Palette Tea Garden & Dim Sum Menu
Introducing the Menu at Palette Tea Garden & Dim Sum
Nestled in the heart of San Mateo, Palette Tea Garden & Dim Sum offers a delightful culinary journey through Cantonese flavors. This upmarket cocktail bar is renowned for its exquisite dim sum, perfect for both casual diners and those seeking a more refined experience. From steamed dumplings to crispy egg rolls, the offerings are executed with finesse and a creative twist.
The ambiance is lively and vibrant, making it an excellent spot for gatherings or family dinners. Guests can enjoy a variety of pescatarian options, alongside limited vegetarian choices, ensuring there's something for nearly everyone. The outdoor seating is a fantastic addition, especially on warm evenings, while features like QR code menus and ADA compliance enhance accessibility.
Be sure to visit during happy hour for special deals and indulge in their full bar offerings!
Lunch
Seared Black Pepper Wagyu Bao 3
Slightly charred Bao filled with minced wagyu in a sweet and peppery sauce
Steamed BBQ Pork Bao 3
Classic Cantonese opentop bbq roast pork bao with a sweet bean sauce
Braised Tripe Daikon
Stewed beef inners with turnips, classic nostalgic street food of Guangzhou
Chicken Claws Tofu
Stewed chicken feet in a sweet bean sauce with tofu
Black Bean Pork Ribs With Chinese Bacon
Classic chop pork rib steam with fermented black beans cured Chinese bacon with taro
Braised Stuffed Yuba Roll With Pork
Soft yuba stuffed with mushroom and pork braised in a rich savory sauce
Seared Salted Egg Yolk Lava Bao 3
Classic salted egg yolk molten custard bao
Seared Radish Cake XO Sauce
Jellylike daikon cakes with minced Chinese bacon, grilled on both sides and serve with a heaping pile of XO sauce
Veggie Spring Rolls 3
Taro, mushroom, carrots, and cabbage wrapped in a lite wheat wrapper and deepfried.
Shrimp, Corn, Chive Cheese Dumping 3
Shrimp and pork fat dumpling with chopped garlic chives, sweet corn, and mozzarella cheese wrapped in a crystal skin and seared on both sides
Sizzling Peking Pork Dumpling 5
Minced pork Chinese chives wrapped in a wheat flour wrapper, crisp in a hot sizzling platter with a drizzle of hua due rice wine glaze to bring out aromatic
Sichuan Seafood Dumpling 5
Shrimp and scallop dumpling wrapped in a spinach wheat flour wrapper. Served in a Sichuan vinaigrette and fresh herbs.
Classic Pork Shrimp Siu Mai 4
Shrimp and pork with dice mushrooms wrapped in wheat flour skin
Crispy Typhoon Shrimp Dumpling 5
Shrimp and pork fat dumpling fried and tossed in crispy garlic hodgepodge
XO Scallop Dumpling 3
Shrimp and bay scallop dumpling wrapped in a starch wrapper. It tops off with a spicy XO dried seafood sauce
Classic Ha Gow 4
Lotus Leaf Unagi Sticky Rice
Reinvented lotus leaf sticky rice with chicken, mushroom, abalone with savory abalone gravy
Abalone Siu Mai 3
Braised dried abalone on top of a jumbo pork and shrimp dumpling
Lobster Ha Gow 3
Cold water and hot water lobster with minced shrimp, wrapped in a crystal skin with a pipette of clarified lobster butter
Original Pork Xiao Long Bao 3
Made with pork and a broth. Each dumpling is served on a spoon to catch the excess soup from spilling.
Palette XLB 5
Orange Chicken Paprika flavored skin no pork by product Yellow Crab Roe with pork Turmeric flavored skin. Red Beef Beetroot flavored skin Green Kale with Pork Spinach flavored skin Black Black Truffle with Pork Squid ink flavored skin
Abalone Longevity Noodle
Braised abalone over longevity noodle and mushrooms
Wagyu Westlake Soup
Minced wagyu, tofu, mushroom, and crispy rice soup
Minced Wagyu Congee
Supreme Soy StirFried Egg Noodle
Egg noodle wok toss with bean sprout and scallion for a light side dish
Pan Seared Seafood Noodles
Crispy noodle balls with a clear scallop glaze
Wagyu Beef Chow Fun
Slices of American wagyu wok sear and tossed with rice noodle, a staple of Cantonese cuisine
XO Sauce Wagyu Fried Rice
Minced wagyu stirfry with XO sauce and top with tomatoes
Sweet Corn Cauliflower Fried Rice
Sweet corn and cauliflower fried rice with egg strands
Taiwanese Sakura Shrimp Squid Ink Fried Rice
Squid ink fried rice with baby shrimp and dried akura hrimp
Black Truffle Crispy Duck Fried Rice
Crispy duck, black truffle, and garlic fried rice
White Rice
Softshell Crab Rice Crepe
Crispy fried softshelled crab, perilla, lemon, and nori
Rainbow Prawns Crepe
Chunks of shrimp and garlic chives, with a natural vegetable juice dyed crepe served with a sweet house soy sauce
Sandstorm Ribs
Sweet Sour Kurobuta Pork Belly
Crispy pork belly glazed with a cranberry plum sweet and sour sauce
Bang Bang Chicken Wings
Sweet, sticky and tangy chicken wings.
