Sacramento Dim Sum: King's Restaurant

Dim Sum seems to be more popular with each passing day, which is a very good thing if you ask me. The trouble is, as with most ethnic specialties, the caliber of dim sum from place to place varies wildly. There are popular places that are clean, shiny and serve plates with little character. There are also bright and shiny places that serve stellar dim sum at a premium price. In Sacramento, there's also my favorite dim sum joint - King's Restaurant.
King's will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, and the reason they're still around is due to one thing: the food here rocks! It isn't a bright and shiny place, in fact it's a tad run down and definitely not in the best of neighborhoods. That said, the prices are incredibly low and the quality of food that comes by your table on metal carts is second to none - the best dim sum you'll find in NorCal outside of San Francisco.
I've been coming to King's for around seven years and have never left disappointed. In the past couple years I've started taking friends with adventurous palates and they, too, have been impressed. From the fat rice noodles to the pork-stuffed morsels, each dish plays with the palate in slightly different fashions. To fully appreciate the food at King's you'd best be happy with foods of vastly different textures: chewy, soft, firm - whatever.
To best experience King's, stop in on a Saturday or Sunday for brunch, as King's dim sum cart service starts at 11am on the weekends. When you get there, take your seat, get a pot of hot tea, then relax as food comes your way. If you see something you like, simply point and ask for it if you don't know what it's called. The good thing is, if by chance you find you don't care for a particular plate, it'll only set you back a few bucks and there's always something else on the way by.
By Rick Sellers
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King's Restaurant
1500 W Capitol Ave
West Sacramento, CA 95691

(916) 371-8131