The Oldest Dim Sum House In San Francisco at Hang Ah Dim Sum Tea House - Dining on a Dime

[@narf760]

I can see why people might think he's a boring presenter. But I actually like the fact that he doesn't try to oversell the taste of the food, or play it up like it's bigger than it really is. He seems very humble and respectful, and I can appreciate that.

[@rkctradingrchinn3]

I was born and raised in SF, My family took me there when I was about 6 or 7, this was in the 50's My fav was chow sao ho fun, not sure if they still have it? can make at home but u have to soak the rice noodles over night, now a days U can soak for about an hour, also the fun gao, i also used the playground arcross the street as i got older used to play tennis on that one court too, I live overseas now, thx for sharing, brings back a lot of memories

[@sarahko1986]

It must've been really early. He looks tired AF.

[@DiamanteJonray]

He is always crushed in his vids lol

[@eater]

It was first thing in the morning!

[@saltofpetra-4502]

How was the food on a scale of one to ten?

[@saltofpetra-4502]

The best kind of breakfast.

[@kannjohnston]

Tea time, sort of an early brunch

[@benkrey3374]

This video inspired me to find this place and I was originally intending to go on my birthday but they closed early. I finally went there today and it was absolutely incredible! Service was good, food was unbelievable! I highly recommend all their teas, the soup dumplings, and the pot stickers. This place has been number one on my list of places to eat since I first saw this video and it did not disappoint!

[@kianhwa24]

"Dim Sum" literally means : a touch of heart. The pork buns look amazing by the way, thanks for another great video.

[@derekdurst9984]

I've also heard...."Hearts' Delight"! Either translation is great...Yom Cha..take a little tea!

[@nailbitter310]

I truly appreciate your descriptions of each of the dim sums, straight to the point without resorting to endless corny commentary. I’ve learned a lot from this video and hope to check this place out, soon.

[@declanjohn8517]

Used to go here all the time in the early 90s when I lived nearby. They made a green curry turnover I've never found at any other dim sum place...so very delicious. Also, if you were alone, you could get a dim sum platter - one each of several favorites plus a side of rice.

[@TheLittledikkins]

It was at Hang An 60 some years ago that a very littledikkins fell in love with chicken feet (and the rest of their menu). Back then it was cart service but otherwise has changed little since the early 1950s.

[@jauipop]

A dim sum restaurant isn't complete without old ladies pushing trolleys loaded with various steaming bamboo containers filled with lots of different stuff. But I guess you need space for that.

[@RaymondHng]

Hang Ah is small place. You'll have to go to New Asia on Pacific Street where they have 500 diners to find push carts.

[@jauipop]

Yeah, I figured. I live in SEA, so I'm lucky enough to have dim sum (and other yummies) everywhere...

[@lkiing]

Actually modern dim sum (since late 90's onward) no longer do push trolleys anymore. Most Hong Kong dim sum places you just order from a order sheet (I did that when I was in Hong Kong a couple of years ago). I live in Vancouver and there are many dim sum restaurants that do it just like that as well since so many Chinese from HK/China have immigrated/moved to Vancouver. It is absolutely the reason you stated, space is a premium. It is a novelty to visit a dim sum restaurant that still does it though. Some will do push trolleys but just for some of their daily specials. I like push trolleys more (especially with the old ladies) but I have moved on...

[@Lou.B]

@@jauipop I still miss the King Cafe (King St) but is Tai Tung still open? They have the BEST Hum Bao on the West Coast!

[@danceyrselfkleen]

This is a dumb comment.

[@changartguy99]

I went there last March! I was visiting from Hawaii and a new friend from Cameron House up the street wanted to take me to lunch and shared about this place being a favorite spot. great food!

[@julioradin2936]

I love this video . The duration is just right not too short like normal .

[@eater]

The team behind this series is made up of 3 people, and we film in 8 locations in 3.5 days, we try our hardest to get the most out of every episode.

[@salikraees9690]

Eater Respect.

[@allrightthen.6225]

Eater Thank you.

