Jasmine Seafood Restaurant

December 21, 2006
Cuisine: Chinese, Dim Sum

4609 Convoy St, Suite A
San Diego, CA 92111

Phone: (858) 268-0888
Website: http://www.jasmineseafoodrestaurant.com/

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Dim Sum: Sugar-Cane Shrimp, Fried Octopus, Shrimp Dumplings (Ha Gaw), Shrimp Sui Mai, Pork Sui Mai, Pork Pot Stickers, Shrimp and Beef Rice Rolls, Pork Spare Ribs, Chicken Feet, BBQ Pork Bun, Beef Pan-fried Noodles, Rice Porridge with Chinese-Style Donut, Turnip Cake, Stuffed Tofu Skin.

Beef Rice Rolls

Shrimp Sui Mai

Fried Octopus

Tripe

Sugar-Cane Shrimp

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I came to Jasmine Seafood Restaurant straight from the airport on my recent holiday in San Diego. I'm generally not a fan of dim sum because eating greasy meat in the morning feels so wrong. Thankfully on this occasion I was still on East Coast time (12 PM PST/3 PM EST), so I was totally game.

Jasmine was packed at lunch time even though it was a Thursday. Ladies pushing carts circled the noisy banquet room. Oh, how I love chaotic dim sum experiences!

I was dining with ten or so family members so we ordered a lot of food (see above). Our first order was the fried octopus, which was SO tasty. The fruits of the sea have such great texture! The rest of the ordering was a bit of a blur. I especially enjoyed the beef rice rolls, which is my all-time favorite dim sum dish. I also thought the pot stickers and stuffed tofu skins were exceptional.

I think I need to get over my "meat in the morning" complex because dim sum at Jasmine was delicious!