We have been researching good dim sum places in the vicinity of Santa Barbara. Our first experience was at a Japanese restaurant in Goleta (15mns North of us). It was good not great. Then we did two stints in Los Angeles Chinatown, and one in the San Gabriel Valley, which again could not meet or even come near the standards we got accustomed to at San Francisco's Yank Sing. As a matter of fact, we were disappointed.
We just had to find decent dim sum and we did, BAO, is located in the perfect neighborhood in Los Angeles. The raves were amazing! We left this morning at 9:00, and arrived there at 10:15...about the same time it used to take us to get to San Francisco from Napa...When you are an unbashed foodie, the drive is irrelevant, providing the food is good.
We had to wait a while, as we were 15 minutes early, so we walked around the neighborhood, where we had leased and sold commercial properties. Accross the street is the building of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (first photo), and how fun to have it reflected in Bao's window.
Happy to report that even the signature item of Yank Sing (juicy dumplings pictured above) was excellent here as was everything else we ordered. The shrimp was fresh in the various dumplings as were the vegetables. We were in dim sum heaven. The dish pictured below is stuffed shrimp with eggplant.
We had a long chat with the manager and asked him if he felt the quality of dim sum in Chinatown and Monterrey Park had gone down. He said that the competition is so fierce in these areas, that restaurants are lowering the prices and that takes a toll on the quality of the ingredients...
There were quite a few Chinese people in the restaurant, and they were as happy as we were. We are looking forward to our next jaunt to Bao, and we will probably combine it with a vist to Disney Hall and hear the Los Angeles Philarmonic orchestra, or see a play.
Happy Sunday, Cheers, Ron & Alexandra
Written by Ron & Alexandra Seigel-
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