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Food & Drink shopping in California

  1. A

    Nippon-Ya!

    Tea, seasonal treats and omiyage (traveler's gifts) ranked by popularity make Nippon-ya! worthy of exclamation. There's a whole wall of tea and treats to accompany it, like green-tea mochi, the ever-popular strawberry mochi with chocolate filling and arare rice crackers basted with sweet soy sauce. Everything is so lavishly wrapped that that goldfish keychain looks fancier than one from Tiffany's.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Coco-Luxe

    The Gold Rush may be over, but the sugar rush is definitely on at this SF chocolate maker reinventing American dessert classics like devil’s food cake, malted milkshakes and banana splits as truffles. Cinnamon-candied almonds dunked in chocolate and dusted with cocoa make Block Party Almonds the kind of treat you might not be inclined to share with neighbors.

    reviewed

  3. C

    New May Wah

    No truly adventurous eater should leave town without a trip here. Flavored tapioca tea kits and stinky, acquired-taste durian are just the beginning: sharpen your stir-fry tasting skills with an array of fish sauce and bean pastes, and work your way through the shelves of chili sauce and soju (Korean rice wine) if you dare.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Cocoabella

    This San Francisco chocolate purveyor commissions chocolate makers around the world to produce treats with delightful flavors and exotic good looks: a hazelnut chocolate mushroom, a chocolate peanut butterfly, a Russian tea-scented chocolate painted like a Kandinsky, and a confectionary cappuccino in a tiny chocolate cup.

    reviewed

  5. E

    Greenblatt’s Deli

    Greenblatt’s Deli is located on the Strip – go order a pastrami on rye. It might be quite enjoyable.

    reviewed