I had long wanted to find the best potstickers in bay area but had long given up. To me the best potstickers is “Shanghai” style - it is long, about 3″~4″ long and 1″ wide, with both ends OPEN. There’s no liquid inside, but filling is very juicy. The best versions can be tasted in [...]

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With the weather turning chilly yesterday, we decided to go have one of our favorite food - Korean Soontofu.
We went to the Tofu House on El Camino in Santa Clara. I dub this stretch of SC as the Tofu Row - for the many restaurants that specialize in Soontofu. Last time went back was almost [...]

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Actually, we’ve all secretly taken on the crusade to find the best Xiao Long Bao, ever since Melanie posted about her so far unsuccessful hunt…
Din Tai Fung in Taipei will be hard to beat. However, since this is a Shanghai specialty, I’ve gone to 2 Shanghai style restaurants in the South Bay in recent weeks [...]

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There are two styles of pot stickers - Cantonese and Shanghai. I haven’t found any good Shanghai style pot-stickers around here in restaurants, and defintely not frozen ones.
As for Shui Jiao, one brand that is surprisingly good is “Wei Chuan” brand that’s sold in Ranch 99/Lions Market. Tehy sell similar ones in Taiwan also. They [...]

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Actually Shu Mai was on the list (as Yimster mentioned in his post as “Sai Mai”). I really liked the Shu Mai. It is one of the dim sum dishes that I usually NEVER order, because most of the time it is too dense, too tough, and just too much pork. But the version here [...]

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