Sauces around the Bay Area and Beyond

Starting year 2020, we have cooked more at home. Our pantry has grown with spices, sauces. Restaurants have created the beloved version of their bestselling dishes, crystalized in these lovely jars. Let's meet some of the sauces foodie will love. 

Lee Kum Kee Black bean sauce : supermarket ranch99 available, generic sauce, saltier than the homecooking version in Asia. It is useful for some cantonese and hong kong style dishes

HarborView SF, a favorite new Dim Sum place in the Embarcadero Center, R&G Loung Alumni, created their House Special X.O Sauce.

Red boat fish sauce: Christina Ha, the self-made blind chef who won masterchef recommends this generic yet super useful all purpose fish sauce. 

Sweet gyoza sauce : not every black, dark Japanese sauce is soy sauce, every Japanese sauce has subtle umami and difference, check out the generic sweet gyoza sauce, can be found in Nijiya, it is great for many usage, including panseared gyoza

Yank Sing has their house special chili sauce.

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Food to try at San Francisco!

 San Francisco semi-native for a decade recommend unique food to try in San Francisco:

• SPRO : Japanese American coffee truck turned cafe shop with unique mocktail like coffee drinks Pixie dust cold yuzu, cold fashioned cold brew with torched orange peel mimicking old fashioned, mardi gra with gold, 
• Thai Farmhouse : modern Thai cuisine, instagram perfect
• Family cafe: Japanese curry katsu Sando sandwich
• la fantastique 22 franklin street chef robbiewilson
• In Situ (CLOSED) : SFMOMA museum restaurant, features chef creations around the world, sometimes serve museum art inspired food, creates food inspired by art exhibition upstairs
• Toasty : toasts, charcuterie board, avocado toast, fancy toast
• Mama Liang : Chinese / Taiwanese dumplings togo
• Craftsman and Wolves contemporary bakery, serves art like, modern baked goods https://www.craftsman-wolves.com/
• Bakery
• B Patisserie
• kouign amann
• Dandelion chocolate 
• Dessert
• Feng Cha Sea Salt Pearl Cake
• Japanese Food
• PABU : contemporary Japanese sushi, pub, bar, robata yaki
• Ippudo : fancy ramen
• Store to try in San Francisco:
• West Fungi : mushroom specialist, they also have fresh wasabi and truffle sometimes
• Epicurean cafe: gourmet food store, spices, condiments and fancy liqueur