The
Hang Ah Tea Room in San Francisco Chinatown is one of those hidden gems has been serving up great food for over 80
years. Located on an obscure side street, its one of the coziest dim sum joints in SF. Some of my friends were in town
for the weekend, and I was just dying to try this place.
My only complaint about the service is the lack of carts. The quintessential dim sum meal will include the hustle and bustle of a multitude of carts carrying bounties of bites to eat. At Hang Ah, you have to order off the menu. But, I overlooked this after I had a chance to taste the food. The dim sum at Hang Ah is among the best I have had. The fillingsare flavorful and very fresh, and the dumplings are nice and crispy on the outside. The char siu baos are extremely big, and filled with a glisteningly delicious pork filling.
In addition, they have bunny-shaped shrimp dumplings (pictured above), which are very amusing.
1 Pagoda Pl, off Sacramento St. between Stockton and Grant Sts.
San Francisco, CA
3-01-2008 @4:41AM Perri said... I miss restaurants of San Francisco for their yummy food.
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11-15-2006 @8:38AM Alex said... My friends and I just stumbled upon that place looking for some dim sum. it was freakin' awesome.
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1-24-2006 @12:05PM Shelley said... Thanks for the memories! I first went to Hang Ah when I was a teenager in the early 80s. It was the first time I'd ever had Chinese food other than frozen eggrolls from the supermarket. I remember the bill came to a whopping seventeen dollars for five people.
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1-24-2006 @4:41PM Aaron said... yes! My friends and I just stumbled upon that place looking for some dim sum. it was freakin' awesome. Hard to find, well-hidden... and awesome. I'd second that comment about the char siu baos... my favorite.
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