Since food is such an important part of our Asian and Pacific Islander culture, we invited top chefs to share their favorite Asian food recipes to inspire you to cook at home.
Don’t feel like cooking? We have curated several diverse Asian restaurant lists offering food to go, making it easy for you to support Asian small businesses.
Martin Yan is a Chinese-American chef, TV personality, and Founder of M.Y. China Restaurant.
Martin Yan has a special Asian Pacific American Heritage Month greeting message. During a Facebook Live program, Martin Yan shared his favorite past episode and answered questions about quarantine, cooking and Asian culture on Facebook Live. Watch the entire conversation on Facebook.
Yan Can Cook
Inspired by one of Martin’s recipes? Think you can improve upon it? Post your creations at #WeCanCook or tag @YanCanCook.
M.Y. China
Upmarket Chinese eatery featuring hand-pulled noodles, cocktails & a flashy, open-kitchen setting.
845 Market St, 4th floor,
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 580-3001
Chris Yeo and Julian Yeo, Straits and Sino Restaurant Owners
To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, owners Chris Yeo and Julian Yeo from Straits and Sino Restaurant on Santana Row share their Sambal seafood boil recipe for you to make at home or order delivery.
Download Sambal Seafood Boil Recipe
Dennis Wong, Le Soleil Restaurant Owner
Le Soleil reaches beyond the boundaries of tradition. A marriage of Vietnamese and French styles presented gourmands a unique contrast of flavors. To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Chef and owner Dennis Wong shares his family favorite dish: shaken beef over rice and a perfectly fried egg. Enjoy!
Le Soleil Restaurant
133 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-4848
Yoshi Tome, Sushi Ran Owner
Sushi Ran is recognized as one of the top Japanese restaurants in the US, and has netted high honors from Michelin, Zagat, San Francisco Chronicle, Travel & Leisure, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and many others over the past 33 years. We invite you to try this avocado hand roll and salmon hand roll recipe by Sushi Ran. Sushi Ran thanks you and supporters for 33 wonderful years.
Sushi Ran
107 Caledonia Street
Sausalito, CA
(415) 332-3620
George Chen, China Live Owner
China Live Executive Chef and Founders George & Cindy Chen cook Fried Rice from their home. China Live is an interactive culinary and cultural destination in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, offering an in-depth exploration of Greater Chinese gastronomy.
Watch more of their new Web Series “China Live @Home”
China Live
644 Broadway Street
San Francisco CA 94108
(415) 788-8188
Evan Turner, The Brazen Head’s Chef De Cuisine
Asian Influenced Ahi Tuna Tartare with Avocado recipe prepared by Evan Turner, Chef De Cuisine at The Brazen Head. A beautiful dish that tastes as wonderfully good. Imagine all your favorite Asian ingredients all in one dish!
The Brazen Head Restaurant & Public House in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow is renowned for its intimate atmosphere and lively bar.
The Brazen Head
3166 Buchanan
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 921-7600
Ranjan Dey, New Delhi Restaurant Owner
Chef and Owner Ranjan Dey prepares Indian Prawn Curry that will satisfy your cravings for delicious Indian food. A Family-owned San Francisco Legacy Business since 1988, New Delhi Restaurant has continued to serve the community authentic Indian cuisine for the past 30 years. Try their new Curbside Curry service for food pickup and delivery.
New Delhi Restaurant
160 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 397-8470
Charlie Truong, PPQ Dungeness Island Owner
Charlie Truong, Executive Chef at PPQ Dungeness Island cooks a savory Cajun Seafood Boil using PPQ Dungeness Island’s signature sauce.
At PPQ Dungeness Island, every dish is created using only the freshest and finest ingredients in the San Francisco Bay Area. Serving only the best meats and seafood, and vegetables fresh from the farm, PPQ Dungeness Island is your home away from home since 2001.
PPQ Dungeness Island
2332 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 386-8266
195 El Camino Real
Millbrae, CA 94030
(650) 686-6126
William Lim Do, laowai popup
William Lim Do (IG @laowainoodles) is the chef and founder of Lao Wai, a popup and noodle class with an emphasis on northwestern Chinese desert cuisine, particularly Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles (兰州拉面). He was formerly sous chef at Mister Jiu’s and previously worked at State Bird Provisions and at The Progress. When he’s not busy cooking, William chronicles his recipe testing on his food blog nompen.com.
