Xiao Long Bao

Xiao long Bao restaurant in Richmond District, SF. For cheap take out Xiao Long Bao these aren’t bad at all. They also have pan-fried baos as pictured but these are NOT sheng jian Bao, a lot more doughy and less flavorful - no soup inside. Also, the dough is very sweet which i don’t like. They also do scallion and beef (pictured) pancakes. In terms of dim sum, Good Mong Kok is much better and bigger sizes. If you want cheap and tasty Xiao long bao, come here. The other baos are just ok. .

Tasty Dim Sum in the Richmond, freshly prepared and lots of different dishes, potstickers, fried wontons, shrimp ha gao and more. Credit card accepted. Busy at times. Beef onion cake or green onion cakes are pretty good. Try the crispy Radish Dim Sum, sold out most of the times. If you are allergic to MSG you should stay away from the soup noodles, like wonton or beef noodles.

A relative newcomer to the dim sum game, I always ask locals for their favorite restaurant. On Clement Street, a neighborhood of tasty undiscovered the lights for many Northern California Inns, easily rivalling Chinatown, there are several dim sum restaurants, they're almost always called "bakeries" the difference between good and great dim sum is how fresh it is and the quality of the ingredients. Braving the line that was kind of long, I admired the Xiao Long Bao's "open architecture" basically a giant glass case, or three of them to be precise, with row upon row of delicious Chinese dumplings, baos, pancakes, rolls, and other treats. it is a great help from non Mandarin speakers like myself, to have phonetic pronunciation of the different dishes which were easily handled here. Ordering my normal array some Shumai, (shrimp and pork) some Har gao (pork) a standard pot sticker which I always order as a test of any dim sum place, and a bean paste ball for dessert, filled with sweet bean paste inside of a chewy rice flour ball crisp on the outside is Sesame Seeds. first thing you noticed at this place is that it was all made like 25 seconds ago. So fresh, it is obviously never been frozen, and never sat around. Flavor difference especially for the shumai is absolutely incredible. This is what good dim sum should be. The pot sticker was the same, with a perfect fresh pop and chew, and finally the bean paste ball was done to perfection crispy chewy and sweet. I usually have this with a Diet Coke or Pepsi as it is the only soft drink with the industrial strength to cut through the level of Grease I'm inflicting upon my heart. Lol. All in all I have to say the locals were right! This is some of the best dim-sum I've ever had. Highly recommended. Also, just walk around Clement Street once in a while and test some of the places out. You won't be disappointed.