[@JadenYukifan28]

@Eater I had Shu Mai before, but, it didn't look like the one you showed in the video

[@parlayin]

@@JadenYukifan28then you got bunk dim sum my friend

[@Orangedarkness]

Thanks Eater for pushing out quality content! This was a joy to watch, had my mouth watering ha.

[@dreammfyre]

Dim City 2000. Lucas representing the classics.

[@anonanon7235]

I frigging love supporting local food establishments, when i visit SF one day, I gotta hit this place up. I love how the owner kept the recipes original and menu mostly unfettered. The 2 or 3 dozen original dim sum items are the best!

[@LegendoftheGalacticHero]

Weezer, Lucas and San Francisco. why can't I like this three times?

[@lucaskwanpeterson2010]

lsuarez pls create two more accts and do that pls and ty

[@arkhoykoy4103]

When lucas blinked with one eye, i just melt.! Lol

[@livingsouljourney312]

The history behind this dim sum house is beautiful. Thank you for sharing---peace and love lsj

[@alisonviscosi4934]

I love Lucas! So humble and real!

[@zorayaseeram1721]

They serve chicken feet in Trinidad as well, but like pickled with cucumber and pepper. it's called Chicken Feet Souse

[@hiroanz]

The Chinese name for San Francisco literally translates to "Old Gold Mountain"..

[@RaymondHng]

There's more than one Chinese name for San Francisco. 舊金山 is "Old Gold Mountain", but 三藩市 as the Chinese transliteration is commonly used.

[@hiroanz]

In Taiwan we most commonly use 舊金山, perhaps 三藩市 is used more often by other parts of the Chinese speaking world.

[@pandabear153]

For anybody in my age we Hoisan ngin called America Fah kay or Flowery banner because Americans flag is as beautiful as a flower! San Francisco is called Gim Sahn or Golden Mountain in Hoisan Vah. (Good to Know for you latter Han immigrants lol)

[@PooMonkeyMan]

I'm so glad he respected the Cantonese culture and referred to majority of the dishes in Cantonese instead of Mandarin. I think there was one dish he pronounced in Mandarin, but otherwise, kudos to Lucas for avoiding the mainstream habit of pronouncing all Chinese in Mandarin, instead of their native regional languages.

[@raymondzhang177]

If you can't speak Cantonese, you'll prefer to say it in mandarin to avoid making mistake.

[@kennethc3398]

Lucas the kind of Cantonese guy who speaks 76 languages but not Cantonese

[@Drownedinblood]

Did he? The way he pronounced HARRR gow, hurt me.

[@luisedelarosa6551]

The way he describes. Always on point.

[@cazzjeuh]

I love this guy, he knows so much and is so upbeat!!!

[@nicksmith3746]

cazzjeuh Upbeat?! Are you a rock or something??? Lucas is SO boring and low energy. He hardly ever smiles too. >:/

[@cazzjeuh]

Nick Smith nah man, he is really respectfull to people and let the shots do the talking, het awesome!

[@MaxTube132]

Probably the best food series on KZbin

[@Ryan-vl2nn]

I live about 10 mins. by foot and walk by here on my way to work and have always wanted to try it out. Thanks to your video I definitely will now. Everything looked great.

[@ryanchung3204]

Eddie Huang on Lucas' xiao long bao eating technique: "Don't be a hooligan"

[@annaherpdaderp8129]

if you ever come to New Jersey, come to Shanghai Dumpling (Shang Hai Xiao Long) in Edison! Absolutely has the best pork soup dumplings. I think it would be perfect for this show.

[@calduck88]

Thank you youtube algorithm i needed to learn what else I missed out on when I visited the city

[@Majeed.]

He should smile when he's talking to people

[@thickbrianq]

Dim Sum = pieces of my heart. You are a stellar food awesomeness!

