If you live in Sunnyvale and take your har gow 虾饺 seriously, the local options just don’t cut it on a Saturday morning. You have to drive. Good news: Milpitas is a 15-20 min shot via 237, Cupertino is 10-15 min via 85 or Stevens Creek Blvd. For proper Cantonese dim sum, that’s basically nothing.
Also — skip Dynasty Chinese Seafood at old Vallco. It is permanently closed; the mall got demolished for redevelopment. Here’s the real shortlist, ranked.
1. Koi Palace (Milpitas) — 9.3/10. 768 Barber Lane, 2nd floor of the Ulferts Center. The Infatuation calls the Koi Palace family “the dim sum gold standard in the Bay Area,” and the flagship has been running in Daly City since 1996. Order the xiao long bao, baked pork buns, and shrimp rice noodle roll. Weekend wait: 60-90 min. Show up at 10am Saturday sharp or book ahead…