Take the Family
Carts stacked high with dumplings, noodles, meats, seafood, vegetables, and desserts catch your eye. You point to one of the dishes on a cart. The waitress nods, delivers the dish, and makes a mark on your tab.
You cradle a tidbit of pork or shrimp or barbeque beef or a flaky custard dessert in your chopsticks (or on your fork), pop it in your mouth, and smile. Welcome to the dim sum experience.
If you’ve never tried dim sum, the Chinese culinary treat that translates as “touch the heart” and "snack," San Francisco is a great place for your initiation. The city offers a wide selection of Chinese restaurants, including ones that specialize in dim sum. It’s a fun experience for the whole family, with the carts and variety of dishes for the timid and the adventurous. And you don’t have to speak Cantonese or Mandarin. Just point to what you want and smile.
Here are three dim sum restaurants close to Moscone Center:
Hakkasan San Francisco, 1 Kearny Street
Yank Sing, 49 Stevenson Street and 101 Spear Street
Canton Seafood and Dim Sum, 655 Folsom Street