good eats. I love the names of the dishes here, first thing we got
is the explosive chicken, and then we got fish in flaming chili oil, and also some standard
pork dumplings, and pea sprouts. Here's the explosive chicken. Mmm! That has just a really
nice zingy flavor to it from all of the peppers that it's covered in right here. And the chicken
is cooked really well, it's super tender. Pork dumpling, it's really juicy. It's almost
like a soup dumpling. So this dumpling is plain, but what I like to do is dip it in
this flaming oil and then I take a bite, it's freaking good. Pea sprouts. Super crunchy,
really well cooked, and it has that nice garlic flavor and pea sprouts are pretty hard to
cook well yourself so I love these, these are awesome. Here comes the fish in the flaming
chili sauce. Damn that's a big bite. Super bright and just zingy. Yeah it's that classic
Sichuan flavor right here. Overall everything's been awesome here. Z & Y Bistro is awesome,
but it's gonna cost a lot more than your average Chinatown meal. But you get what you pay for
and you're gonna get delicious Sichuan food here. Original Bakery on Powell is an amazing
option for cheap eats in Chinatown. This place has delicious food for really low prices.
If you haven't seen our SF Cheap Eats video, make sure to check it out! This place is cash-only,
our recommendation is to order the Malaysian Chicken Curry Noodle, it is super rich super
delicious. Original Bakery is a great place to go if you're in Chinatown and trying to
stretch your dollar and get a lot for a little. Another good option is just down the street
at Kam Po Kitchen, another cash-only hole-in-the-wall place. Delicious food at low prices! And that'll
do it for our favorite spots in Chinatown, hopefully this video is informative and now
you have an idea of some places you should try out when you're in SF's Chinatown. If
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