🇺🇸 San Francisco | San Jose | OMG the Bay Area is SO DELICIOUS!

I'm literally exploding with happiness today 😭✨ I explored the Bay Area food scene and every single spot was mind-blowing! I'm so happy! I'm so happy! Gotta write this down before I forget!!! 🍱 Shoji 📍 140 New Montgomery St #1, San Francisco, CA 94105 OH. MY. GOD. The uni (sea urchin) rice bowl was divine! I’d already eaten one dinner, but I still devoured this. So fresh, so sweet — the uni, the savory roe, the soft sweet shrimp, the creamy egg yolk... pure perfection 🍚🦐🧡 💰 Heads up: It's $48 a bowl — not cheap! 🥣 The sweet shrimp miso soup was so good I drank it all before taking a photo 😂 Super umami, totally infused with shrimp essence! 🍗 Chicken wings were okay, nothing special. 🫘 Skip the edamame — weirdly sour, not worth it! 🍢 Noren Izakaya 📍 1701 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133 My sister found this gem of a yakitori spot — so good! Simple, clean flavors, just good ingredients + salt. My ranking: 1️⃣ Wagyu (MUST order!) 2️⃣ Beef tongue 3️⃣ Chicken wings 4️⃣ Chicken thigh 5️⃣ Gizzard 6️⃣ Mushrooms 🍜 Not many carbs here — great for drinks & bites, not for a big empty stomach. 🥟 Skip the gyoza and dessert. 🍲 We tried the mapo tofu udon — my sister loved it, I thought it was just okay. 🍜 Yum Noodles (Yang Yu Xing) – A Hunan Noodle Spot in San Jose SLURPING NOODLES = PURE JOY 😭❤️ I had the Stir-Fried Pork with Dried Tofe Noodles — HEAVEN. My sister had the Pickled Mustard Tuber & Shredded Pork Noodles. We were both too busy devouring our bowls to talk 😂 👎 If I had to nitpick: a bit oily, and the dried tofu could be more flavorful. Also, the noodles aren’t the fresh handmade kind I grew up with (I’m half-Hunan, so I’m picky!). 👍 But for the U.S., this is seriously legit. The whole restaurant was full of Hunan locals — that says it all! #BayAreaFoodie #SanFranciscoEats #SanJoseNoodles #UniBowl #YakitoriLove #HunanFood #NoRegretsJustEats #FoodComaIncoming