Dim Sum & New Pals: Chinatown Night Market

Hey weekend starters! 🏮🥟🧋 Kick off your Friday night in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown with new friends, incredible food, live music, and all the energy of the famous Chinatown Night Market! We’ll start with quick, fun 1:1 conversations guided by the Gist IRL app. No awkward guessing who to talk to next. The app pairs you up so you can relax, chat, and see who matches your Friday night energy. Then comes the best part: we’re taking our new friendships straight into the Night Market! 🥢 Reconnect with the people you clicked with, form a small crew, and eat your way through Chinatown. Think steaming dim sum, vegan spring rolls, egg tarts, milk tea, and tanghulu while we wander beneath the lanterns, catch live music and street performers, shop local vendors, and explore the market together. THE PLAN 🏮 6:30 PM — Check-In Set up your quick profile and check in. 6:40–7:45 PM — Speed Friending Fun one-on-one rounds to meet your fellow foodies. 7:45 PM+ — Night Market Food Crawl 🥟🧋 Form a crew of new friends and head into the market for food, drinks, music, and exploring! Come hungry, come curious, and come ready to meet some new people. 🥟🧋🏮 🏮 Chinatown Food Crawl Challenge Your crew has one mission: eat your way through the Night Market together! Before the night ends, find and share: 🥟 Something steamed — dumplings, bao, dim sum 🍜 Something savory — noodles, spring rolls, skewers 🧋 Something to sip — boba, milk tea, fruit tea 🥧 Something sweet — egg tart, sesame ball, tanghulu 🎲 Wildcard — something nobody in your group has tried before! Last time we tried the stinky tofu!!