Time for Dim Sum...because apparently every time I watch Crazy Rich Asians, my stomach turns into a dramatic main character and demands dumplings immediately. Normally, I hit up Yue Huang, but lately it's been giving "long wait, mild heartbreak." So I decided to branch out and found this hidden gem in Granite Bay...and let me tell you...BEST decision. You walk in and BAM!!!! Old school Chinese restaurant vibes. Red booths, classic decor, slightly run down in that "if these walls could talk, they'd recommend everything on the menu" kind of way. And if you know, you KNOW...that's when the food is about to slap. We came with a mission (aka hungry and slightly unhinged) and ordered: baked BBQ pork buns, shumai, har gow, shrimp rice rolls, pineapple baked custard buns, fried shrimp balls, and soup dumplings. Basically, if it could be steamed, fried, or stuffed...we said yes. It's clearly family run, which I love. Mom is running the show like a boss, kids are hustling, and since it was Mother's Day...CHAOS. Delicious chaos. Food flying out, servers holding trays of dumplings like treasures, stopping at your table and you're like "YES, THIS IS MY MOMENT"...and then they walk away to another table. Emotional rollercoaster. So many "Ooooh yay!" followed by "Ohhh man..." But honestly? It just built the suspense. Then OUR food arrived...and our eyes went WIDE. These dumplings are HUGE. Like, "one bite? absolutely not" huge. The BBQ pork buns were soft, fluffy, slightly sweet clouds of happiness. Har gow and shrimp rice rolls were perfectly steamed (no soggy sadness here ). Now, because it was busy, the shrimp had a bit of a split personality...some bites were perfectly snappy and delicious, others were just a little overcooked. Not tragic, just not living their absolute best life. But overall? Everything was GOOD. And then the check came...about $60 for ALL that food. I almost checked it twice like, "Ma'am...are you sure you charged me correctly?" Because that is a STEAL. What really got me though was the family. You could see the hustle, the stress, the love...all happening in real time. Even in the chaos, they were kind, smiling, and apologizing for the wait. That kind of heart hits different. Final verdict: great food, great value, and a whole lot of love. I'll definitely be back to try more of their main dishes. Until next dumpling craving... read more

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It's been well over a year since my last dining experience at Best Dim Sum. I heard that ownership changed since. So I decided to give them a go. Glad I did. The dim sum was good, the place was cleaner, and owner was a super friendly and upbeat. Small family ran business! All right, let's get this messaging out there. Is it the best dim sum ever? In the world? Definitely not. Best in the Folsom/Granite Bay Area... yes! Sure you can get dim sum cheaper and probably more modern innovative dishes in South Sac. But that's 30+ miles away, one way. Best Dim Sum focuses on classic Cantonese dim sum dishes. The dim sum menu is large enough to hit all the classics including rice porridge which they have right kinds in the menu. Besides dim sum, they also have other classic Cantonese Chinese entrees and have a weekday lunch combo plate specials. If you have MSG food aversion, ask them before you order. I ordered sui mai, sticky rice in lotus leaf, egg custard, and fried sesame balls to go. The sui mai was tasty. Big, fat hunky four piece order. The fried sesame balls were heavenly delicious. Mmm. Crisp exterior with the stretchy, soft chewy rice flour crust and warm red bean paste interior. That's was a fun one to eat... the smell fried dough and then sweet paste,, the sound of the slight crackling, and sight of the all so subtle stretch. The sticky rice in lotus leaf had a ground pork filling inside but lacking the customary classic slices of salted egg and lap chon ( Chinese sausage). It was still tasty though. There was a slight ordering error with the egg custard. I ordered the Chinese style egg custard but got the Portuguese egg custard instead. I still enjoyed it! Pricing was the same, so no loss there. The difference is that the Portuguese egg custard has a puff pastry crust while the Chinese version is more of a firmer shortbread crust. But this Portuguese version had the same shortbread crust as the Chinese version. Also the Portuguese custard is sweeter and caramelized on top while the Chinese version is less sweet and not caramelized which this was. Still delicious! read more

