Lagoon City's Culinary Scene
Foster City's tech and biotech community eats internationally and well. The Chinese and Indian restaurants here are excellent, the dim sum solid, and the lagoon setting adds an unexpected visual appeal.
Foster City's dining scene is concentrated in its commercial shopping centres along Foster City Blvd and E Hillsdale Blvd. The community's large Chinese-American and Indian-American professional population has established quality restaurants across multiple Asian cuisines.
The city has benefited from Peninsula tech industry growth — a well-paid, internationally-minded workforce demanding authentic international cuisine has raised the quality standard across the board.
Chinese Food Quality
Foster City has excellent Chinese restaurants — dim sum, Hong Kong-style seafood, and Taiwanese offerings that serve a demanding community.
Indian Cuisine
A large South Asian tech community has established strong Indian restaurants — North and South Indian cooking at a genuine level.
Lagoon Views
Foster City's unique lagoon waterways provide an unusual and beautiful backdrop for some of the city's restaurants.
Asian Cuisine Diversity
Korean, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese restaurants complete a pan-Asian dining landscape across Foster City's commercial areas.
Must-Try Dishes
Fresh shrimp dumplings in translucent rice flour wrappers from Foster City's dim sum restaurants.
Tender lamb in creamy spinach curry from Foster City's North Indian restaurants.
Sichuan sesame and chilli noodles with minced pork from Foster City's Chinese restaurants.
Fiery fried chicken with curry leaves from South Indian restaurants.
Complete Japanese bento with miso soup from Foster City's Japanese restaurants.
Taiwanese boba in multiple styles from Foster City's many boba shops.
Neighborhoods & Food Districts
The primary commercial strip with the city's main restaurants.
Secondary commercial zone with additional Asian dining options.