San Chiu Dim is a Cantonese restaurant at 17 Lisle Street in Chinatown, created by the team behind Superstar Restaurant. Its approach combines the tradition of a neighbourhood dim sum house with a contemporary dining room, offering steamed and fried small plates alongside a broad selection of Cantonese and Sichuan kitchen dishes.
Dim sum includes delicate prawn dumplings, siu mai, steamed buns, rice noodle rolls and crisp pastries prepared for sharing. Fried turnip paste tossed in XO sauce is a house signature, while spring rolls, dumplings and other bite sized plates allow diners to build a varied lunch or begin a larger evening meal.
Cantonese dishes focus on the natural flavour of meat, fish, seafood and vegetables through steaming, braising and quick wok cooking. Prawns coated with salted egg yolk, crispy shredded beef and lamb cutlets in black pepper sauce provide contrasting rich, sweet and savoury choices across the menu.
Sichuan recipes introduce chilli oil, aromatic peppercorn and deeper spice, including beef poached in a numbing peppercorn broth. Noodles, rice, roast meats, tofu and vegetable dishes round out the selection, making San Chiu Dim suitable for both a focused dim sum visit and a complete shared Chinese dinner.
Address: 17 Lisle Street, Chinatown, London WC2H 7BE, United Kingdom