San Francisco Chinatown was packed with many locals and tourists on Chinese New Year. According to their website, SF has the oldest Chinatown in North America and has the largest Chinatown outside of Asia. We spent most of our day there after we arrived shortly after one o'clock. We had a late lunch and spent many hours browsing a variety of stores.
Golden Gate Bakery had a very long line of people waiting to eat their famous egg custard tarts. I can understand why people stood in line for them because they are just that good. We had them the first time we visited SF and there was no wait. Anyway, we decided to pass on the tarts this time since the line was so long. However, just before leaving Chinatown, we walked by the bakery again and the line was much shorter! We joined the line and ended up waiting for 5-10 minutes and ordered a dozen egg custard tarts to share. I think they must have just came out fresh from the oven because they were still warm. These tarts were huge and the crust was flaky and delicious just like I remembered it. For only $1.15 each, these not so little Chinese desserts were totally worth the wait!
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