Reviewing Asian Street Eatery: Vietnamese-Chinese dishes inspired by Southeast Asia’s legendary street food in Sunnyvale, CA.

Asian Street Eatery is a beautiful, spacious restaurant that offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Sunnyvale. This restaurant is casual and relaxing, perfect for a shared meal with friends! They offer a variety of all-day dim sum options, sandwiches, wraps, rice and noodle bowls, warm noodle and wonton soups, and customizable stir-fry meals. They offer some refreshing drinks and boba as well. All dishes are super affordable, and the flavors are fresh and authentic. There are plenty of windows surrounding the restaurant, letting natural light in and illuminating the interior of the restaurant. The vibrant colors of the food in this light make it picturesque!  

We ordered the pork siu mai, taro shrimp cake, ha gao, ham sui gok, squid ink lobster dumplings, pan-fried chicken baos, soy braised pork belly baos, grilled pork zhua bing, and soy braised spare rib noodle soup. For drinks, we got Thai tea and a red bean milkshake. Their dim sum options are cheap and come in smaller portions, so I recommend ordering and sharing a variety of different plates to try different flavors. I also highly recommend their red bean milkshake if you like sweet and creamy drinks.

All of the dumplings at Asian Street Eatery were wrapped beautifully. I loved the pops of color from the pork siu mai (dumpling) and squid ink lobster dumpling. Everything was cooked well, and the flavors were spot on. I grew up frequently eating dim sum and baos at home, so eating these felt nostalgic for me. The ham sui gok (fried glutinous rice dumplings) was my favorite dish because of how crispy the outside was and how soft and chewy the inside was.  

I also loved the ha gao, as it tasted super classic. Ha gao is a shrimp dumpling and is a very popular dim sum dish; it’s a must-try when eating dim sum. The shrimp is wrapped in translucent, crystal paper, making the texture a bit more unique than other wrapped dumplings; they’re easier to bite through and they’re moister. Taro shrimp cake is another traditional and popular dim sum dish. It was crispy on the outside since it was pan-fried, and the nuttiness and starchiness from the taro balanced well with the savory flavors from the shrimp.  

The pan-fried chicken baos were wrapped and shaped perfectly! The bread was soft and easy to bite into. Their soy braised pork belly baos are a must-try; I love braised pork, especially with the refreshing cucumber slices, cilantro, and sauce. The meat was incredibly tender and juicy. The shape of these baos makes them really easy to hold and eat without any spillage. 

The grilled pork zhua bing wrap was filled with delicious ingredients, such as pickled carrots and radishes, cucumbers, green leaves, and even a Chinese youtiao (deep fried doughnut stick, typically eaten during breakfast). I’ve never seen a wrap like this before, especially one with a youtiao, but surprisingly, all the flavors worked extremely well together. The youtiao added both crispiness and fluffiness to the wrap. We also tried their soy braised spare rib noodle soup, which was the most comforting dish as the soup was warm and had a generous portion of flawlessly cooked meat.  

The service was quick, and each plate came out hot and fresh. I loved trying all the different flavors as their menu has everything you crave. These dishes are quite affordable and ideal for takeout orders. This is a great spot to bring your family or friends for a casual meal to share. I can’t wait to come back to Asian Street Eatery to try their lunch special and to order more of their dim sum items!