Not soon after, two other women joined her. But after a waiter came and took the dirty dishes away (using one of their napkins to clean the table – a little gross) she was still sitting there. I figured she must have been from the group who had used the dirty dishes. An elderly Chinese woman sat across the round table from us, seemingly unfazed. We sat down in front of someone else’s dirty dishes – and someone else. We were lead to a table that looked far too big for our group of three it looked like a table for eight or nine. The walls were adorned with the usual red and gold engravings, and giant mirrors covered two walls, making the room seem enormous. I wasn’t sure exactly how we were supposed to be seated.Ī few minutes later she said something, and we were quickly being ushered into the dining room. The woman asked how many were in our group, and wrote something in Chinese on a piece of paper and left right away. We walked in to an awkward corridor that didn’t reach the ceiling, exposing the dining room, and made our way through throngs of old Chinese women up to the front of the line. All of the reviews I’d read online said it was some of the best and most authentic dim sum in San Francisco.Īnother thing the reviews said was that the décor was, to say the least, a little less than nice. Ben House – San Francisco This was the last of our Chinese food in San Francisco, and it promised to be the best. Ben House in San Francisco I wrote a year ago after a trip to San Francisco will have to tide you over. Expect a review of House of Hong sometime in the next week or so.
As good as our Chinese food is here, Vancouver's selection (particularly in the Richmond area very close to the US border) is much, much better and more authentic.I'm moving into a new place this week (close to the ID/Chinatown = more dim sum!!) but I currently have little-no computer access. :(ĮDIT: I'm also going to echo tikitoker's idea of eating in Vancouver. Carts come around very rarely, so the experience becomes more about trying to get food rather than eating it. Most of their food is quite spicy though!įinally, I've found that Koi's in Bellevue has great-tasting dim sum, but their service lately has consistently been horrible.
They're the only place in the area that does Beijing Dry Pot, to the best of my knowledge. Some folks I know from Chengdu are fairly obsessed with a place called Spiced, just across the street from Crossroads Mall. The owner is really friendly and makes you feel as though you're eating in his home. If your family doesn't care too much about atmosphere, Yang's Dumpling House is a small and hidden gem that does one thing and does it very well. However, they don't take reservations and they get quite a big crowd around 6:30-7, so you may want to pick an atypical time or plan for a 30-45 minute wait. In terms of authentic Chinese food in general, a few recommendations come to mind:ĭin Tai Fung is, according to Taiwanese friends of mine, extremely consistent in their food (the xiao long bao supposedly weigh and taste exactly the same as they would in Taiwan). All my recommendations are out East because I live in Bellevue.įor dim sum, I would recommend Imperial Garden (near Ranch 99 in Kent), or Top Gun in Factoria (only go to Top Gun for dim sum because dinner there is terrible).
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