🇺🇸 San Francisco | San Jose | OMG the Bay Area is So Delicious 😭

🍣 Shoji 📍140 New Montgomery St #1, San Francisco, CA 94105 OMG, the uni don is heavenly! I’m such a foodie — I already had dinner but still ate a second one here. Even though I wasn’t hungry anymore, I couldn’t resist. The sea urchin was so fresh and sweet, the roe salty and savory, the sweet shrimp tender and soft, and the creamy egg yolk tied it all together perfectly. FYI — it’s $48 a bowl 😅 Not cheap! The sweet shrimp miso soup was so delicious I finished it before I could even take a picture 😂 It was incredibly rich, with the shrimp flavor fully infused into the broth! The chicken wings were okay — nothing special. The edamame? Don’t order it! It’s a weird, super sour experimental dish 😖 🍢 Noren Izakaya 📍1701 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133 Not sure where my sister found this yakitori spot, but it’s amazing! So satisfying! It’s classic, straightforward yakitori — no fancy sauces, just simple seasoning with salt and quality ingredients. My top picks (in order): Wagyu beef (absolutely #1) Beef tongue Chicken wings Chicken thigh Gizzard Mushrooms Only downside: it’s hard to get full here — not many carb options, more of a drinks-and-snacks spot. The gyoza and dessert weren’t great. We also tried a creative “mapo tofu udon” — my sister loved it, but I thought it was just okay 🤷‍♀️ 🍜 Yum Noodles (Yang Yu Xing) — A Hunan-style noodle spot in San Jose Slurping noodles is pure joy 😭😭😭 The stir-fried pork with dried tofu noodles — OMG ! My sister had the pickled mustard greens with shredded pork noodles, and we were both too busy devouring our bowls to even talk 😂 So fragrant! If I had to nitpick: the pork and dried tofu noodles were a bit oily, the tofu wasn’t super flavorful, and the noodles weren’t the fresh handmade kind I grew up with (my family’s from Hunan — I’m half Xiang girl, and we always had noodles freshly cut before cooking). But for the US, this is seriously impressive! I feel like I’m just being picky 😅 The restaurant was packed with Hunan locals — a great sign! #FoodieHeaven #BayAreaEats #SanFranciscoFood #SanJoseNoodles #UniDon #YakitoriLove #HunanNoodles #SoHappyRightNow 🍱🎉