"Your Order: Papaya Salad Eat enough papaya salads in this city, and after a while, they all begin to taste like how a Journey cover band sounds—the same kind of whatever. But Funky Elephant’s version of shredded papaya, garlic, cherry tomatoes, and snake beans is the papaya salad worldwide icon. The one from this Mission spot will make your eyes roll back and your body tense up, and leave you shivering in excitement—it’s that impressive, drenched in lime, fish sauce, and Thai chilies." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez