Here’s what we ordered this time… I’ll go item by item…

These are Shanghai dumplings.  It’s the house special and they are DEE-LISH to the millionth.  They are little steamed dumplings with a soupy liquidy and kind of meaty center.  Literally soup inside the dumplings.  You need to pick them up very carefully with your chopsticks otherwise you will break them and the liquid will come spilling out.  They are seriously to die for and I could eat like 10 servings of these little babies.  Sometimes I go to Yank Sing just for these dumplings…

These are fried shrimp coated in batter with pieces of green onion in the batter.  They’re really good and it’s pretty incredible how big the shrimp pieces are… I mean, “prawns”.  (I always forget that west coasters call shrimp “prawn”.  It’s weird to me, us Pennsylvanians just call it shrimp).  These are good though – they’re not my favorite but they always end up on the table.

Oooh yum, these are Scallion Rolls.  I usually have to special order these because they don’t really keep them stocked on the rolling carts.  So if you ever go to Yank Sing and don’t see them, just ask for them and they will bring you an order.  These are my 3rd favorite item at Yank Sing… they are phyllo flakey dough filled with a scallion-y kind of spinich-y center and rolled up into those cool donut shapes.  They’re really good and I usually dip them in my special mix of soy sauce and hot peppers that I mix up beforehand… heaven!

These are bacon wrapped shrimp and asparagus.  It’s good but I kind of wish the bacon was a little crispier.  they usually only cook it enough to hold it all together, it’s not crispy, and it’s not thick and smokey like Canadian bacon.  It’s good though…

Next up is my 2nd favorite item at Yank Sing – the sticky rice and bbq pork in a banana leaf.  It’s sooo freaking good and when they give it to you the banana leaf is all wrapped up.  They slice it open when you get it, and all this steam comes out and it’s so hot and yummy…check out the next pic!

Here’s the leaf/rice cut open.  It’s so amazing… the rice is sticky rice, and the center is filled with bbq pork.  I believe it’s the same pork that they put in the steamed pork buns.  This dish is seriously so good though, if not the shanghai dumplings, the sticky rice!

Here’s a mini order of scallion dumplings.  I think there’s shrimp inside too, I can’t remember… but they’re good.  Not super filling though.  I only get these on a whim because they’re not savory like the other good greasy stuff.

Yank Sing has an entire dessert cart.  It’s filled with things like Sesame Balls (above), Jello, pie, cake, sweet buns, etc.  I always end my meal though with an order of Sesame Balls.  They are flled with red bean paste and they come smokin hot.  The server snips them open when you order them and they are sweet and nutty at the same time.  My favorite way to end a yummy dim sum meal!

The only downside to this place is that there are no prices on anything so you dont really know how much you’ve spent until the bill comes… and sometimes it’s a bit shocking (myself and a friend have spent over $100 for the meal).  I usually mentally prepare myself for a big bill before I sit down because some things are more expensive than others.  I think it’s worth it though, especially if it’s your first time eating dim sum (or in my case, my hundreth+).

Yank Sing
101 Spear St
(between Howard St & Mission St)
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 957-9300
www.yanksing.com

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