We just returned from our 4 day Thanksgiving Break to our besties in the bay area. We had the BEST time — came back with a very full stomach and extremely full heart. I laughed the entire 4 days (and ate the rest of the time) — all in all, the best time ever. One of my favorite parts was the Avital Food Tour — just the 8 of us on a guided food tour of the Mission District in San Francisco. We had a tour guide take us, by foot, to four different restaurants as a progressive meal. Each one was delicious and something I would have NEVER tried before.
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California – I love you. West Coast – I love you.
We met our wonderful tour guide, Nikki, at the heart of the Mission District.
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I always forget how beautiful SF is.
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This Mercedes perfectly describes San Francisco to me — a mercedes, yes, but crazy and wacky.
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First stop, a venezulan restaurant.
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Each restaurant, you would be paired with a type of beverage. This one was incredible — some type of rice milk horchata tasting milkshake.
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And the meat – UNREAL.
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We then walked around and toured the different murals and learned so much about the area, and San Francisco in general.
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A different mural full of history richness.
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A Guamanian restaurant — who knew!!! Beyond delicious.
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More mural tours.
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This was NOT part of our tour — but how could we say no to this bakery with unbelievable pastries and goodies?
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Peruvian — our least favorite of the four restaurants. This was a type of tamale. I actually really liked it.
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And our fourth restaurant was Bao, for dessert.
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But I loved looking inside at the windows where they were making dumplings.
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The dessert baos. So cute right?
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The end.
The whole experience was from 11 am until 230. Then we headed back to our friends, to have a 5 pm dinner…..to say we ate a lot is an understatement. I highly HIGHLY recommend doing this tour and can’t wait to try a different tour from Avital — they have tours in NYC, too!
aww i want to go there too i wish.