Margot Seeto

Waiter, there’s cheese in my dumplings! And it might be the best item listed on the...

“Don’t cut it. … If you can, take the whole bite.”

“I am really in love with Chinese street food. It’s a sensory overload.”

“Dumplings have a very deep, deep meaning to us.”

“These are the best har gow I’ve had in my entire life.”

From juicy shrimp dumplings to wontons in chili oil, SFGATE’s dumpling columnist shares...

SFGATE dumpling columnist Margot Seeto eats at Chef Chu’s, an iconic Los Altos...

When Chinese American food historian, film producer and former New York Times writer Jennifer 8. Lee says Hayes Valley’s Dumpling Home is her favorite place for dumplings when she visits San Francisco, I’m all ears — and ready to eat. On a sunny Wednesday, there’s already a line outside the Gough Street corner restaurant before it opens for lunch at 11:30 a.m. A few chairs along the exterior wall show that a line to get in is normal, which is impressive considering that the place only opened in…

We’re lucky that Michelin-starred chef Ho Chee Boon, originally from Malaysia, thinks that San Francisco “is the perfect city.” He decided to settle here with his family after opening the SF location of opulent international Cantonese chain Hakkasan in 2012. After its pandemic closure in 2020, Ho made the grand and risky move to open his own fine dining Cantonese establishment, Empress by Boon, in the former historic Empress of China space in Chinatown — still in pandemic times in 2021. The open…

My initial reason for visiting Fusion Dumpling in San Francisco was to catch the filming of chef Martin Yan’s TV show “Wok Around the Bay” on KTSF Channel 26. I eagerly agreed to attend, as I grew up watching “Yan Can Cook” on KQED in the 1980s and 1990s. Even as a kid, I always looked forward to Yan’s famous fast chopping that crescendoed as it sped up, followed by the live audience erupting in applause and gasps of delight. The plan was to taste signature Shanghai-style dumplings at the newly…

From tasty xiao long bao to meaty potstickers, SFGATE’s dumpling columnist shares her year's most memorable dining experiences.

Koi Palace is a dumpling institution in a Daly City mall known for bringing rainbow XLB to the Bay Area. It's not the only trend owner Willy Ng is behind.

Where the chef of a Michelin-starred San Francisco restaurant gets dim sum

World of Dumplings, a first-time SF festival that took place Saturday, received twice as many attendees as expected, causing long lines and sold-out vendors.