[@stephenricci5201]

The only item missing from this perfect, delicious breakfast is Bean Curd wraps in brown gravy

[@derekdurst9984]

I crave chicken feet in black bean sauce..my Grandmother used chicken feet for chicken soup..gave it a better texture...at Hang Ah the steamed spare ribs, and meat/fish patty over rice..and their turnip cake. Now that we don't need masks, I've got to go soon....and hit up Golden Gate Bakery for Egg tarts (Dahn tart) hot out of the oven!

[@thetruth4865]

fascinating culture and history. Shang-Di bless ! Good people, beautiful people inside and out ! :D

[@DaboooogA]

This is one of the unhealthiest cuisines Ive ever had the pleasure of enjoying

[@katherineprongos3929]

You cannot be a native: It's Grant AVENUE! (Plus, the roster of what he's ordering--I'm so envious!)

[@JLPais-cp8th]

Damn, nice video, as always. Keep up the great commentary Lucas, and Eater as a whole. Love the show!

[@winstonl7814]

I know the owner of hang ah tea room he is very nice to talk to. I go to their other restaurant almost every week

[@BadHattie]

Not doing a great job of selling those chicken's feet, Lucas! Your grandma was definitely right about this one. You could mention how flavorful they are, lightly sweet and succulent and melty. They are one of my favorites, anyway. Another one of my faves are the steamed flat noodles, usually stuffed with shrimp and that savory sauce? Don't know what it's called, but we always end up getting at least 2 plates of that one.

[@RaymondHng]

豬腸粉 (chee cheong fun) are the plain ones. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_noodle_roll

[@livieegee]

Those Char Siu baos look sooo good

[@mx5hong]

Had those sesame balls before and they own me. YUM! :o

[@angelineng4582]

Those sesame balls what my parents always called it as, "BOMBS" lol

[@TomyBuckets]

But "dim sum" literally means to "touch heart".

[@Char12403]

Yeah I hear people all the time say that dim sum means "Little things" or something along those lines. I'm not sure where that originated from but somehow it spread...

[@lymh4850]

It could also be the abbreviation of the phrase in Cantonese “a bit of gratuity" (a humble expression, which also means a small but considerate gift). I tend to believe this was orignially a pun containing both the information you provided and mine, combining those 2 and it becomes "something small made with passion from heart"

[@sunispretty]

lol I was thinking the same thing when he said it means "little things" XD

[@tdolan500]

So apparently we don't know what dim sum means

[@jlewsf]

If you literally translate 點心 dim sum, it is as Tony Liu said, touch heart. But to really give it an english definition, it's small bites of happyness :) but, lets just say when one say dim sum they are refering to chinese tea time dumplings/bites.

[@thetruth4865]

classic dim sum and bottom less tea pots. very elegant Chinese... love this !

[@yokelon]

the yellow filling bun is made of custard & salted egg yolk, some call it custard bun or molten lava bao. if done correctly and served hot, the filling 'spills' out like lava when u break it open. Specialty of Taiwan's Din Tai Fung

[@j.b.5230]

W.E.E.Z.E.R.!!!!!! too awesome!

[@MikeChowda]

Xiao Long Bao isn't usually part of dim sum. I would have added radish cake, beef balls, rice noodle rolls, and sticky rice. Of course Lucas prob knows all this.

[@Ryan.usa73]

There is only one food rule, eat what you want.

[@imahammeru2052]

thumbs up for the weezer shirt

[@scottbrandon6244]

Here's my favorite dim sum order: bbq pork buns, har gow, steamed crab and eggplant with black bean sauce, pan fried pork dumpling, cuttlefish in curry sauce, bamboo roll, bbq pork rice roll and mango pudding.

[@BlueButtonFly]

Holy shit he reenacts Eyes Wide Shut with his family for new years. Terrifying.

[@Grieverexx]

Just another tip with cutting onions, sharpen your knife! A dull need makes you saw the onion which pours out the juices and make you cry. A sharpen knife makes a clean cut and doesn't hack the onion when you cut it

[@ERamos1993]

DIM City 2000 lol Lucas is such a genius

[@dejshaii1]

By far the best dim sum place is "King Palace" in Sacramento fresh, clean and ready or go straight to China for the real deal...

