Xiao Long Bao

Chaotic ordering, but that makes it a fun experience. Our favorites were the pan fried pork bao, the chive/bokchoi/pork dumplings, and the daikon puff (tasted like sauerkraut inside… yum). The pumpkin coconut rolls, curry bao, and xiao long bao were ok. Next time I’d try egg yolk bao.

Great for fast dim sum Togo. I always come for the Cabbage Pork steam bun. Best to have cash ready

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.

very nice dim sum and wide selection. the dumplings are freshly made. fried shrimp dumpling is crispy on top, has a thin skin, is full of shrimp filling and tasty. xiao long bao is not bad but would prefer that it has more soup inside. chive dumpling is not bad but has the thickest skin of the 3.