Popular Chinese Sauerkraut Fish Chain Fish With You Just Opened in San Diego | Eater San Diego

"A Beijing-based, fast-casual chain with over 2,000 locations has opened in San Diego's Convoy District; the new outpost joins existing U.S. locations in Rowland Heights and Flushing, New York, and replaces Shentan BBQ after being in development since the summer of 2024. The restaurant specializes in suan cai yu, a sauerkraut and white fish stew cooked with Sichuan peppercorns, resulting in a sour-and-spicy flavor; its signature dish is hot-boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chiles, which, once served, resembles a hot pot. The stew is available with two options of whitefish — basa fish and snakehead — and other soup options include a classic spicy fish and a vinegar-pepper version. For non-fish stews, try the tomato beef or crispy pork and hot oil. Add-ins are available for each stew, including tofu, wide sweet potato vermicelli noodles, baby cabbage, and lettuce. The rest of the menu features Taiwanese sausage, chicken skewers, and a sweet brown sugar glutinous rice cake for dessert; make sure to try the complimentary Wuchang rice, which is imported from China. Expansion into San Diego is led by Vicky Hua, who also opened YinTang Spicy Hot Pot and Zhengxin Chicken Steak; Hua said, "I wanted to open this type of Chinese fish restaurant in San Diego because the area doesn’t have something of this kind," (told Eater San Diego in 2014), and she is already thinking about a second Southern California location." - Rebecca Roland