I was in that fancy, overpriced cookware shop in the Ferry Building waiting for a tourist friend to do her thing, and I was reading an article in one of the cooking mags, the top new Asian... More

I was in that fancy, overpriced cookware shop in the Ferry Building waiting for a tourist friend to do her thing, and I was reading an article in one of the cooking mags, the top new Asian restaurants in the country. And what do you know, one of the places on the list was in the Ferry building. So, we went there… it's an Asian delicatessen. That means they have all sorts of prefabed salads, bento boxes and such, what they call "sozai" – Japanese meals made up of many small dishes. I guess, like tapas, but it all comes in a cutesy, compartmentalized tray. The article was spot on. The food here is innovative and really good. Everything is clean and healthy. I sorta imagine eating in the future will be something like this. Yummy seaweed salad.
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Everything I've eaten at Delica is so good...the food is complex, but clean - you can taste every individual flavor, and it still all goes together well. I'd recommend: 1) three salad plate -... More

Everything I've eaten at Delica is so good...the food is complex, but clean - you can taste every individual flavor, and it still all goes together well. I'd recommend: 1) three salad plate - or at least the Wasabi Potato Salad - sounds simple, huh? Boy, wait til you taste it. (Not too spicy) 2) Bento box with shrimp cake or chicken. OK I think chicken is boring about 98% of the time, but I got it on a friend's recommendation and they put something in that chicken that tastes so, so good. The shrimp cake has lots of shrimp in it...it's not your typical mystery shrimp? cake. 3) Seafood/veggie curry. Japanese curry is the best, and this curry is so so good. Usually, I get beef, but Delica does such a good job with the other curry that now, it's all I want. The packaging is beautiful (I reuse mine at home) and they use those biodegradable corn utensils, which is nice. There's a nice selection of cold drinks, too. Although a little expensive for a work lunch, it's worth it! You can sit outside!
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