Dim Sum in San Francisco

[RobMaitland]

Going to SF this week. Heard about SpicesII and Canton Seafood and Dim Sum House. Any comments?

[chefj]

You should really check out the long discussions already in progress on this board. Yank Sing being a source of contention is an under statement. There is lots of good information to be culled form these endless threads .
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/584326?tag=search_results;results_list
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/588927?tag=search_results;results_list
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/700490?tag=main_body;topic-700490
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7002...

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Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

[tstrum]

Is Yank Sing any good?

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Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

[vulber]

Yank Sing can be pretty controversial on these boards. IMO, it's the best dim sum in the Bay Area, but still overpriced.

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Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

[walker]

Yank Sing is my favorite, always satisfies. I'm willing to pay for quality and I don't resent their prices -- (I don't get the $17 piece of fish! And, avoid the Chinese Chicken Salad.)

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Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

[benv]

I know that they have two locations. Which one would you say is the better one to go to, the one on Spear or Stevenson?

[walker]

I always go to 101 Spear; I've heard it's the main one. I don't sit in lobby; I've been told it's best to sit near the kitchen door -- get the carts as they first come out. If I don't see what I want pass by, I just ask the head server for my table to get me the item. Never a problem. (I HAVE TO GET: shrimp dumplings, soup dumplings, peking duck (it's a portion for one), minced chicken in lettuce cup and egg custard tarts. The pea shoot dumplings are good, too.)

It's best to get one thing at a time, eat it, and then get more items, fresh. Oh yes, I love it that they take reservations and I get there by about 1pm, before they start to run out.

[MargotB]

Not to get too off-topic, but I like their dim sum (among other things, less greasy than most) AND their Chinese Chicken Salad. Wouldn't get the salad as part of a dim sum-focused meal, though.

[monku]

When I'm on Clement Street my go to dim sum place is Wing Lee Bakery. Sure it's a take out place, but for that area they have the best dim sum. I'll rough it and eat it there.

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Wing Lee Bakery
503 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118

[Melanie Wong]

Spices II doesn't serve dim sum. Canton Seafood is good enough if you're limited to the area around Moscone Center, but far from top notch. Not sure which place you mean as Dim Sum House.

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Spices II
291 6th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118

[Chandavkl]

Actually, "Dim Sum House" is part of Canton's official name. I agree Canton Seafood is fine if you're there, but no way is it any destination. Of course we could probably say the same thing for most of the choices in S.F. Chinatown.

Also, here is one of the recent dim sum threads for reference.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/6190...

[Melanie Wong]

Thank you for parsing that phrase more carefully than I did.

[Windy]

I love Spices and Spices II though--definitely not dim sum, but worth a visit.

My SF dim sum recs are City View and S&T, out on Noriega near the Beach.

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Spices II
291 6th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118

City View Restaurant
662 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94111

S&T Hong Kong Seafood Restaurant
2578 Noriega St, San Francisco, CA 94122