China’s CultFavorite Sauerkraut Fish Chain Just Opened in San Diego
Mar 28, 2025
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Fish With You specializes in suan cai, a sauerkraut and white fish stew A new restaurant from Beijing has landed in the Convoy District. Fish With You, a China-based chain with over 2,000 locations, is now open in San Diego. The fast-casual rest
aurant specializes in suan cai yu, a sauerkraut and white fish stew that’s cooked with Sichuan peppercorns, resulting in a sour and spicy flavor. Fish With You, which replaces Shentan BBQ, and has been in development since the summer of 2024. In addition to the new San Diego location, Fish With You operates U.S. outposts in Rowland Heights and Flushing, New York.
Fish With You’s signature dish is hot-boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chiles; once served, the dish resembles a hot pot. The stew is available with two options of whitefish: basa fish and snakehead. Other soup options include a classic spicy fish and vinegar-pepper. For non-fish stew, try the tomato beef or crispy pork and hot oil. Add-ins are available for each stew, including tofu, wide sweet potato vermicelli noodles, baby cabbage, and lettuce. The rest of the menu features Taiwanese sausage, chicken skewers, and a sweet brown sugar glutinous rice cake for dessert. Make sure to try the complimentary Wuchang rice, which is imported from China.
Fish With You’s expansion into San Diego is led by Vicky Hua, who also opened YinTang Spicy Hot Pot and Zhengxin Chicken Steak. “I wanted to open this type of Chinese fish restaurant in San Diego because the area doesn’t have something of this kind,” Hua told Eater San Diego in 2014. While Fish With You settles into its new Southern California home, Hua is already thinking about a second location in the area.
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