Chinese Postpartum Meal Delivery Service in Bay Area?
Any mommies successful in finding a Chinese postpartum meal company that services the Bay Area? Looking for something local or will deliver to Oakland. Maybe somewhere in Oakland Chinatown? Thinking those who have Chinese nannies or can read Chinese newspapers would know - wish I paid more attention in Chinese school when I was younger :) Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!
Aug 21, 2018
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I used I-San house. They deliver all over the Bay Area.
I-San House in the South Bay delivers to Oakland for $50 per trip so I'm doing a weekly delivery. I have not been able to find a company in the East Bay, let me know if you do!
here is their website: http://www.isanhouse.com/index_en.html
I couldn't find anything local to Oakland but my SILs used this place in San Jose https://www.yelp.com/biz/i-san-house-san-jose
I used JingMommy based in Socal and they will ship meals weekly. I think JingMommy tasted better.
I did not find a service local to East Bay. We went with I-San House in San Jose (www.isanhouse.com). We used them for our first birth and were happy with the service so are using them again. At the time of our first birth, they did not deliver beyond 30 miles (or something like that), so we actually arranged for them to delivery to a friend's house within their radius. Then we picked up the food there. We are using I-San second time around, too. They do delivery to East Bay now, and the cost they quoted me was $90/delivery, based on where we live. You can choose delivery once a week (which is a lot of food - be sure to completely clear out your fridge/freezer), or twice a week, which is more manageable food/space-wise, but then you'd be paying for delivery each time. I think for full 4-week meal service, it comes down to roughly $2000 for just the food. It's possible to have leftovers and share with your family, but actually, the food is not seasoned much. My husband helped eat some occasionally, but I'd always have to add miso paste into the soup for him, lol. My mom actually could've made the soups as well and it would've been tastier, but you can't go wrong with convenience. They have an intro seminar you can attend before you commit, but it's at their office. You can taste the food there too. You can also request to not have certain dishes, e.g. if you don't eat organ meats, etc. Even though I felt I was just pumping soup into my body for a while, I didn't have any problems with milk production, which is why we're doing it again. Also it is excellent for losing pregnancy weight, despite eating liver several times a week... Good luck!
Yes I used i-San House in San Jose for two kids. They have a yelp listing but I think the ratings are a bit harsh. I liked their service. I paid a bit more to deliver to San Francisco. They also give a lot of food and/or I would get tired of bland food so one week of food lasted me maybe 2-3 weeks with other home cooked or bought meals in between. Good luck!