Quinton Jay, Bacchus Wine & Spirits Proprietor
Classic Cocktails with an Asian Sensibility — Learn how to make ‘The Old Fashion with Chinese 5 Spices’ and ‘Asian Pear Mule’ classic cocktails to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month during SIP with Quinton Jay from Bacchus Wine & Spirits.
Quinton Jay, is the proprietor of Bacchus Wine Shop, has over 16 years of experience in the wine industry has actively contributed to the success of many wine ventures in the Napa, Sonoma and Oregon regions.
Bacchus Wine & Spirits
25 Hillcrest Blvd.
Millbrae, CA 94030
(650) 697-9463
Download Cocktail Recipes:
Wendy Lieu, Socola Chocolatier Owner
Vietnamese Sisters Wendy & Susan Lieu co-founded Socola Chocolatier – Socola prepares all its truffles with unique, cosmopolitan flavors, including burnt caramel with sea salt, guava, beer, sriracha hot sauce and more. Celebration Co-Chair Angela Pang and Chilipepper Events’ Chau Lam talk with Sôcôla’s chief Chocolatier Wendy Lieu about making chocolates, growing a small business, being an entrepreneur pastry chef, and shifting to online sales.
Socola Chocolatier
535 Folsom Street
San Francisco, California 94105
(415) 400-4071
Sonia Delan & Al Perez, Filipino Food Movement (FFM)
The Filipino Food Movement (FFM) was founded to create broad awareness, appreciation, and enhanced investment in Filipino Culinary Arts. With the food industry is struggling during COVID-19 shelter in place orders, FFM has compiled a national list of Filipino restaurants open for takeout or delivery services to encourage the public to support Filipino food establishments. APA Heritage Celebration Co-Chair Angela Pang and Chilipepper Events’ Chau Lam talk with Sonia Delen, President or the Filipino Food Movement and Al Perez, board member of the movement about the need to support local Asian restaurants.
Bay Area Asian Restaurants Open for Take Out or Delivery
During this time of uncertainty while we shelter-in-place to combat the spread of COVID-19, many Asian Pacific American owned restaurants remain open to not only financially stay afloat but to serve and feed the community. The APA Heritage Month Celebration Committee has compiled a list of websites and resources that are tracking Asian Pacific American owned restaurants and/or businesses serving Asian cuisine that are open for takeout or delivery. This list is not by any means comprehensive and was submitted by various organizations and individuals. To celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month, please support Asian owned restaurants and order take out today. When you order, please post your food on social media and use #AsianFoodToGo!
The Filipino Food Movement was founded to create broad awareness, appreciation, and enhanced investment in Filipino Culinary Arts and they have compiled a national list of Filipino restaurants open for takeout or delivery services.
The Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club has created a running list of some of their favorite Asian restaurants in San Francisco that are open for take out or delivery.
The Rose Pak Democratic Club volunteers has put together a site to track restaurants that are open in San Francisco’s Chinatown
The Japantown Task Force, Inc. has been regularly updating a list of restaurants with delivery options open in San Francisco’s Japantown
Postmates and Uber Eats are just 2 examples of services you can utilize to order takeout from. Go to your app of choice, input your address for delivery, and enter the cuisine you’re craving – from Burmese to Vietnamese – you’ll be able to find out what’s open:
“As a platform that connects people from all walks of life, to the tastes, scents, and goods that power our communities, Postmates is proud to boost the prosperity of our local neighborhoods as we shelter in place, and as we celebrate Asian American heritage month,” said Vikrum Dave Aiyer, Postmates Vice President of Public Policy & Strategic Comms. “From Treasure Island & Chinatown, to Excelsior & the Bay View, we are proud to support the diverse tapestry of businesses, workers, and communities that make up City, and will use the power of our app to continue to champion the APA businesses that will power our long-term recovery.”
Facebook Groups
These Facebook groups are regularly updating restaurant locations which are open for business.
Whole Sellers:
Japanese owned and operated since 1969, ABS Seafood supplies premium seafood and Japanese specialty items to the finest restaurants and retail markets in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Other Resources:
The APA Heritage Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting appreciation of the diverse Asian Pacific American cultures as well as to providing a forum for community collaborations.
The annual San Francisco celebration of APA heritage month is coordinated by community representatives who volunteer on the APA Heritage Celebration Committee.
This is the official celebration of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month for the City and County of San Francisco.
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