Today Food
Restaurant · Chinatown ·
Fresh handmade dumplings, potstickers, chive pancakes, and salads
Fresh handmade dumplings, potstickers, chive pancakes, and salads
"Walk along Kearny Street until you find the window where chefs fold small dumplings, and you’ve arrived at Today Food, where dumplings are the centerpiece of this tiny shop. Go for whichever style of dumpling moves you most, but make sure to give the chicken and corn dumplings a try and tack on an order of the chive pancakes while you’re at it. The restaurant also sells frozen dumplings if you’re looking for something to bring home." - Dianne de Guzman
"San Franciscans and New Yorkers agree on at least one thing: the importance of a good dumpling. Any wayward NY expats will be happy to find that there is no shortage of phenomenal dumpling places here (many with “dumpling” right in the name). Like Today Food on the edge of Chinatown. Boiled to order, each dumpling has a chewy skin and a bouncy filling that soaks up the vinegar and soy sauce waiting on every table. Don't leave without trying the chive pancake." - julia chen 1, patrick wong
"If you crumble at the sight of a giant menu, Today Food in Chinatown will put you at ease. There are just three types of dumplings served at this small Shanghainese spot, and they're all equally delicious. Go for a few trays of boiled and pan-fried versions, or opt for some swimming in a hot bowl of soup. No matter what you order, you’re guaranteed generous mounds of chicken, shrimp, pork, or vegetables, all wrapped in a thin, chewy casing that clings to the filling like it just stepped out of a fitting room. Fill a saucer with soy sauce and black vinegar for dunking, and ready a stack of napkins to catch the juices that escape." - julia chen 1, lani conway, patrick wong
"There’s a tiny new dumpling spot on Kearny and you’ll know it by the street facing window that gives passersby a front-row view of the staff tucking filling into fresh wrappers. Today Food’s menu is concise but offers some less common options — think chicken and corn dumplings and pork and sauerkraut potstickers — all of which are made fresh onsite and cooked to order. Opt for takeout if the small number of tables aren’t available." - Dianne de Guzman, Lauren Saria
"Today Food isn’t doing anything out of the ordinary with their three styles of dumplings, but that’s what we love about this tiny Shanghainese restaurant in Chinatown. Potstickers, boiled versions, and soup dumplings are all made daily by a duo of window-side chefs moving fast enough to break the sound barrier. Each thin, chewy wrapper fits a mound of juicy pork, shrimp, or chicken fillings like a tailored suit, and then gets pan-fried, boiled, or drowned in broth to order. Just make sure to dunk yours in the soy sauce and black vinegar at every table, and stock up on whatever’s in the shop’s freezer to avoid any dumpling dry spell." - Patrick Wong