We drove back to the city, through Mt Tamalpais-
But we had no time for more hiking, we had a lunch reservation at Yank Sing for Dim Sum- you heard me, Captain Oblivious-
Dim Sum means "to touch the heart."
We had a lot of seafood, go figure! This was walnut shrimp- I am salivating remembering those walnuts and perfectly cooked, sweet shrimp-
OMG, these are soooo GOOD! Says the man who snarfed one down all by himself. "I had no idea these would be so great!!"
Yea. Good thing you have ME around, Mister!
And then....the fire alarm went off. And people started running out of the restaurant.
Except Pods. Who felt it was a good time to hit the head.
She is still going to go. Too late to cancel everything now. She was headed out to Arizona for a family reunion of sorts (her husband's side) and they are staying with them for a large portion of the trip. Grand Canyon was one of the things they had built into this several week bonanza vacation that they really wanted to do, since they have no idea when they might get the chance to head out that way again. I feel terrible for her....they were really looking forward to it. I'm sure they will still have fun with family regardless, but its still a huge disappointment.
Just found your report and read all 10 pages. I live in the SF area, and actually try to avoid going into the city. But I did have a family meal at the same Dim Sum place a few years ago. I don't remember any fire alarms going off back then!
The Dim Sum looked so amazing. I just love stuff like that. Plus egg custard. What a great dinner!
Looks like a beautiful drive, north of the city.
Now look, Koko Head...
HEY!!! Who said you could call ME names????
Unless you're referring to me, of course.
And the translation of Koko Head is???????
But where are the burgers?!
At In-n-Out tomorrow.....
+1 for trip research.
I really am quite impressive on the no stone left unturned front, huh?
When you gotta go, you gotta go.
That place looks awesome! I'd be really bummed if I weren't just heading over to Epcot for F&W. Now hurry up bellman! Come back with that second cart for our groceries so we can move over to the Beach club!
SO excited you are on your trip!!! I spent so much time reading your updates yesterday that I ran out of time to post!
I think I'll hit China and Singapore first!
How was it? 1st time i am not going in ....many, many years- so I will live vicariously through you-
Glad the boys mastered their chopsticks. At least pods knew there wouldn't be a line at the head!
That lunch looks crazy good!
A+ for food porn girl. I love me some dumplings as well and those egg custard tarts look deadly.
Loving your trip report!
I live in central California and go to San Francisco at least 6 times a year and I had never heard about The Musee Mecanique or Yank Sing's dim sum lunch.
I'm adding both of them to my to do list! Which seems to be a never ending list. There's just too many great little surprises in that city.
I don't know if you're still in the city, but some of my favorite random bay area things are:
- Seward Street Slides (more info on yelp, super random, mostly just a fun excuse to explore the Castro)
- Rock Wall Wine Company in Alameda (really weird location for a winery, but amazing view of the city from across the bay)
- All the little restaurants on Belden Place (It's a tiny alley off of Bush St between Kearny and Montgomery with at least 5 different, all delicious restaurants. At night with all the lights it looks like a scene out of a movie. Great food and a fabulous hidden away atmosphere. )
OMG! You ate at one of my favorite places EVER!!!! Didn't you just love it!!!?????
Totally, yes- we did just love it!
Ugh - now that I can't eat stupid gluten, I suppose I will never eat there again. GAH!!!!
Do they use wheat flour? Aren't the dumplings all made with rice flour? Couldn't you bring non-gluten soy sauce with you?
Still hoping to do the Cali trip next summer, but I am looking at furlough (I work for the lovely federal government) starting next week, so we'll see what effect that has!
Stuffed Mushrooms-
Hello.
On the left, Stuffed Crab Claws Light and fluffy crab and shrimp mousse croquette encasing a whole snow crab claw, deep-fried until golden brown. On the right, spring rolls, cut in half-
Hello.
We got more of those crab claws, the boys LOVED them. Next- Shanghai Dumpling A Yank Sing signature dish of minced Kurobuta Pork, scallion and ginger wrapped and steamed in its own aromatic broth.
ummm, hello.
I think those were my favorite- I love soup dumplings. These were shrimp dumplings, they had bamboo shoots and waterchestnuts in them, I think-
Hello and hello my beloved water chestnuts.
We had a lot of seafood, go figure! This was walnut shrimp- I am salivating remembering those walnuts and perfectly cooked, sweet shrimp-
Hello. And hello scrumptious walnuts - glad you could make it!
Bacon wrapped shrimp- we got another order of this one as well, T&T are BIG bacon fans-
HELLO.
MORE shrimp! This one was Phoenix Tailed Shrimp Whole plump shrimp, with a shrimp mousse croquette encasing, lightly battered and deep-fried until golden brown; served with a sweet and sour dipping sauce.
More? Hello.
When we went in, the kids were pretty confused about what was going on- they knew we were going in for Chinese, but that they would NOT be having any chicken and broccoli today, so they were a bit leary. After the first plate, they were SOLD! Dim Sum had touched their hearts for sure!
Hello Ellen's boys. You won the parent lottery, do you know? LUCKY YOU GUYS.
Pork Sui Mye Hand-chopped shrimp and pork filling, hand-wrapped in fresh pasta skin and hand-formed into a fluted 'basket.'
Hello.
And the last one- no idea at this point, but it was great like the rest, I am sure! I think it was vegetarian.
Who cares what it is? Hello.