Asian Pearl Peninsula Lunch Dim Sum Restaurant Review, Millbrae

Asian Pearl Peninsula 1671 El Camino Real (Near Park Place) Millbrae, CA 94030 650-616-8288 650-616-8282 (Fax)

Asian Pearl Peninsula in Millbrae, California’s downtown was part of the same Culinary Wonderland group as The Kitchen in Millbrae, hence the same menu. We’ve been to this location a couple times and have found it to offer very good Cantonese Chinese cuisine. The Richmond Asian Pearl has also served up very good Chinese food. This place stays open till 1am. We went for dim sum lunch. Asian Pearl Peninsula has a separate dinner review.

Decor, Vibe – Big seafood tanks by the kitchen. Fancier interior with big decorative light fixtures and recessed ceiling. Same large food photos seen at the nearby The Kitchen. Loud, busy, lots of large table get-togethers. Majority of folks were Asians. It was still packed around 1:45pm.

Menu Pictures (Click to zoom into any picture)

Menu looks identical to The Kitchen’s in Millbrae. We’ll list the item number of each item below.

Picks:

1. Steamed Shrimp Dumpling ($3.95) or Har Gow were 4 delicate pieces full of delicious fresh shrimp and just out of the steamer.

7. Shark Fin Soup Dumpling ($5.80) is totally not PC but a reference test dish. First class broth with a slight mediciny hint and some Cheung ho fa herbs. Dumpling was full of chopped shrimp and sharks fin. This too a long time to arrive but was well worth it.

13. Fried Stuffed Dumpling ($2.60) or Ham Sui Gok were hot out of the fryer and perfect. They looked pale but the crunchy texture and meat filling made up for the look.

20. Dried Scallop Turnip Soft Cake ($3.20) were pretty big. Lots of chunks of white turnip and classic flavor.

23. Steamed Pork Spare Ribs ($3.20) was one of the best. Hot out of the steamer, it contained lots of pork, black beans, and some lango. Greasy but super flavor.

34. Shrimp Rice Noodle Roll (3.95) was excellent. Very smooth, not too greasy, and sauced so it was not too sweet.

40. Fresh Mango Pudding ($2.60) was top notch. Lots of real mango chunks, egg to make it fluffier, and not too sweet.

OK:

17. Sesame seed ball ($2.60) were warm and decent but not exceptional. Tons of black bean filling to the point of almost having too much.

29. Sticky Rice Wrapped in Lotus Leaf ($3.95) was solid but not top tier. Slightly hard rice but a good amount of meat filling.

Pans:
None

They have some carts circulating but most items come from ordering off the checkoff menu. The food came fast and out of order, desserts first, so try to order multiple times to space things out.
Service was decent with some flagging down of the server required. If you are looking for high quality Chinese Dim Sum cuisine on the Peninsula, Asian Pearl Peninsula is highly recommended. Koi Palace in Daly City is one of the few that is better.

Also at:

Asian Pearl
43635 Boscell Rd.
Fremont, CA 94538
510-979-1368

Asian Pearl
3288 Pierce St #A-118
Richmond, CA 94804
510-526-6800

New Canton
2523 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818
916-739-8888

New Lai Wah
5912 Freeport Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95822
916-428-6183

Each is independently owned and operated.

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