The Zagat Survey calls Yank Sing the "Rolls Royce of dim sum." There is often a wait if you haven't made a reservation. Business people, tourists and friends enjoy the freshly-made food treasures and warm pots of fragrant tea. The classic pork siu mye - translucent, fluted skins holding fresh shrimp and pork - are joined on the trolleys with 80 other items including their signature Shanghai dumplings (minced pork, scallions and ginger), minced squab, Peking duck as well as many vegetarian offerings. Each piece is both delicious to savor and a work of art to see. This third generation family restaurant features both traditional and modern dim sum. The cross-cut salt and pepper spareribs and salt and pepper crab are musts, but you can’t go wrong with the crispy taro duck - it has great flavor and mouthfeel and the same brown mushroom gravy that has been accompanying the dish for years.ġ201 Vicente, San Francisco Center - 101 Spear Street (Financial District, at Mission), (415) 781-1111, validated parking every day, to go menu available weekdays 11 AM - 3 PM and weekends 10 AM - 4 PM, 2 blocks from the Embarcadero Street BART stationĤ9 Stevenson Street (Financial District), (415) 541-4949, to go menu also available weekdays 11 AM - 3 PM, 1 block from the Montgomery Street BART station, website: Yank Sing Tucked onto a quiet street in San Francisco’s Parkside neighborhood is a no-fuss dim sum restaurant with big tables and a plentiful dim sum array. An extensive menu of vegan and vegetarian dim sum - mushroom dumpling, snow pea shoots dumpling, bean curd rolls, steamed vegetarian rice noodles - complements the more expected siu mai and soup dumplings.ġ01 Spear St. With two locations within walking distance of each other in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood (the Spear Street location nabbed a 2022 Michelin Bib Gourmand), negating the line may be worth a shot to try one of the 100+ dim sum available, many on carts at the Spear Street location. A steamer of Five Guys Xiao Long Bao is especially colorful and Instagram-worthy, as is a burnished wall with red-hued insets that perfectly showcases a tea pot collection. Dragon Beaux Photo courtesy of Dragon Beauxīe sure to make a reservation at this Koi Palace spin-off in San Francisco’s Richmond District or be prepared to wait for the rice crepe rolls stuffed with shrimp and black bean sauce spareribs. Consider yourself warned about the buttery egg yolk buns - they squirt.Ħ62 Commercial St, San Francisco. If chicken feet are your thing (and they should be), the ones here are deep-fried and puffy, like the fluffy taro puffs and turnip puffs, all fun foods to look at and eat. pan-fried noodles and snappy garlic string beans. City ViewĪfter what seems like the requisite 15-minute wait for a table, dig in on platters of chewy X.O. An all-American wine list and popular sweet treats (custard buns, durian puffs) are worth waiting in line for. Begoni Bistroįamilies trek to the edge of Chinatown for the traditional XLB and baked barbecue pork buns, but the playful “tapas” menu includes a doughnut noodle roll (really!) and Peking duck.
While the dim sum scene has changed in recent years - there don’t seem to be nearly as many rolling carts around and some long-running favorites have closed - the flavors of southern China where dim sum originated are especially on display right now. The Year of the Rabbit begins on January 22, according to the Chinese zodiac, and is said to be a year of hope.
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