Chinatown Culinary Walking Tour by Local Tastes of the City Tours



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Duration: 3h
Location: Chinatown, San Francisco, CA United States | San Francisco, United States


Category: Food & Drink

Highlights:
On-foot exploration of vibrant Chinatown in downtown SF
Cultural insight at a Chinese music center & antique shop
Savory dumplings & buns at the city's oldest dim sum bakery
Opportunity to see fortune cookies being made by hand
Sights include Old Saint Mary's & a lovely Buddhist temple

Inclusions:
Guided walking tour of Chinatown
Food tastings
Live tour commentary provided in English

Description:

Colorful produce stands line the sidewalks, red lanterns hang overhead, and the vanilla perfume of fresh-baked fortune cookies wafts through the breeze. Chinatown is full of hidden treasures, from dim sum bakeries to Buddhist temples, and the best way to explore them is on foot with a local guide.

Meet your guide at the landmark entrance to Chinatown, an elaborate gate that welcomes you into this bustling district’s vibrant atmosphere. Leave the tourist-packed main drag behind and follow your guide into the neighborhood’s back alleys and quieter residential pockets for an insider’s look at the largest Chinese community outside of Asia.

Your first stop is at an antique shop, where you can wander among statuettes, antiques, and ritual objects that date back hundreds of years. For a look at more intriguing items, continue on to a music center, where you can get an up-close look at fascinating oriental instruments. Duck into the nave of Old Saint Mary’s, a brick cathedral whose bell tower is among the oldest in the city, and check out the shop of a celebrity barber down a quiet street.

Next, follow your nose to the neighborhood’s oldest dim sum bakery, a tea house churning out sweet and savory dumplings and buns. Bite into a few of these authentic delicacies, and then continue past the pretty pagoda-style architecture and Buddhist temples of Waverly Place to a fortune cookie factory. Here, watch as fortune cookies are pressed and folded by hand, and sample some of these crisp and flaky treats to bring your tour to a sweet close.



Cancellation Policy: 72 hours
Know before you book: Children 1 and younger are complimentary when accompanied by a paying adult., Vegetarian options are available at each stop., Check-in is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.

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