Most tourists head for Chinatown when visiting San Francisco and most don’t get off Grant Avenue. For an in-depth sojourn into this community and culture, the alleys and side streets, actually into the soul of the Chinese community, sign up for one of Shirley Fong-Torres’ WOK WIZ CHINATOWN Tours.
Shirley’s a native, although her father came to the US from Canton, via the Philippines. She has carved a niche unequaled in getting to ‘know the territory, writing cook books, doing TV shows and advising the menus for HAWAIIAN AIRLINES.’ She is San Francisco’s ‘China Doll.’ Currently she is working on her next book, THE WOMAN WHO ATE CHINATOWN, which will be released later this Fall, and includes San Francisco’s Chinese history along with a cookbook at the back.
With 10 guides working for her, all of whom are descendents of immigrants, all in their 50s and 60s and all who speak fluent Cantonese, these escorts offer you a two hour experience deep into the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown—history, architecture, religion, shopping, stops at shops where you can sample the famous teas, nibble a fortune cookie, or pick up some long desired souvenir followed by a fabulous dim sum lunch. You have a choice; ‘The Wok Wiz Tour,’ or ‘I Can’t Believe I Ate My Way Through Chinatown Tour.’
Believe me, readers, this is fun! Walking the streets of Chinatown, San Francisco, on a beautiful Fall day with the Bay sparkling in the background—it doesn’t get any better.
Oops, it does---enjoying the 7 course dim sum luncheon is the Grand Finale and can’t be beat.
Check out Shirley’s web site:
www.wokwiz.com for schedules and costs.
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