Chinatown

San Francisco has the largest Chinatown outside of Asia, and no visit to the city would be complete without a stroll through the neighborhood to shop and sample the cuisine.  We visited the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company and watched how they inserted fortunes and folded the cookies while still warm.  The kids and I were able to write our own fortunes and have them put into our own

In front of the Dragon Gate

personal cookies.  

We ate dinner at the Cathay House and enjoyed Cantonese Cuisine family style, so we were able to sample a lot of different dishes.  After dinner, we strolled the main street and looked in the various stores.  While a lot of these appear to cater to tourists, we still walked past the local groceries and shops that appeared to be 100% patroned by the locals.  And of course we completed our night out with what else -- a ride on the cable car.