

Don’t miss the Instagram-worthy Five Guys XLB ($9.90), a sampler of delicate soup-filled dumplings, including pork, spinach-kale, beet, turmeric crab and squid-ink black truffle.ĭetails: Dim sum is served from 11 a.m. (Courtesy of Mary Orlin)Įver since this Daly City dim sum parlor opened in 1996, Koi Palace has become a Bay Area favorite with locations in Milpitas and Dublin, too. weekends at 388 Ninth Street, Oakland Koi Palace Koi Palace’s steamer baskets arrive at tables via dim-sum carts. This tea house’s specialty is savory stuffed Truffle Mushroom Buns ($5.68), which resemble large mushroom caps.ĭetails: Dim sum is served from 11 a.m. Place your order for dumplings, rice noodles or roasted crispy-skin pork (weekends only) and they’ll arrive at your table via that iconic dim-sum cart. Peony Seafood Restaurant The steamed dumplings at Oakland’s Peony Seafood Restaurant are terrific. Buns ($1.10), bursting with sweet barbecued pork, at this popular Chinatown spot for dim sum to-go.ĭetails: Open from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Buns (1.10), bursting with sweet barbecued pork, at this popular Chinatown spot for dim sum to-go. Pick up translucent shrimp dumplings ($2.10) and steamed B.B.Q. Pick up translucent shrimp dumplings (2.10) and steamed B.B.Q. daily at 649 Jackson St., San Francisco For more food and drink coverageįollow us on Flipboard. Try the savory deep-fried minced meat turnovers ($3.80) and earthy eggplant ($4.50), stuffed with shrimp paste ($4.50).ĭetails: Dim sum is served from 10 a.m. Tuck into this Chinatown tea house - which counts President Barack Obama as a fan - for a sit-down meal. Hungry yet? Here’s where to get your dim sum fix in San Francisco’s Chinatown and points beyond.

Order steamed dumplings first, then add pan-fried dumplings, roasted dishes, deep-fried items and finally sweets. Alameda food writer Carolyn Phillips, author of “The Dim Sum Field Guide” (Ten Speed Press, 2016), suggests that you begin your dim sum foray with tea. Lunar new year celebrations are unfolding across the Bay Area this month, and food is always part of the festivities - and we have a great weakness for dim sum.
