The name is self-explanatory — this is where to get eggettes, or egg-shaped egg waffles, in San Francisco. A popular joint in the Outer Sunset for tapioca drinks and the Hong Kong street food staple, this spot serves up egg waffles that are crispy and always hot, since they're made-to-order. Snag them in original, chocolate, honeydew, and coconut flavors. Cash only.

The unsung hero of boba tea cafes is the Taiwanese popcorn chicken. If you've experimented outside the drink menu at any San Francisco tapioca place, you've most likely tried the crunchy, juicy snack. The popcorn chicken at Wonderful Desserts is fried, seasoned with salt and pepper (and often times five-spice powder), and topped with fried basil. Again, cash only.

It’s safe to say there will be quite a few pastries you want to try at Pineapple King, hence the serve-yourself style of the bakery. Most people opt for the more recognizable dahn tat (egg tarts) and matcha sponge cake, and then there are those who go for the bakery's signature pastry: the pineapple bun. It's a flaky, sweet bread roll, with a thick slice of cold butter sandwiched inside. Cash only.

Genki Crepes & Mini-Mart is undoubtedly the most-frequented Inner Richmond dessert spot, and for good reason. The options are endless: There's a crepe stand, ice cream, tapioca drinks, egg puffs, and an impressive snack inventory. But best of all is the entire section dedicated to Japanese snacks like cookies and cream kit kats, Hello Kitty-shaped crackers, and anime-inspired candies.

From freshly prepared items like gimbap and fried chicken to shelves stocked with ramen and the best Korean packaged snacks, Woori Market is brimming with possibility. Imported sweets, sodas, and teas are also available in refrigerated cases throughout the store. (For heartier fare, Woori’s owners recently opened Kitchen Woori in the Fillmore, offering grab and go banchan, bibimbap, soups, and more at lunch.)

Nijiya sells almost every type of Japanese chip in almost every type of flavor. Take your pick from sweet corn puffs, arare crackers, deep-fried ramen noodle chips, butter soy sauce chips, wasabi chips, and plenty of different shrimp chips.

Mochi is the specialty here, and the store sells different handmade types each day in flavors like blueberry, mango, red bean, age (fried mochi with sugar and red bean), and even a pancake-covered variety. Get here earlier in the day for the first-choice flavors before they sell out. Closed on Sundays.

You can find almost any Japanese food inside this neighborhood supermarket from freshly-packed uni to onigiri and different varieties of fishcake, but the candy aisle is a sight to see. It's full of entertaining Japanese treats like Yan Yan, chocolate covered panda-shaped cookies, miniature chocolate mushrooms, and rice paper candy. Be prepared to choose a snack without knowing exactly what it is, since most of the packaging is in Japanese.

Similar to Daiso, you can find classic Japanese snacks at Ichiban Kan, plus a number of kitschy kawaii (cute) snacks and a heavy arsenal of Pocky in unusual twists like matcha, chocolate banana, almond crush, Brazilian orange, and heart-shaped Pocky.

Welcome to the most traditional of crack seed stores right in the heart of Chinatown. Popular in China, crack seed are preserved fruits that have been split to expose the seed. Ming Lee Trading is stocked from floor to ceiling with Cantonese snacks that are hard to find elsewhere, like packs of dried cuttlefish, Chinese plum candy discs, and a selection of slurpable mini jelly cups in flavors like lychee, pineapple, and mango. Cash only.

More than a place to buy a bag of fortune cookies to munch on, Golden Gate Fortune Cookies is a small fortune cookie factory where you can see the cookies being made and literally buy them hot off the press. But don’t just stick to fortune cookies — pick up a bag of almond cookies, almond and sesame seed crackers, and Smackles Chinese sweet chips, too. Once again: cash only.

Note: Dragon Papa is temporarily closed. It can be ordered via phone or through UberEats until further notice.

The specialty here is Chinese dragon’s beard candy, a hand-pulled, cotton candy-like confection filled with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds. Dragon Papa makes them fresh, so you can often see someone pulling long strands in the window. The result is fragile, messy, and unique — the original is classic for a reason, but you can also try them in flavors like mango, strawberry, and matcha.

Even though Eastern Bakery is known for its trademark coffee crunch cake, you can find homey Cantonese snacks here, too. The bakery makes fresh joong (aka “Chinese tamales”) daily, and does it well. The joong here are fat and pillowy (as they should be) and are either savory (glutinous rice filled with pork, peanuts, and duck egg yolk) or sweet (glutinous rice filled with red bean paste). Try both for a taste of Cantonese comfort food, and don’t forget — it’s cash only.