Yuzu Walnut Prawns Puff
Crunchy fried prawns tossed in a yuzu sauce, topped with wasabi aioli, candied walnuts, fresh fruits, and cucumbers
XO Shrimp Crispy Mushroom
Honey Pepper Pork Riblets
Honey pepper crispy bonein pork riblets
Chili Sandstorm Chicken Wings
Crispy chicken wing dusted with Palette spice and typhoon garlic hodgepodge
Sweet Onion Pork Cutlets
Wokseared pork cutlet in scallion, shallots, and onion
Chairman Mao Chicken
Crispy chicken chunks, pickle shallots, house seasoning, sweet sour sauce, and lemon plum sauce
Wagyu Roasted Garlic
American waygu cube and roasted garlic cloves in black pepper sauce
Peking Duck Half Duck
Each Duck will come with a set of 10 momo wrappers. Condiments of sscallions, cucumbers, radish, and hoisin sauce.
Lobster Longevity Noodle
Ginger scallion braised maine lobster in Yi mein
Stir Fry Lobster In Sticky Rice
Live lobster from the tank, stirfried with sticky rice in an aged premium soy sauce
Salted Egg Yolk Dungeness Crab
Coated with a savory layer of salted egg yolk with a hint of Thai basil and red chilies
Singaporean Chili Dungeness Crab
Sweet, spicy, saucy stirfry crab
Typhoon Style Dungeness Crab
Live dungeons crab fried and toss in a hodgepodge of crispy garlic, herbs, and spices
StirFry Flowering Cabbage
Wok toss in garlic
Impossible Mapo Tofu
Crispy tofu with Impossible Meat in a numbing and spicy sauce
Chinese Kale With Oyster Sauce Reduction
Chinese broccoli with housemade oyster and abalone sauce
Garlic Pea Tendrils
Stirfry with garlic shaving
Sichuan Green Beans
Authentic spicy Sichuan green beans with preserved chili and olives
Golden Swan Durian Puff
Flaky pastry stuffed with durian custard
Crispy Blueberry Mochi Ball 2
Blueberry filled fried mochi
Custard Crystal Dumpling 4
Sweet custard in a crystal skin
Egg Tart
Baked egg custard in a flaky pastry crust
Seared Black Pepper Wagyu Bao 3
Slightly charred Bao filled with minced wagyu in a sweet and peppery sauce
Steamed BBQ Pork Bao 3
Classic Cantonese opentop bbq roast pork bao with a sweet bean sauce
Braised Tripe Daikon
Stewed beef inners with turnips, classic nostalgic street food of Guangzhou
Chicken Claws Tofu
Stewed chicken feet in a sweet bean sauce with tofu
Black Bean Pork Ribs With Chinese Bacon
Classic chop pork rib steam with fermented black beans cured Chinese bacon with taro
Seared Salted Egg Yolk Lava Bao 3
Classic salted egg yolk molten custard bao
Braised Stuffed Yuba Roll With Pork
Soft yuba stuffed with mushroom and pork braised in a rich savory sauce
Seared Radish Cake XO Sauce
Jellylike daikon cakes with minced Chinese bacon, grilled on both sides and serve with a heaping pile of XO sauce
Veggie Spring Rolls 3
Taro, mushroom, carrots, and cabbage wrapped in a lite wheat wrapper and deepfried.
Shrimp, Corn, Chive Cheese Dumping 3
Shrimp and pork fat dumpling with chopped garlic chives, sweet corn, and mozzarella cheese wrapped in a crystal skin and seared on both sides
Sizzling Peking Pork Dumpling 5
Minced pork Chinese chives wrapped in a wheat flour wrapper, crisp in a hot sizzling platter with a drizzle of hua due rice wine glaze to bring out aromatic
Sichuan Seafood Dumpling 5
Shrimp and scallop dumpling wrapped in a spinach wheat flour wrapper. Served in a Sichuan vinaigrette and fresh herbs.