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Would not have discovered this Chinese dim sum restaurant if not for Yelp. Based on other Yelp reviews, we opted to give this a try since it was closer than our usual dim sum restaurants in south Sacramento. A quaint little Chinese cafe. Classic country music was playing in the background, which seems to fit the vibe of Granite Bay. The menu had a fairly extensive selections of dim sum and some traditional Chinese dishes. We ordered a variety of dim sum items and a Singapore noodle. The food was delicious. I like that everything was served piping hot unlike some of the larger dim sum restaurants with the push carts. Would recommend if you're in the area, and don't wish to drive down to south Sac or downtown Sac for dim sum or traditional Chinese food. read more

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Our family ate at Best Dim Sum for the first time today because of a recommendation from the Roseville Rocklin foodies group. The owner and workers are very kind, welcoming, and attentive. I love the small cozy restaurant. The dim sum orders that we liked the best are: --Fried meat dumpling --Siu mai --Turnip cake --Shrimp and chive dumpling --sesame ball We will definitely come back and try the other dishes. read more

Family visiting had a craving for dim sum but didn't want to travel to the city. Read the write ups and decided to try Best Dim Sum. The menu has an extensive addition of dim sum items. We were excited to have a local restaurant offer Dim Sum without us having to travel into Sacramento. We were greeted and quickly seated. We ordered off the menu and selected our tea. Dishes began to arrive shortly after our tea arrived. The stand out dishes were the bbq pork rice rolls, sesame balls, soy wrapped rolls, sweet rice triangle pudding, pork filled fried turnovers, and chive shrimp dumplings. This restaurant wasn't busy when we arrived but within an hour the place was bustling. It is only run by a family so 2 people trying to wait on 8 various sized tables/ booth was challenging. read more

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Great place to get dim sum in Placer County, if you don't feel like driving to South Sac. It's a small establishment so it's best to go at opening or off-peak hours. Co-Owner Lina is awesome--super friendly and very hardworking. The first time we visited Best Dim Sum, we were amazed at how nonstop she was going! They have a huge menu including fabulous dim sum items as well as dishes such as chow fun and vegetables too! Prices are comparable to other dim sum places, we felt. Flavors were good, though everything was a little saltier than we would have liked, especially the beancurd skin roll. But maybe we're the exception. We just gulped down tons of ice water to compensate. The eggplant stuffed shrimp was good. Convenient parking, easy access to location. We enjoyed our lunch and had tons of leftovers for future meals also. Enjoyed chatting with Lina as well, which is what brought us back for a second visit! While not as amazing as the dim sum we've gotten in the Bay Area or around South Sac, we think it's definitely the best dim sum in Granite Bay! read more

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Living in the Placer County area, we don't have many choices for authentic dim sum restaurants. You can always find Chinese, Korean, Thai, Japanese, etc restaurants, but if I want dim sum, I'd always have to head into Sacramento or the Bay Area. When I heard about this place, I was excited and couldn't wait to try it out. The restaurant is located in a small strip mall with plenty of parking. It's a small restaurant but they serve dim sum all day long. Oooh... whenever I get dim sum cravings, I can come here any time. Lina, the co-owner and our waitress was quick to greet us at the door with a warm smile and escorted us to our table. The menu has all of the typical Chinese dishes but there is a section for dim sum. That's what I came here for. We ordered, shrimp dumplings (har gow), shrimp chive dumplings, shrimp rice roll, eggplant stuffed with shrimp paste, bean curd skin roll, beef tripes, house special chow fun, and Chinese broccoli with garlic sauce. I know that's a lot of food, but we were looking forward to having leftovers to take home. It wasn't long before our food started arriving. OMG, I was in heaven. Everything tasted amazing. My faves today were the eggplant and shrimp chive dumplings. The only slight complaint that I had was that the bean curd skin roll was slightly undercooked and a little too salty. Otherwise, I couldn't be happier. Now I've got this great little gem of a dim sum restaurant nearby and I don't have to drive all the way to Sacramento to get authentic dim sum. Win-win! Give this place a try, you won't be disappointed. read more