[@Ojpagulayan]

Dim sum for breakfast! Must be nice, I envy you Lucas

[@larinvermont3271]

Another restaurant I have walked by innumerable times, and just never gone in...... For those who go to San Francisco, there are some extremely interesting boutique hotels which ring Chinatown, and even my favorite which is just inside Dragon Gate. Not fancy, but clean and well run, and less expensive - and you get to walk around one of the most interesting parts of the City - and one which literally runs all day and night!

[@lukechung5020]

It looks amazing! Thanks Lucas!

[@judidodson6083]

Thank you Lucas for sharing another dim sum spot in San Francisco to try. Looks great.

[@markgeraldmurillo6621]

I should be sleeping now. But this is worth it.

[@Mar10Yong]

you missed the turnip cake!!!! >

[@elsalisa146]

Thanks for the great video! Lived in SF 20 years but never went here it's hidden . Love Chinatown. Miss the dim sum and shopping on Stockton. Sigh.

[@majornewb]

Proud to be from SF

[@wuyiheryadi9824]

I absolutely love dim sum! Great job on the video!!

[@darthcoward]

Great commentary, the description for each dim sum was spot on

[@sokchowvadypoy927]

I’m here in San Francisco for couple days. Thank you for sharing your video. Love this spot.👍🤤

[@aquascapes_or]

the way you say har gow is killing me

[@Drownedinblood]

Dude obviously never spoke canto in his life, and sure is honoring his grandma by mocking the chicken feet she likes. The little buns are also called lai wong bao..

[@riochuck8056]

my church is right on the otherside of that playground! I grew up going here, but when the ownership changed it went kinda downhill.

[@RaymondHng]

That use to be old site of the Chinatown Salvation Army.

[@slewone4905]

char siew Boa is part of California History. In the great depression, people didnt have much money to buy food. I met a Chinese who made large numbers of them and sold them as cheap eats during that time. I believe the egg foo young sandwich had a similar history.

[@qhtrinh]

I went there twice when I was in SF - it was delicious and the service was great

[@LEE-kq9tq]

So jealous! All we have are Americanized Chinese buffets (which are good) and then small take out places that all have the same menus. All owned by different folks so the tastes vary, but still the same Americanized dishes. I think a place like in the video would go over well here, but no one ever wants to take a chance with doing something different.

[@RaymondHng]

Where is "here"?

[@philwong2574]

the same for here in wichita, ks...a lot of american chinese but only 1 chinese restaurant that serves traditional chinese food and dim sum. the dim sum there isnt all that great either, it suffices though until i can go back home to sf for visiting

[@jensreviewslasvegas5277]

Awesome video! Yummy. I'm from the East Bay and trying to remember if I've been there. Gotta go back and try this restaurant though. Miss the Bay. Thanks for sharing!

[@b0red324]

This guy describes the food like an art director talks about paintings

[@PDXJack87]

dim sum : Cantonese brunch. a lot of family style small plate items. with various steamed dumplings and baked pastries. that's how you describe dim sum

[@R0gue0ne]

That guy Chauncy sounds like Seth Rogan! Plus - Yum Cha (Dim Sum) is huge in Australia - we love it! You should come over here Lucas and crew! (I'll show you around)

[@Sakja]

That wink though.

[@jackb9485]

That Waitress is the cutest.

[@rctw89]

So how does this compare to NYC's own Nom Wah Tea Parlor that also serves dim sum and has been around since 1920 as well?

[@yantimohhan867]

Chicken feet from dim sum is the best. That's why my hand writing chicken hand writing 🤣

[@dreiacosta]

Am I the only one who thinks the waitress is beautiful? Gosh, I'm such a sucker for dimples 😂

[@ekirkcomp]

Chiura Raimu thought the same

[@QuanNguyen-jz8pt]

Chiura Raimu sounds cute also

[@romanticbaldy]

Yes. Why?

[@vwgti303]

Lol, not a particularly positive term. Not quite N word level, but close.

