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Pearl Bay Tea House
Dim sum Chinese
Lazy Susans on every large table and clubby blue ceiling lights give this San Leandro dim sum house more party energy than you'd expect from a shopping plaza. The menu runs through the classics: taro cakes, pork siu mai, rice rolls stuffed with shrimp and yellow chives. The shrimp balls arrive so crunchy that staff split them tableside with scissors, which is a small performance worth witnessing. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the Bay Area's top dim sum spots.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best dim sum restaurants in the SF Bay Area
One number, weighted & current 65
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Purple taro cakes
“The menu consists of classics like pan-seared purple taro cakes, which pair well with one of the six types of hot tea available.”
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Shrimp balls
“The shrimp balls are so crunchy and tangly, you can hear the crackle as staff split them in half with scissors.”
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Pork siu mai
“Steamed options like bouncy pork siu mai and chewy rice rolls with shrimp and yellow chives are tender and never oversteamed.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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