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As a Chinese, I approve this place. We tried their beancurd roll, golden shrimp roll and beef chow fun. Beef chow fun, in order to know a good Chinese food, it always starts with the basics. The chow fun was good, a little too oily but the flavor was good except it needed some wok hei. Our favorite was the golden shrimp rice roll, it was so good. Do we have betters yes. However, to find this dish in here Roseville/ granite Bay? It's nearly impossible! So 5 star for this dish!!! I really like the beancurd roll.. everything was just super hot to eat! Tasted a little bit more msg but delicious. The service was super friendly, we did the order online so it's super easy! The restaurant looks like a Oakland Chinatown restaurant, a little old style like some of those movies Chinese restaurant lol read more

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Been wanting to give this place a try for quite some time now. Finally went in for lunch yesterday. Yum! Very friendly and fast service. Glad to get the last available booth rather than a regular table. Served our food piping hot as it was prepared and ready. We had sesame balls, steamed BBQ pork buns, shui mai, Shanghai dumplings and chive shrimp dumplings, plus hot jasmine tea. All were delicious and the portions were quite sizable. All of that for less than $50 for two of us (including tax and tip) ~ screaming deal for how expensive things are these days! The BBQ buns, shui mai and Shanghai dumplings were by far my favorites and the tea was delicious but nuclear hot when it came out so it took a while to be able to enjoy it. Knocked one star because the soy sauce bottle was super sticky and gross, like maybe never ever wiped clean. And there was a huge bowl of raw meat on the back booth table the entire time we were there (they were making shui mai, it looked like), but just seemed weird that it was out and unrefrigerated for so long ~ and in front of house. Overall, would definitely come back again! read more

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Kevin our server was amazing! All he recommended was great and definitely must try! Lina was so generous too and gave us free food, how's that!? Best bday lunch ever read more

Best Dim Sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Granite Bay, California

I've seen many Yelp friends give great reviews for Best Dim Sum, so we had to visit when. We were in the area. We came for lunch right when the opened and we were seated right away. The inside had tables and booths. Each table had utensils, soy sauce, and hot chili oil. We ordered shumai, Shanghai meat dumplings, beef rice roll , and lotus wrapped sticky rice. All were great. The rice roll and sticky rice were our favorites. The Shanghai meat dumplings were a little small though. Service was fantastic. The owner was so friendly and kind. We did enjoy our lunch and felt it was great dim sum for the area. Hopefully we'll be back in the area to try them again! read more

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5 out of 5 for the baked custard pineapple buns. The custard had the perfect sweetness and the bread was soft and fresh. I also got the Peking pork lunch special and the portion size was decent for $14.95. Service wasn't too slow. I probably waited 20 minutes for my food. I'll definitely order again to try the dim sum and other plate options but next time I will do takeout. read more

Best Dim Sum - Peking Pork and Baked Custard Pineapple Buns - Dim Sum Near Me - Granite Bay, California

Thanks to Yelp I discovered this place while searching for good eats in the area. I drove an hour round trip to have lunch here. I am glad I did. I sat in an old school booth and ordered three different dim sum dishes. Had planned to order more however some of serving sizes are larger than typical dim sum serving of three pieces. I got steam pork buns and they hit the spot. Best I have had in quite a while. Nice amount of high quality char siu. I got the eggplant stuffed with shrimp and was served four really big pieces. Tasty and satisfied my craving for shrimp. Finally I got the stuffed bean curd rolls and their version was different than I am used to and I liked the change. Lots of veggies, ground pork and pieces of shrimp in bean wrapper. I would get all these items again! read more

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Great food, and so nice to have a place outside of Sacramento. Dumplings are "meaty"--they don't cut corners on portions or quality. Service is as expected for a Chinese restaurant but friendly. Hope it stays in business! read more

Best Dim Sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Granite Bay, California

