What's up, everybody? Philcaela here! San Francisco's Richmond District has some of
the best food in the city and it definitely has the best Asian food in San Francisco.
We used to live in Inner Richmond district so we're definitely really familiar with this
area and we know what's really good around here. That's why we're going to bring you
our 10 Favorite Eats in the Richmond District. Let's go!!!
This is B Star, not to be mistaken
for Burma Superstar, the more popular, more crowded version of this restaurant. Burma
Superstar may be more popular, more people, more wait, but B Star honestly is way better
than Burma Superstar. I've been to Burma Superstar a couple times and B Star a couple times and
every time I've been here the food has been way better! The menu here features not only
Burmese food, but also food from other parts of Asia like China, Japan, Thailand, whole
bunch of other stuff. They have a really, really awesome menu here and what they're
most known for is the tea leaf salad. So at Burma Superstar, you can't get a small or
large, but at B Star, you can get a small. A small feeds 1-2 people and the large feeds
3-5, or Phil and Micaela! So crunchy, nuts and seeds in it. They have dried, crispy garlic
here. If you're on a first date, I wouldn't come here because you might get a garlic breath.
But it's just Phil, so he can handle it. Peanuts, dried garlic, sesame seeds, tomatoes, the
tea leaf dressing, which is why this salad is so good. This is a Thai salmon pot pie.
Aw, look at that puff pastry! Look at this super flaky crust. And if we just go under
here. Bits of salmon in here. Better than a traditional chicken pot pie! And another
one of our favorites to order here is the miso cod. We love this probably almost as
much as we love the tea leaf salad. This cod is cooked beautifully, melts in your mouth,
just falls apart. It's absolutely delicious. The 2 must-orders when you come to B Star
are the tea leaf salad and the miso cod here. Overall, B Star is definitely one of our favorite
restaurants in the Richmond District and San Francisco. The menu is unique, the food is
so good here. It's great for groups, great for small parties. Make your reservations
online and I cannot recommend this place enough. We are at Little Sweet. This is our favorite
boba shop in the Richmond District, their teas are so good. Well I ordered the black
milk tea, Phil got the oolong milk tea, but this boba shop has your most traditional teas,
they don't have a lot of fruity, gimmicky types of teas. They have your very standard
black milk tea, green milk tea. They have snacks here, but not too many. Sweet potato
fries, chicken wings, and like gyoza. But I would definitely come here for the tea.
If you haven't seen our Top 5 Boba Shops in SF video, make sure to check it out! And overall,
Little Sweet is the best boba shop in the Richmond District and it's gonna be great
for anyone who's looking for an amazing, traditional boba milk tea. We're at Cinderella Bakery
in the Inner Richmond, this is a local Russian bakery/breakfast/brunch/food place here. This
is a piroshki, they have fried and baked. We like the baked ones. The baked one don't
come out until after like 10:00AM/ 10:15AM, 11:00AM sometimes. If you wanna come here
early, you're only gonna get fried ones. And the baked ones are so much better than the
fried ones. Our favorite piroshki here is the baked green onion and eggs. When I went
to Seattle, I got the Piroshki Piroshki, and I was very unimpressed there and it was like
$7, but this is like $3-something and it's ten times better! We ordered the pelmeni,
which is a Russian dumpling and we got it with chicken broth. Nice little tortellini
Russian dumplings. It comes with a side of sour cream, so if you're into that, it goes
pretty well with it. We also got a classic Russian borsch soup. Traditional Russian beet
soup. Admittedly, I did not know much about Russian food before I had come to Cinderella.
This place has some awesome Russian pastries, Russian soups, and all kinds of great traditional
Russian dishes that are honestly all delicious. One of my favorite things about this place
is that it's popular with locals, really not that touristy. It really is a bit of a hidden
gem and we definitely recommend it! This is Arsicault Bakery, it is a Richmond staple
for amazing croissants. Arsicault always gets super busy because they have the best croissants
in San Francisco. They even won an award a couple years ago for Best Croissant in the
Nation! We talked about Arsicault a little bit more in our Best Bakeries in SF video.
If you haven't seen it yet, make sure to check it out! You can their specialties like the
Kouign Amanns, almond croissants, and all kinds of delicious, flaky, well made French
pastries here. And this is also just around the corner from the farmer's market so on
Sunday mornings, you can hit both! So our next stop is my favorite coffee place in the
Richmond District, which is Home Cafe. Overall, they make everything really well, they make
really cute latte art. They also have a lot of varieties of toasts. I come here for the
ambiance, it's really bright in here, it's really pretty and also they have really good
coffee. They use Counter Culture for their beans. If you like floral drinks, there're
a lot of floral flavors and I recommend the rose latte. This place caters to, definitely,
the Instagrammers because you can get a really cute latte art. So even though the coffee
here is really cute and it definitely caters to a crowd that appreciates cuter and more
aesthetic things here, I can confirm that the coffee is delicious, they use Counter
Culture beans, as Micaela said. And in addition to having cute lattes and all these cute,
creative hot drinks, they also make a mean pourover. I typically would get something
warm like a cappuccino or just a standard black pourover, but because it's pretty warm
today, I ordered an iced sea salt caramel latte. It's super sweet, but it's super delicious
and it's also just really refreshing. The drink that made this place the most popular
is the Birthday Cake Latte, it's the rainbow one with the little prettiness all over it.
