• Dim sum is a popular choice at many Chinese restaurants.dim sum spread image by Tanja-Tiziana Burdi from Fotolia.com
  
  Alameda, California is just south of Oakland and home to about 70,000 people. Alameda has a very diverse culture, reflected in its restaurants. Diners have a wide variety of choices.
  
  

East Ocean Seafood Restaurant

• East Ocean Seafood Restaurant offers Hong Kong-style cuisine and fresh dim sum for lunch and dinner daily. Menu items include shark's fin soup with fresh crab meat, bitter melon beef in black bean sauce and vanilla prawns with honey-glazed walnuts. East Ocean also serves familiar Chinese dishes such as kung pao chicken and fried rice. The restaurant also serves a variety of clay pot dishes and vegetarian-friendly dishes. An extensive dim sum menu includes items such as deep-fried dumpling with chives and meat, pork dumpling and jelly fish with pork shank. The restaurant offers dine-in, takeout and banquet options and provides free and handicapped parking for patrons.
  East Ocean Seafood Restaurant
  1713 Webster St.
  Alameda, CA 94501
  (510) 865-3381
  eastoceanseafoodrestaurant.com
  
  

Ark Chinese Restaurant

• The Ark Chinese Restaurant offers a wide assortment of Chinese dishes, including beef, lamb, pork and tofu. The appetizer menu includes cucumber and peanut salad, fried cheese crab wonton and pork steamed dumplings. Its numerous vegetarian dishes include meatless chicken with mixed vegetables and black mushroom with Chinese greens. The Ark is open from lunch and dinner, offering eat-in, take-out and delivery service.
  Ark Chinese Restaurant
  1405 Park St.
  Alameda, CA 94501
  (510) 521-6862
  arkchineserestaurant.com
  
  

Ching Hua

• Ching Hua serves dishes in the traditional Beijing and Szechwan style of cooking. Menu items include garlic Buo Tsai noodles, clay pot Ma-Por tofu and various styles of mu shu--a combination of shredded cabbage, willow tree fungus and fluffed eggs sautéed in the restaurant's special blend of soy sauce. The restaurant offers free delivery and takeout service. During Ching Hua's daily happy hour, it serves a variety of mixed drinks and appetizers for dine-in customers.
  Ching Hua
  1650 Park St.
  Alameda, CA 94501
  (510) 522-8777
  chinghuaonpark.com