Is it the best dim sum, maybe in GB. The food is pretty good. Shrimp and Beef rolls. The rice rolls was the perfect texture and sauce. Broccoli and chicken with steam rice: The kiddos didn't care for the chicken but the flavor is good. The sauce on the broccoli and chicken was good. Mixed perfectly with the steak rice. Chicken feet: good flavor and the perfect chewiness. Steam bbq pork bao: The bao was soft and fluffy. The instead meat had a different sweet flavor compared to other steam bbq bao. A good different. XLB: surprisingly this one was decent. It's not many places that has compared to DTF in SoCal. The only thing was that it was not piping hot like DTF. DTF still has the best dipping sauce that no one have been able to compare. Shrimp chow fun: my kiddos like it but maybe they were super hungry. My daughter ate the shrimp. Maybe it's me but many places the noodles have been shorter than usual. Hot and sour soup, surprisingly this soup was really good. It's been a long time since I had this soup. Perfect sourness and spice. I was surprised this place did not do those auto apply tips. Which I am happy they did not. The wait staff did not come back to check and we were a little low on water. I can't say much about the black bean spare rib. Had to take it to go. read more

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The food was excellent! Top-notch Dim Sum. Need a little work on the customer service. An overall very good experience.

Open For Christmas [Granite Bay CA] I called to make sure that they were open for Christmas Day and, yes, they were until 8:30p. I was pretty sure that we weren't the only ones that would be dining out on a Christmas Day so we made reservations for 12:30p dine-in, party of 3. The restaurant was indeed busy. Arrived exactly at 12:30p and we were given a table immediately. Inside was small and cozy. We perused through the 8-page menu... there were a lot of options to choose from including Lunch Specials and Family Dinners. We placed our orders for the following: * Pork Pot Stickers * Shrimp Chive Dumplings (3) * Lunch Special - Mongolian Beef * Lunch Special - Kung Pao Chicken I've never seen such huge pot stickers! Also, I thought three pieces of dumplings would not be enough but they were huge so I'm glad we only placed one order of the shrimp chive dumplings. The lunch specials came with a small egg roll and side order of soup and we each chose the egg drop and the hot & sour soup. Mmm... egg drop soup is my favorite and it was delicious. Looks like a family-run business. Customer service was great and food came fast. Food was okay but I'd like to come back to try other items on the menu (eyeing that salt & pepper chicken wings). Review #3638 read more

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Good food but sadly the service was horrible the day we came. We had ordered crispy fried noodles, but received regular noodles. When we told the waitress, she yelled at us for ordering the wrong item. I wanted to like this place more due to location but not sure I'd return due to service. read more

Small location in a strip mall but excellent experience. Owner run and operated- she was making dumplings at the back table in between seating and serving customers. Food was delicious. Standouts were the stuffed eggplant and sesame balls. Everything made as you order it. Try this place- you won't regret it. I will come back again. read more

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I haven't reviewed BDS in a while because it continues to maintain excellence in food (both Dim Sum and standard Chinese dishes) and service. Lina, keep up the good work! S and S read more

An aptly named restaurant, wandered in with DH and LO and we proceeded to order a mix of dim sum and chow mein. Everything we ordered was amazing! I love shrimp chive dumplings, and sesame balls, and both are so flavorful here. Bottom line: IMHO indeed the best place for dim sum in town. read more

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The best dimsums you can get locally! Price right varieties are standard. Seating can be better. Plenty parking. Visit when you can - to the taste read more

Was looking for some Chinese food as we've been eating too much fast food while on vacation. The food was decent but both salt n pepper dishes were kind of bland so I topped it off with their chili oil. If you like onions they do pile on a lot of it but it needs to be cooked more. The oyster sauce on the Chinese broccoli was super salty. Service was mediocre. We had to ask three times to get a sauce dish and to ask them to find out why our order of Chinese broccoli was taking so long. Overall decent Chinese food. read more

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We Love this place! Everytime we come here we always order a lot as everything on the menu looks so good. And sure enough everything we order is super delicious!.. Authentic Chinese cuisine flavors. We always end up bringing food home too and it always taste just as good as left overs. Lina (the owner) is super nice, charming, & friendly. This is definitely now our favorite Chinese restaurant. read more

The Best Dim Sum has the best dimsum at affordable price! We loved everything we ordered. I especially liked their Golden Shrimp Rice Roll and Spare ribs with black bean sauce. The owner is really nice. Service was great and fast. It looks like it's a family owned restaurant. Very homey. read more

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The food all good !!!!!!!!!!! I like the chicken feet,and BBQ pork Good service too!!!!!!!!!!! I will go back again!!!!!!! read more

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Make the trip to south sac for way better dim sum. Food and price was not worth it in my opinion.

