Dragon Beaux- San Francisco, CA

One of the most well-known dim sum places in town, Dragon Beaux has a line out the door before it even opens. And no reservations. On 5700 Geary St, and despite the mile-long line, Dragon Beaux’s excellent service and efficient management makes the line go quickly, and before I knew it, we were seated at a table. We got there when it opened– ten o’clock.

We ordered an assortment of beautiful dim sum, including their famous rainbow-colored soup dumplings! The outer skins come in flavors (which correlate to their colors) like spinach, regular flour skin, beet, turmeric, and squid ink. The insides are also different–ranging from kale, pork, beets, crab roe, and black truffle.

We also got more baos, wraps, and what I like to call “squid onion rings”, as well as a delicious pork dish. One of my favorites, something I have dubbed the “hairy taro”, also came out quickly. You could probably recognize it really easily, below. Here’s a hint: it’s the only hairy one. 😉 In addition to these dishes, I got my favorite beef-based noodles, which are served in virtually every dim sum or Chinese restaurant.

I took pictures of my favorite dishes; there were so many! If you’re ever up for dim sum though, and you’re willing to wait in a long line, these are the dishes I would recommend ordering. Most of them can be ordered at most dim sum places, but some, like the rainbow soup dumplings, cannot. So I would definitely encourage getting that specific dish at dragon beaux. For drinks, we had jasmine tea, which was hot, and often refilled–a tribute to their excellent service.