Sun Moon Studio

The 20 Best New Restaurants of 2025 | Bon Appétit

"Dining at Sun Moon Studio is an intimate, booked-out experience in an airy loft where Sarah Cooper and Alan Hsu present about 12 earnest courses: Taiwanese-sausage–in-brioche bites, rosy pork from a top Northern California farm, miso butter, and Santa Barbara uni over Hodo Foods tofu—an experiment-driven, collaborative tasting that feels like being invited into a carefully honed culinary project." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff

Here Are All the Michelin Starred Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area | Eater SF

"The intimate environment of Sun Moon Studio’s four-table restaurant keeps the spotlight on the food from chefs Sarah Cooper and Alan Hsu. The chefs, who notably met at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York, work closely together in a two-person team, and they work with seasonal Bay Area produce to produce dishes such as their Dungeness crab with yuzu kosho butter served atop tofu, which the guide highlighted in its writeup. (1 star)" - Eater Staff

All The Stars From The MICHELIN Guide California 2025

"Maintaining a slightly clandestine air, this Oakland spot with a handful of seats showcases the shared vision of Chefs Alan Hsu and Sarah Cooper through a mercurial seasonal tasting menu that celebrates Californian ingredients — from squab and rockfish to wild mushrooms and citrus — in a pared-down, technically precise style. Dishes like Dungeness crab with yuzu kosho butter perched over silken tofu shine alongside baked items such as savory egg tarts with salmon roe and steamed brioche buns enclosing Taiwanese sausage." - The MICHELIN Guide

"A slightly clandestine air still prevails outside this inconspicuous little spot, but the secret is out: the handful of seats inside are hotly in demand. Chefs Alan Hsu and Sarah Cooper have both worked in some of the country's most celebrated kitchens, but here channel their talents on a more intimate scale. Their shared vision emerges in a mercurial seasonal tasting menu that dutifully celebrates the wealth of Californian ingredients, spanning squab to rockfish and wild mushrooms to citrus. The style is pared down and technically precise, letting products shine while adding a spark of personality, as in Dungeness crab with yuzu kosho butter, perched over silken tofu. Baked items like savory egg tarts with salmon roe, or steamed brioche buns enclosing Taiwanese sausage, are highlights." - Michelin Inspector

Eight New San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants Are Added to the Michelin Guide | Eater SF

"The Oakland restaurant from chefs Alan Hsu and Sarah Cooper quietly opened in 2024 and earned the distinction of "best new restaurant of the year" from San Francisco Chronicle food critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan." - Dianne de Guzman