I've been wanting to try their dim sum when I'm in the area visiting and last night was the night! We arrived around 5pm and the place was very quiet. We were seated right away and honestly I was ready to move in by the end of our meal. The customer service was absolutely amazing. Our waitress, who I believe is also one of the owners, treated us like family and with SO much extra love and kindness. She brought my son his own set of utensils, a plate, a tray, and a child's cup. She was so gracious with him and us and was such a joy to talk to. The food was good as well. I have high standards of dim sum since I was raised in the bay and we had really good and authentic dim sum options in SF. Their chive and shrimp dumplings and the steamed pork buns were my favorite that we ordered. We also got the suimai which was good but had some gristley parts that I didn't love. The ribs weren't for me personally but they did have good flavor. We also got the Chinese broccoli in garlic sauce which was a little undercooked but we asked them to just cook it a bit longer and was perfect once it came back out. This is a business that I would happily support because they deserve it with their hospitality and kindness. Not the best dim sum I've ever had but I would visit again to support them and for the wonderful company. read more

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Interior is small and a bit run down. There was only one person working and she did forget us for a bit, she even vocally noted it when she walked by our table. We ordered dim sum and I got a lunch plate too. The orange chicken was not very good. It had a thick sauce on it and it didn't taste like orange at all. The lunch soup my plate came with didn't taste like much either. The dim sum was pretty decent. Very on par with the other local dim sum read more

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No photos but we ordered rice roll with Chinese donut inside, vegetable chow mein, steamed chicken feet, deep fried dumpling with pork (hom kok), shrimp dumplings, steamed sticky rice, deep fried sesame balls, and Singapore style fried rice noodles. Fast, friendly service and authentic Cantonese style dim sum. Good and tasty...would come again if in area! Drove over from San Francisco and enjoyed my family lunch! read more

One of our two favorite dim sum places in the area. Friendly family owned business. Food is delicious. Good variety of menu choices to satisfy every taste. read more

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So happy to find an authentic dim sum place so close to home! Every dish is delicious and the variety is very impressive. We will definitely frequent this local gem' read more

Best Dim Sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Granite Bay, California

Who doesn't like dim sum?!? We were out and about, and rather than trying some of our go to restaurants in Granite Bay, we thought we would give best dim sum a try. The restaurant is located in the shopping center, and feels like it's slightly a step up from a hole in the wall restaurant. We were seated in a comfortable booth, and brought menus and water. We ordered a variety of dim sum, and one dish from the regular menu. The pork buns- these were tasty! They weren't served with any dipping sauce. The bbq pork was tasty, but there wasn't much in the bun. The sesame balls- these are controversial. I love sesame balls. These were too hard to actually enjoy. The filling was good. I've had much better. The bean curd skin rolls- these are filled with pork, beef, and shrimp. We found them to be underwhelming and missing something. Beef chow fun- this was a super generous portion, fresh vegetables, and the noodles were cooked perfectly. Large pieces of perfectly cooked beef. Super tasty. Egg tarts- these are a tad underwhelming as well. They were OK, but not anything that I would order again. I love egg tarts, and I found that the crust was overdone, and the tart itself was lacking that custardy egg flavor. Lina is sweet, somewhat reserved, and she runs the front of the house on her own. The food is all made to order, which makes this hole in the wall a good find. We both would rate the overall experience with about 3 1/2 stars. It's difficult to find dim sum in the area, and this is as close as it comes. read more

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This review is for a takeout order. I can't comment on the full service but the lady who brought out my order was very pleasant. A modest mom-and-pop eatery with a bold name located in a strip plaza with ample parking. You can order online and pay when you pick up your order which was very convenient. The order was ready at the scheduled time which is great. This place offers quite a large selection of dim sum items. Although the actual size of the items were a bit smaller than the typical dim sum you find elsewhere, I actually didn't mind it at all because of the thinner wrapper/dough and generous fillings. The fried pork dumplings for example were bite-size but loaded with flavorful fillings. It was one of the tastiest one I have had. Pretty much everything that we orders was very good and up to par. Will definitely be back for more! read more

