Dumpling House

Dumpling House (different from Dumpling Home) is a casual Castro spot that holds its own in the city’s dumpling scene. The low-key space is usually filled with neighbors and groups of friends passing steamers and dunking soup dumplings in vinegar and ginger (the ones here come in those pesky tin foil cups, but hold their form when you pick them up regardless). Boiled dumplings are pudgy and so generously filled they could burst, and the pan-fried pork buns look like mini bean bags. And if you want to watch the entire life cycle of a dumpling, stare over at the TV playing the whole process on loop.