"If you want to romanticize your life in one of the prettiest dining rooms in SF, head to this upscale Vietnamese restaurant in the Richmond. A deep red banquette wraps around one side of the dining room, and there are intricate wood carvings on the ceiling and a mural of an ancient Chinese scroll on the wall. Get there to dig into bun cha or a whole fried fish over kimchi and saucy pineapple chow fun and fantasize about abandoning all your responsibilities to WWOOF. You should also complete the meal with a Vietnamese coffee topped with salted duck egg foam, even if finishing the whole thing alone means you’ll be wide awake until 3am." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez