I'm guessing with such a big Chinatown and Asian community, there must be a restaurant serving great Yum Cha or Dim Sum. Any suggestions?

FYI, I won't be there during a weekend. (I know some places only serve it on weekends.)

I'd always called it Dim Sum -- but it was "Yum Cha" in Australia and was FANTASTIC! I'm hoping I can find the same in SF.

In San Francisco it's called Dim Sum

There are plenty of threads on dim sum here on Fodors, try this one:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...t=0&dirtyBit=1

I'd suggestion either New Asia in Chinatown

Or Gold Mountain which is slightly off Chinatown on Broadway

Or Yank Sing which is expensive and really only for those on exepnse accounts

or

or

just type in "San Francisco dim sum" in the search box above and you'll find at least a dozen threads on this topic.

Happy dining!

easy - I think the link you provided is not correct - it brings up a thread about Dungeness crab, not dim sum, when I try it anyway.

My family likes Ton Kiang out on Geary at 23rd Ave. The neighborhood and ambience are nothing special, but the dim sum is good. As I recall they serve it every day till about 3:00PM (check to make sure that's right).

Just my opinion:
#1 Yank Sing - pricey but the best with greatest variety; best of all - they take reservations on weekends too and parking is free in the garage. The best Dim Sum!
# 2 Ton Kiang - little out of the way in the "avenues" - good if you visit Golden Gate Park or the DeYoung museum.
New Asia is good too - lot more local and less expensive (long wait on weekends).

We just ate at New Asia, on the recommendation of out hotel in June of this year. I cannot say that it was the "best" dim sum ever, but it was authentic and cheap! We took so many dishes from the carts, many more than we could ever eat, in part, b/c we were not always exactly sure what we were getting, and in part b/c we were jet-lagged and confused having just gotten off an early am flt from Boston.

At the end, when I saw the mass of plates in front of us, I was sure the bill would be astronomical. We had not a clue how much any of the items cost as we took them.

The bill came to $36.00, including tax. We were astounded. It was just a shame that food was wasted. It also was a culturally interesting meal. There were only a handful of non-Chinese in the huge hall--a busy early Saturday afternoon, when the shopping in Chinatown is in full swing.

NorCalif:

Sorry for the wrong link. I was trying to bring up the thread titled:

"Don't Wanna be a Dim Sum Dummy"

Anyhow, there are any number of dim sum threads already, with lots of discussions in them and not just that one thread.

Happy dining!