Steamed dumplings, noodles & dim sim served in a down-to-earth Chinese restaurant.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1668 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94577
Phone: (510) 351-6698
Website: http://xiangyuenxiaolongbao.com/
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The restaurant serves as a casual outing, However, for those in pursuit of culinary enchantment and gastronomic delight, it may be worth exploring other dishes for a more captivating experience. There were fresh dumplings being made, so if I come back, I will definitely order some of those.
The restaurant was pretty, quiet, and a tip I would give to the owner is to play some music in the background.
The service is okay. The atmosphere is casual.
Definitely my go to pot for dumplings.
The green onion pancake was good and the shrimp fried rice everyone liked as well.
We went on thanksgiving day for lunch after picking up my cousin from the airport so we were seated quickly and the service was fine. I don’t think anyone wanted to be there but it was a holiday so that’s understandable. The ambiance was fine and we were seated at a large round table since we had a big group.
There used to be another restaurant here that was good and this was a decent replacement. It’s walking distance from my parents’ house so we will come again. I probably wouldn’t order the potstickers again and just get more dumplings. The dumplings were the best. The green onion pancake was tasty but very greasy. I would eat it again but not often since there was so much oil.
As for the dumplings done by a master. I asked the mother, who the mother of the owner, if I could take a picture of her as she made some of these dumplings, a wonderful older lady with a huge smile, only allowed me to take pictures of her hands and the dumplings for which I was very grateful. She had expert technique and was highly concentrated with each dumpling, and yet it seemed kind of effortless as she was chatting to her daughter the entire time. It was a wonderful spectacle to watch while I was eating my delicious food.
They were out of a Shiu Mai (pork), but still had Har Gow (Shrimp), and so I ordered the shrimp and their signature Bao, “Xiao Long Bao”, a dumpling twisted together at the top like a little treasure bag with a meaty center and a chewy meatball type of feeling, surrounded by warm savory broth that explodes when you bite into it. Excellent. And the shrimp dumpling, one of the best I’ve ever had, and far better than many that I’ve had in Chinatown in San Francisco. They didn’t try to kill you with the dough, and relied more on stuffing it to the brim with flavorful shrimp, while keeping the shell relatively thin to the point where it was translucent.
This place is a sleeper, because it just looks like an ordinary Chinese-American restaurant, but it is far more than that. It is a spot where some real traditional Chinese food becomes available to Lucky saps like me. I will be back!
-Salted pork fried rice
Wish it had egg in it but it’s good 7/10
-Beef noodle soup
This one I did not enjoy at all. I wish that they used homemade egg noodles instead of pasta noodles. The flavor was subpar. 4/10
-Mushroom and bok choy
I liked this one except the one kind of mushroom that has a weird taste. Also for $12 it’s a bit pricey for just veggies 6/10.
-Pan fried pork buns
This one I love the most. It’s unique and it taste great 9/10.
-Pork Xiao long bao
I also love this one. It’s flavorful and has that subtle taste. 7/10
The beef sandwich 9/10 – the scallion pancake holding the beef was super flaky, the sauce tastes like Peking duck sauce, but they could have put more beef in this.
Pan friend pork baos – 100/10!!! – Large, juicy, super meaty. The bottom is fried to perfection and the top is soft and fluffy, steamed so well. The pork flavors are so good.
Crab xiao long bao – Made really well, none of our soup dumplings broke when we picked it up. There was soup inside and the flavors were great. The only thing is that I wish they were a tad bit bigger with more soup but for this price you can’t really argue with it. Delicious!
Overall, the restaurant is not expensive compared to the SF xiao long bao places, it is extremely affordable. For 3 of our dishes, the total was $29. Definitely try this out if you are around the area.