My other favorite other than the Rose is probably the Cookie Monster. That one, they make it
with cookie butter, and then they have bits of cookie on top. Super good! If you come
here, you better get coffee. Like you have to... It's a must! Jin Pot on Geary is an
amazing option for hot pot in the Richmond District. We come here all the time. They
have a huge selection of ingredients to put into the hot pot and it's all-you-can-eat,
too! One of my favorite things about this place is their meat. They have really great
wagyu, it'll cost you a little more for all-you-can-eat, but I think it's really worth it. It's only
$4 more and you get really high quality meat. They're very marbley, they cut it really thin.
So once you dip it into the broth it'll cook instantly. Oh my god it's amazing, I'm getting
hungry talking about this right now. There're just so many options here and you definitely
get your bang for your buck for all-you-can-eat. Another great place we like is Shabu Club.
They don't have as much variety in terms of your toppings that you can put in your broth,
but then their broth is really good and they have really good sauces, as well. We're at
Genki Crepe and Mini Mart, it's a mini mart they have a lot of snacks, like Asian snacks
here. There are a variety of them and drinks and then they're best known for their crepes.
Here there is savory and sweet. They come in a little cone and then the crepe itself
is really crispy. We usually actually love to get egg puffs here because these are probably
the best egg puffs in the city. They're so good! They're crunchy on the outside and soft
in the middle. These are even different because there's black sesame. I've never seen black
sesame egg puffs anywhere else. Ooh so beautiful! It's perfectly golden! So I'd definitely recommend
eating when they're fresh, because after a while they tend to get a little soggy. Once
you get them, try to eat them as soon as you can. It's like a mini mart, so they have drinks
and snacks all over the entire place, but I definitely come here for the crepes and
egg puffs. We are at Chili House, it's an amazing Sichuan restaurants on Clement Street
and it's definitely the best Sichuan food in the Richmond District. They offer a Peking
Duck here. They come up to you and slice everything on the table for you. It looks really good.
If you have a big group of like 5 or 6 people, it's like $42 or something, but it's absolutely
worth it because you get a ton of food, but today we just don't have the stomach capacity
to get it. So we got other great options! We order the filet fish in the flaming chili
oil, we also got stir fry chicken with jalapenos, we got sauteed string beans. And we also got
Beijing pot stickers. I love this fish, it's so flaky and tender and this sauce is so good.
When we're done eating the fish here, we always take it to-go so, with the sauce, we make
dumplings at home, so you get 2 meals with this! Beijing pot stickers, it's like a Xiao
Long Bao without being a circle. Mmm! These are real good! Oh drip! Soup is dripping!
Trying out this stir fry chicken with jalapeno. It's really not that spicy, it's delicious,
the chicken is well cooked, well seasoned, and it looks like this is some bell pepper.
It doesn't look like jalapeno, but it's really soft. As far as Sichuan food goes, it's really
not that spicy here. Chili House is actually owned by the same people who own Z & Y Bistro
and Z & Y Restaurant over in Chinatown and that's why this place is so amazing, because
those places are great and same management and everything. And the next spot on our list
is PPQ Dungeness. This is in the Outer Richmond and it's a really popular seafood restaurant
that has some set menus depending on your party size. We're not huge fans of their set
menu for 2, but if you come with a party of 4 or more, you can get some really awesome
combinations of seafood and it's gonna be worth it. Eating seafood I need to wear my
bib, so now that that's on. There're a lot of different varieties of crab available at
PPQ, but we ordered the roasted crab, also got string beans, amazing garlic noodles,
and a sea bass. Chilean sea bass is my favorite fish because it's so good, it's so flaky,
there's so much flavor. Even if it's just steamed with soy sauce, it's amazing. This
fish just has incredible texture that you don't need that much seasoning to make it
taste great. It's just - Mmm - indescribable! It's so good! Garlic noodles are a must here,
they're super delicious. What makes the crab so special here is that it's fresh. They have
a tank in there with fresh live crab, so every order is made to order. Locals don't really
go to Fisherman's Wharf for seafood, they come here! And the last place on our list
is Breadbelly on Clement. This place is known for making its own fresh breads and here we
have a Kaya Toast, which has a pandan spread on it. This Kaya Toast is made with brioche,
not just regular toast. It's delicious! We also ordered a Not Ube Tart, a matcha cappuccino,
and a black sesame horchata. This bread is amazing, very lightly sweet, and it has sea
salt on top. Mmm! If you're a big fan of black sesame, you'll definitely have to order this.
This tart is called Not Ube Tart because it's not made with ube, but it's made with purple
sweet potatoes. Sweet and savory. I don't know, it's really weird, but it's very satisfying.
That's gonna do it for our favorite eats in the Richmond District! Although we don't live
in this area anymore, we definitely find ourselves coming back a lot. There're such great options
here and we definitely miss a lot of food in this area. We're posting new videos every
Sunday, so if you haven't subscribed already, be sure to do that so you can see them when
they're posted. See ya next time! Bye!