Classic Pork Shrimp Siu Mai 4
Shrimp and pork with dice mushrooms wrapped in wheat flour skin
Crispy Typhoon Shrimp Dumpling 5
Shrimp and pork fat dumpling fried and tossed in crispy garlic hodgepodge
XO Scallop Dumpling 3
Shrimp and bay scallop dumpling wrapped in a starch wrapper. It tops off with a spicy XO dried seafood sauce
Classic Ha Gow 4
Lotus Leaf Unagi Sticky Rice
Reinvented lotus leaf sticky rice with chicken, mushroom, abalone with savory abalone gravy
Abalone Siu Mai 3
Braised dried abalone on top of a jumbo pork and shrimp dumpling
Lobster Ha Gow 3
Cold water and hot water lobster with minced shrimp, wrapped in a crystal skin with a pipette of clarified lobster butter
Original Pork Xiao Long Bao 3
Made with pork and a broth. Each dumpling is served on a spoon to catch the excess soup from spilling.
Palette XLB 5
Orange Chicken Paprika flavored skin no pork by product Yellow Crab Roe with pork Turmeric flavored skin. Red Beef Beetroot flavored skin Green Kale with Pork Spinach flavored skin Black Black Truffle with Pork Squid ink flavored skin
Abalone Longevity Noodle
Braised abalone over longevity noodle and mushrooms
Wagyu Westlake Soup
Minced wagyu, tofu, mushroom, and crispy rice soup
Minced Wagyu Congee
Supreme Soy StirFried Egg Noodle
Egg noodle wok toss with bean sprout and scallion for a light side dish
Pan Seared Seafood Noodles
Crispy noodle balls with a clear scallop glaze
Wagyu Beef Chow Fun
Slices of American wagyu wok sear and tossed with rice noodle, a staple of Cantonese cuisine
XO Sauce Wagyu Fried Rice
Minced wagyu stirfry with XO sauce and top with tomatoes
Sweet Corn Cauliflower Fried Rice
Sweet corn and cauliflower fried rice with egg strands
Taiwanese Sakura Shrimp Squid Ink Fried Rice
Squid ink fried rice with baby shrimp and dried akura hrimp
Black Truffle Crispy Duck Fried Rice
Crispy duck, black truffle, and garlic fried rice
White Rice
Softshell Crab Rice Crepe
Crispy fried softshelled crab, perilla, lemon, and nori
Rainbow Prawns Crepe
Chunks of shrimp and garlic chives, with a natural vegetable juice dyed crepe served with a sweet house soy sauce
Sandstorm Ribs
Sweet Sour Kurobuta Pork Belly
Crispy pork belly glazed with a cranberry plum sweet and sour sauce
Bang Bang Chicken Wings
Sweet, sticky and tangy chicken wings.
Yuzu Walnut Prawns Puff
Crunchy fried prawns tossed in a yuzu sauce, topped with wasabi aioli, candied walnuts, fresh fruits, and cucumbers
XO Shrimp Crispy Mushroom
Honey Pepper Pork Riblets
Honey pepper crispy bonein pork riblets
Chili Sandstorm Chicken Wings
Crispy chicken wing dusted with Palette spice and typhoon garlic hodgepodge
Sweet Onion Pork Cutlets
Wokseared pork cutlet in scallion, shallots, and onion
Chairman Mao Chicken
Crispy chicken chunks, pickle shallots, house seasoning, sweet sour sauce, and lemon plum sauce
Wagyu Roasted Garlic
American waygu cube and roasted garlic cloves in black pepper sauce
Peking Duck Half Duck
Each Duck will come with a set of 10 momo wrappers. Condiments of sscallions, cucumbers, radish, and hoisin sauce.
Lobster Longevity Noodle
Ginger scallion braised maine lobster in Yi mein
Stir Fry Lobster In Sticky Rice
Live lobster from the tank, stirfried with sticky rice in an aged premium soy sauce
Salted Egg Yolk Dungeness Crab
Coated with a savory layer of salted egg yolk with a hint of Thai basil and red chilies
Singaporean Chili Dungeness Crab
Sweet, spicy, saucy stirfry crab
Typhoon Style Dungeness Crab
Live dungeons crab fried and toss in a hodgepodge of crispy garlic, herbs, and spices
StirFry Flowering Cabbage
Wok toss in garlic
Impossible Mapo Tofu
Crispy tofu with Impossible Meat in a numbing and spicy sauce
Chinese Kale With Oyster Sauce Reduction
Chinese broccoli with housemade oyster and abalone sauce
Garlic Pea Tendrils
Stirfry with garlic shaving
Sichuan Green Beans
Authentic spicy Sichuan green beans with preserved chili and olives
Golden Swan Durian Puff
Flaky pastry stuffed with durian custard
Crispy Blueberry Mochi Ball 2
Blueberry filled fried mochi
Custard Crystal Dumpling 4
Sweet custard in a crystal skin
Egg Tart
Baked egg custard in a flaky pastry crust