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Such sweet workers and best food ever!! would recommend to anyone i know!!! and the service is amazing it's tables have a nice spinning tray to share with the family and the orange chicken taste amazing. read more

Arrived on a Saturday right after they opened and good thing as the place filled up in the next 20 minutes. We were warmly greeted and immediately seated in a roomy booth. It's not a large space but neat and clean as a pin. Nice location in a strip shopping center in Granite Bay on Folsom-Auburn Road. Lots of easy parking. Service was outstanding - quick, friendly, frequent follow-ups and provided at one time or another by all three of the wait staff. We were repeatedly asking if everything was okay and did we need something else. Green tea was served piping hot in a good size tea pot with nice fresh leaves in the pot. Excellent flavor. We ordered the following dishes all at once: Siu Mai - Excellent Beef Meat Balls - okay but lacking flavor - needs a better sauce Egg Tarts - Oh my! Great! Fried Pork Dumpling - Outstanding - great flavor! Fried Shrimp Ball - Outstanding! Shrimp Dumplings - Very Good Steamed Shrimp Rice Noodle - a bit lacking in flavor - needs a better sauce Each dish was served piping hot and fresh from the kitchen as soon as it was ready. We will definitely be adding this as a frequent stop on our personal Flavor Train. read more

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I DoorDashed dinner a few days ago from Best Dim Sum. The food arrived quickly and was still warm. The serving sizes were reasonable. The order consisted of Salt & Pepper Shrimp, Honey Walnut Shrimp and White Rice. While I preferred the Honey Walnut Shrimp ... flavor wise, both were pretty good. However, with so many Asian / Chinese food options in the area, not sure I will order from them again ... soon. Competitively priced. read more

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Came here on a Wednesday evening and the restaurant was pretty empty. Ordered a bunch of dim sum to go and the lady taking our order was super nice. We didn't have to wait that long for our food. Everything was delicious! Loved the chow fun, the garlic green beans, and all the dim sum selections. We ordered a lot and it lasted us like five full meals. It came out to less than $100. read more

Best Dim Sum - Dim Sum Near Me - Granite Bay, California

I was in the neighborhood last week and super hungry for lunch so I stopped in this little place. It feels like an old school Cantonese restaurant with older red decor, and those round tables with lazy Susans on top. I would have liked to try more Dim Sum but I was by myself so I had the lunch special instead. It was very generous with choice of soup, egg roll, cashew chicken and fried rice. Everything in my cashew chicken tasted so fresh, all the vegetables and chicken. There was a lot of both chicken and cashews, and I really enjoyed it. The fried rice was a little bland but otherwise it was good, and a decent value. I really enjoyed the Jasmine tea as well. I'd love to come back sometime with someone else to try some Dim Sum and try a few more things. read more

Best Dim Sum - Cashew chicken lunch special - Dim Sum Near Me - Granite Bay, California

Sometimes I have this crazy craving for fresh dim sum, either it's awakened by my childhood memories or I just really want to bite into my favorites. If I don't fulfill my taste buds it usually gets worse, so my lovely fiancee quickly searched Yelp for the best place and found Best Dim Sum. The store was located in a strip mall and was easy to spot since they placed large dim sum pictures all over the window. Once we entered the shop, it looked like an old-school, classic Chinese restaurant with deep maroon booths on the side and round tables (w lazy Susan) in the center. All the servers were friendly. We got our order in and they printed out a receipt and stuck it on our table to keep track of their orders. Which I appreciate because it's easier for everyone (including us) to track the dishes and progress. We ordered Shaumai, Shrimp chive dumplings, deep-fried salty dumplings, lotus sticky rice, Chasiu bao, shrimp paste eggplant and egg tarts. I am happy to report everything tasted wonderful here, except the Shaumai because its wrapper was a bit soggy from the steam. However, it's still quite delicious so I can overlook that. My favorites were egg tarts and deep-fried salty dumplings. The egg tarts has a crunchy crust with silky filling, while the hot crispy fried salty dumpling made my taste bud goes OMG! Overall, I am happy we can find a good dim sum restaurant in the Rocklin area, just in case another dim sum craving emergency hits! read more

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