SF Food | Only Open Two Days a Week and Worth the Wait!! 👍
🥞 Alinco 🉑️ Ube pancake 📍 1050 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110
▫️ Only open two days a week, and it's hard to get a reservation. The only two days they are open, they operate from 10 AM to 3 PM. The neighborhood is difficult to find parking and considered unsafe, so be cautious. It is advisable to make a reservation in advance.
☕️☕️ Vietnamese Ice Coffee w/ Ube
As a non-coffee drinker, I ordered a cup to try because of this unique ube combination. The ube at the bottom is very sweet, perfectly balanced with the coffee! The only problem is that it's a bit hard to sleep at night after finishing it 😂
🧇🧇 Korean Fried Chicken w/ Waffles
I debated between rice porridge and waffles, but I ended up choosing waffles (definitely need to try the porridge next time!). The waffles themselves have a savory taste, and the topping tastes like a fusion of black sesame and butter. It's best to dip them while they're hot! Absolutely delicious! However, the waffles don't taste good after they cool down, is that a downside? The fried chicken next to it tastes exactly like the Korean kind👍
🥞🥞 Hot Ube Pancakes
An internet sensation! This huge plate of purple pancakes went viral for a long time! So this time I came to try them too, but wow! The portion is too big?!?! A plate bigger than a washbasin, filled with pancakes bigger than a face, almost every table ordered them, but almost every table ended up taking them to-go, they are just too much to finish 😂 The texture is soft and chewy, and it's not overly sweet, which is a real plus! The ube sauce on the side is generous! The coconut shreds on top are also fragrant and sweet.
▫️ The overall portion is truly generous! The taste is great, and it looks fantastic, worth visiting frequently if you can get a reservation! When we went there that day, the indoor seating was extremely crowded, to the point where it felt a bit uneasy. After all, it is still the time of a pandemic, and the indoor capacity seems uncontrolled, with people waiting indoors, which made us a bit nervous while sitting and eating! Even outside, it was packed with people! After eating, you can go to Arcana, the plant shop with a unique ceiling next door (recommended in a previous post).
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