China Town!

I was extremely excited to finally have the opportunity to take the girls to Chinatown. It was great to finally visit somewhere in which they were definitely NOT in the minority!

San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia as well as the oldest Chinatown in the United States. 

Chinatown retains its own customs, languages, places of worship, social clubs, and identity.  You can quickly lose yourself in a microcosmic Asian world, filled with herbal shops, temples, pagoda roofs, and dragon parades.  We were mostly interested in the shops, restaurants and markets. 

Sesame balls!  Everyone but Rian loves this fried dessert that is popular in Vietnam as well.  It is like a friend mochi dough exterior with some sort of cream on the inside.  

One of the Chinese bakeries. 

Having seen too many restaurants on the map to count, I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the one we finally chose.  

I do remember all the dishes were full of fresh vegetables and that Jessie was a particular fan of the soup.  

We also visited the fortune cookie factory and many of the fresh food markets.  It was extremely crowded every which way we turned, but it was a lot of fun and a worthwhile experience for the girls.