New SF Asian Pearl Peninsula

Food was ok but the wait staff made me score them 5 stars! That lady manager made me feel home & made my palette to eat more

We love New Asian Pearl. It's under new ownership, with a married couple running the kitchen and front of house. The connected kitchen and dining area create a smooth flow and enhance the experience. This restaurant specializes in authentic Cantonese cuisine, and the staff speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese. (Did you know there are 7-10 dialects in China?) They also speak English, so communication is easy. We typically visit for dinner. It's worth noting that New Asian Pearl is firmly rooted in Cantonese culinary traditions. If you're expecting flavors from other regions of China, you might be disappointed. Dim Sum here also follows the Cantonese style. Each dish has a distinct flavor, which is a real treat. Have you ever been to a Chinese restaurant where everything tastes the same? This is not that kind of place. When a chef lacks experience, they often use the same sauces with slight variations on every dish, making the experience feel repetitive. But here, the chef's expertise is evident, and we always enjoy dishes like: Walnut shrimp Peking duck wrap (banquet style) Braised fried whole fish We highly recommend this restaurant. It's authentic Cantonese food.

I came here for dinner in the private karaoke room. The food was pretty good, I had the Peking duck and tortilla, bone broth soup, roasted pork, fish, two types of fried tofu. The only item that was chewy was some kind beef rib/bone dish, lobster garlic noodle, vegetable soup with vermicelli, red bean bun dessert and sponge cake. Everything was well seasoned and tasty. Some downsides include, glassware with old lipstick stain, small and outdated bathroom. Parking was challenging and I had to find street parking which took awhile. Service was attentive, however, water was not readily refilled. The private room had different song selections in multiple languages and the lighting can be controlled. It is a pretty loud and crowded restaurant.

Context: I came here for lunch with my family and arrived around 10:55am on a Sunday. Seating: When we first arrived there were plenty of open tables and no line. That being said, the staff will ignore you unless you walk up to them and get their attention, so we had to flag down wait staff to get a table. The silver lining is that they did seat us without our entire party being here, which is really nice since most places require the entire party to be here before being seated. Ambiance: Starting around 11:15 (once the restaurant filled up), it had the normal busy and bustling ambiance of your typical dim sum restaurant (minus the carts). Ordering: Ordering is done by marking how many of each dish you wanted off a menu, which was convenient! That being said, it took a long time for everything to come out. We were there for 1.5 hours and dishes were still coming out. We wanted to cancel two of our items since they took too long to come out and we were full. The wait staff only canceled one of them and marked the other as served / received even though we didn't get it. We tried to get them to take it off our bill, but they gave us complimentary orders of sesame balls and char siu bao to make up for it since they said it would be complicated to revise the bill. To be fair our group did order a lot of items. Make sure to double check your bill, especially if you ordered a lot of items or requested to have items removed from your bill if you didn't receive them before getting full. Taro Dumpling - 1/5: It was still cold on the inside and tasted sour, which it shouldn't have. They did try to make it up to us by giving us a complimentary order of pineapple custard buns. Pineapple Custard Buns - 4/5: Taste is pretty good and the had a nice color, but the inside was still doughy. Spicy Pig Ear - 4/5: In this dish, the pig ear pieces are cut in strips rather than thin slices, so the crunchy pieces of cartilage are more noticeable. Overall, the taste is pretty good and has a nice numbing taste / feeling. I do wish the spice / chili was more fragrant though. Shrimp Rice Roll - 5/5: The pieces of shrimp were pretty big and the dish is pretty tasty! It was exactly what we were looking for! Dumpling Items (Siu Mai, Har Gao, Scallop Dumpling, Chiu Chow Dumpling) - 5/5: Absolutely MASSIVE dumplings and all around pretty tasty! Would highly recommend! Chicken Feet - 4/5: These chicken must have been dinosaurs with how big these feet were! The flavor was pretty decent, but the feet themselves were not as soft as we'd like them. Portuguese Egg Tart - 4/5: Flavor was on point, but these were so flaky that they basically disintegrated the moment you picked them up. Egg Yolk Lava Buns - 4/5: Pretty standard, the taste was pretty good, the bun itself was nice an soft. Pork Spare Ribs - 5/5: Fresh out the steamer when it got to our table, tender, and the right amount of spicy. Lobster Yi Mein - 4/5: Tasty lobster and noodles with the right amount of bite / chew! We wish there was more in the dish though. Sesame Balls - 5/5: Tasty, not over cooked, and not too oily! Jasmine Tea - 5/5: Fragrant / fresh tea leaves that didn't need to be replaced the whole time we were there! And we had the tea refilled more times than I can count! Service - 3/5: The wait staff were really diligent about refilling tea and resolved all of our comments about our orders, but it did take some back and forth / haggling. Not to mention needing to flag down staff to get seated at the beginning.

We went on a Friday night and it was not full. Had my girlfriend not known two of the people who worked there , I am not sure we would have received the same Attention . We wanted to try their truffle Peking duck specifically and was only mildly impressed . The soup made from the carcass was delicious however . We ordered watercress... ok . The Yee mean noodles was loaded with mushrooms.. good . The walnut prawns was very well Done . The beef stir fry was also good. The deep fried lotus root was delicious . Will be back !