1590 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010 is my go-to pizza spot in Burlingame, CA. They are very punctual with their orders and never keep me waiting. They always are nice and courteous to me when I pick up an order. They have so many options to choose from which is great.
The dim sum is not bad here. We arrived at 11:30 am on a Friday and got a table right away. There was huge line after we arrived at 12pm. The food came out fairly quickly and we devoured it. I do like the ordering system where there are pictures of the food and you get to mark up the dim sum brochure. We had four non-Chinese friends with us and it was helpful for them because they don't read Chinese. In term of quality of the dim sum, I had better at other restaurants. These were decent. The lobster noodles $44 were OK. Not great. It was a tiny lobster with hardly any meat. The highlight for me was the giant zongzi, a sticky rice with meats wrapped in lotus leaves. This is not to be confused with lo mai gai, chicken with other meats lotus leaves wrap. Those are smaller and come in two's in a standard steamer. Overall, good job staff at HL Peninsula. We had a good lunch today.
They have a really good dim sum menu with great ambiance of the beautiful outdoors and elegant indoors. It’s definitely one of the more pricey restaurants in the SF bay area for Chinese food, but they were quite innovative and have a lot of options that you don’t find elsewhere.
We had our wedding here, and they did a great job overall. My only wish was that we had been able to get our money’s worth at the head table.
We paid for a head table of 10 people, but we only had 6. Even so, we definitely did not get enough food or any leftovers. Everything they served us was extremely small because they knew that we wouldn’t be able to eat much. Both of my parents left the wedding extremely hungry and had to eat a separate dinner.
Also for weddings here, you do have to provide a lot of the decorations and vendors yourself, like chair covers, rectangle tables, DJs, lion dancers, etc.
It’s not meant for a full blown wedding, but more for Chinese banquet wedding dinner reception Sony.
Ok speaking as a white girl who just stumbled into this place having no clue what I walked into and not being able to read the menu, this place was fantastic. So I ordered off the picture menu and got what I think is sea cucumber. This was spiced with wasabi and was a texture somewhere between jello and a pickle. It's not something I would order again; however it was good. Next came the soup and holy cow that was absolutely fantastic! It was super hot and filled to the brim with tons of seafood (shrimp, scallop, fish, shellfish, mussel, prawn) and was spiced just right. The soup was absolutely huge and I honestly wish I had ordered just that. The food came with hot tea and a dessert soup. I asked and it was green pea dessert soup. It was also fantastic and I wish I hadn't been so full so I could eat it all. 10/10 I would go again for the Tom Yum Soup and the pea soup.
You can watch airplanes take off and landing while enjoying the dim sum. The price is very reasonable.
I think the other HL restaurants are slightly better than here though.
Really good tasting dim sum spot, service is definitely the weakest link. They have an abundance of outdoor seating for those who are super cautious. There are both traditional dim sum option for those who want the classics, however there are modern twists as well. The Matcha Taro bun is a must try, even for those who are not matcha fans, the flavor is subtle. Staff attitude is slightly more hospitable than other dim sum/ Cantonese restaurants. Be aware though, staff here do nickel and dime, was charged 1.15 for water. I thought I was in Europe! They threw on an automatic 15% tip onto the bill for my party of 2.
There was no wait when we arrived at 10am on a Sunday. Beautiful ocean view and the dim sum was good. Besides the usual dishes like the shrimp dumplings and beef with rice noodle roll, we enjoyed the mackerel and the lava salted egg yolk buns. The piggy shaped mango pudding was a nice treat for the kids.
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