[@romanticbaldy]

Awwww. Sorry. I'm a non-native english speaker. Hahaha. I'm a Filipino. We usually use the word "chinita" for "small eyes." Should I have used a different word instead? I didn't mean anything "not particularly positive." We love those types of eyes here in the Philippines or at least on my region.

[@1992pv]

damn, now i need some dim sum. I love your show by the way.

[@zelandiart]

best review so far from Lucas. GJ man.

[@sportsmedia25]

It's Grant Ave.

[@509evergreen]

went ti hang ah while i was in sf the pork buns are so soft and tasty, the potstickers are jumbooo, and the dim sum is amazing !!!!!

[@raymondjuancito4333]

Thank you for this video..., thank you for your instructions and knowledge I only wish I could go to San Francisco and enjoy this

[@carmieeats2314]

DIMSUMMM IS THE BEST THING EVER

[@onestarworld7271]

Chicken feet (aka phoenix feet) is my favourite dim sum dish and love pineapple egg custard buns. I prefer the ladies with push carts, which are rare in Toronto's Chinatown due to lack of space/rent costs.

[@amazon_support]

Pal I always enjoy every episode of dining on a dime. Thanks for checking anyway x

[@lucaskwanpeterson2010]

always love the positive comments, thank you!

[@sarudedandorm1452]

Finally, a Lucas video... 🙌

[@douglasyee9]

Lucas, welcome to San Francisco! Grant Street is 'Grant Avenue,' formerly Dupont Street.

[@fredwu5965]

Your way of eating Xiao Long Bao is legit!

[@merchantxix]

really wish you guys would put links to music used in the episodes even if its royalty free I always love to look up who's playing the horns on the tracks

[@eater]

Unfortunately the music is not royalty free. We subscribe to a music licensing service and a lot of the music doesn't have direct attribution to the actual artists or performers. These tracks come from APM Music and the tracks used are (in this order)... Django_Tango_JW_JW_2218_00201_APM Lipstick_Pink_JW_JW_2218_00401_APM Rol_Slacks_JW_JW_2218_00101_APM Ska_Face__A__SON_SCD_0309_00901_APM Pure_Joy_KOS_KOS_0517_03401_APM Jolly_Mood_KOS_KOS_0517_02501_APM

[@merchantxix]

thanks a lot!

[@robertosabedra9727]

Eater I wonder does the host remember me???

[@eater]

Where'd we meet you?

[@robertosabedra9727]

Eater it was a long time ago I was young around 99-2000 I believe in NY and there in San Francisco

[@audrey.c1]

Dimsum can be thought of chinese afternoon tea that got turned into a full on tapas meal.

[@dasoulfoodbuffet]

I have only one, but major, critique. I wish your video would've included much more *specific* reaction and info about what it was like eating those individual items, flavors and textures you were experiencing, etc rather than just giving what seemed very general info about what those items are as if you were reading it from wikipedia pgs 😕. It was really lacking. Other than that, EXCELLENT production quality and loved the fact you interviewed some diners! Very cool.

[@faithnelson2013]

glad they haven't changed it too much. i miss the old interior though.

[@JustTry919]

Dim City: 2000!!! My first city management game.

[@PanDa-lh9db]

Why I Love Canada

[@Ellyasveil]

that sesame balls called 'onde-onde' in Indonesia.. and fill with green beans...

[@rizkyoctavianto2560]

the ones that he refers as baseball is called 'onde onde' in indonesia but we usually filled it with mung beans

[@veryfunnyvonny]

Is it weird that I fell in love with his awkward jokes hahaahha

[@lucaskwanpeterson2010]

haha thank you

[@elsalisa146]

I never went there when I lived in SF. But that was before they revamped it. Next time I go up there they’re first on my list. I like taro dumplings and turnip cake too?

[@bokujin.bonsai]

No egg tarts? :(

[@philwong2574]

instead of don taat he got the custard bun

[@fujiwara0000]

No one gets egg tarts from there, we go to Golden Gate Bakery

[@41000mf]

Aaron Endo brooo don’t even get me started on the egg tarts from there