They do the cart service dimsum up until 3pm and this restaurant is my go to whenever I have the craving. Overall, it’s the better dim sum spot in San Diego and I go for the dim sum, not the jalapeños (or service). I should not have to speak in Cantonese to get better service and I shouldn’t have to ask the Latino busers to get fresh sliced jalapeños (the Chinese workers would tell me they don’t have it, as I look at the slices on the food item I just got from the cart). The ladies pushing the carts are always very friendly and helpful, it’s the service staff that isn’t always good. Service is quick, not bad, but not great. The selection is vast and the flavor & quality is good - definitely satisfies my dim sum cravings (and those of my guests). I’m not going to compare Jasmine to the restaurants in San Francisco, so it’s going to get 4 stars from me for dim sum in San Diego. Having grown up in San Francisco, I’ve been accustomed to regular dim sum brunches throughout each. I love being able to see the items and let my eye do the ordering.
Unlike most Dim Sum places, Jasmine still pushes their carts through the dining room. Mission Valley / Hotel Circle Restaurants.American Restaurants for Large Groups in Marina.Restaurants with Outdoor Seating in San Diego.Restaurants for Special Occasions in San Diego.Restaurants for Group Dining in San Diego.Best Udon & Soba (Wheat & Buckwheat Noodle) in San Diego.Seafood Restaurants for Families in San Diego.Seafood Restaurants for Breakfast in San Diego.Romantic Japanese Restaurants in San Diego.Restaurants near Jasmine Chinese Seafood Restaurant.Hotels near (SAN) San Diego Intl Airport.Hotels near Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.Hotels near Old Town San Diego State Historic Park.Hotels with Military Discounts in San Diego.Extended Stay America Hotels in San Diego.InterContinental (IHG) Hotels in San Diego.It’s a decent option for dim sum desiring folks that live in North County close to Mira Mesa, but it’s definitely not a place worth going out of the way for yet, though it looks like they are improving. That said, there is promise in the cook to order dishes from the kitchen and it is nice to finally have dim sum a bit closer to home. That said, much of the dim sum does suffer because the items are kept in the steamers for quite a while, leaving many items to be overcooked.Īll in all, I was a little disappointed that Fung Fung Yuen didn’t seem to be the new game changer needed to help elevate the ho hum quality of dim sum in San Diego. They now have about 5 carts that do seem to circulate relatively frequently and do keep the food warm. Also, it looks like they have fixed the kinks with amount of carts. While some of the reviews (both on Yelp and other blogs) have complained about cold to lukewarm food, I didn’t have much of an issue with that. This was by far the best dish of the night for me. The pork itself was fairly moist and the peppers they used to fry it with were perfectly cooked. The batter was thick enough but not too overpowering and fried just right to be crunchy without being too oily. Salt & Pepper Pork Chop (椒鹽肉排) – There non-dim sum menu is a bit spartan, but that may be to their blessing as this was probably one of the best versions of this pork chop dish I’ve had.Salt and Pepper pork chops at Fung Fung Yuen So as our block continued to be green, we ate the following: Green side up and the carts kept coming, red side up and it was a signal you were done (at least temporarily). The dim sum came on carts (much to my disappointment) and, interestingly enough, they gave you a red and green painted cylindrical wooden block like you would get at a Brazilian steakhouse in the US. I was surprised they served dim sum at night as well, but it was a perfect way to sample dim sum items as well as a cooked to order entree dish. In fact, the restaurant was probably about 60% full. We arrived a little after 7PM and it was fairly easy to get a table.
One of my really close friends happily agreed to go visit the restaurant too and off we went. Nonetheless, I had to go and took the opportunity to this Saturday on my quick trip to Southern California before my trip to Singapore. However, I was also skeptical of such a large Chinese restaurant succeeding in Mira Mesa given that Silver Ark in a nearby (albeit less trafficked) strip mall closed after operating for just a few years, despite a reasonably large Chinese and Chinese of Vietnamese descent community within a short-ish driving distance. After all, if I could spend 10-15 minutes driving to dim sum from my parent’s house instead of 15-20 to one of the places in Kearny Mesa, I was all for it. When I saw that the old Home Town Buffet my family used to go to (a bit) was turning to giant Chinese restaurant complete with dim sum, I was naturally curious.
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