The Verdict
SEA HARBOUR SEAFOOD RESTAURANT is the Rosemead Cantonese dim sum institution whose har gow, siu mai, and turnip cake communicate what the Hong Kong dim sum tradition looks like when the San Gabriel Valley's Chinese-American community — the most authentically demanding available Chinese food audience in the continental United States — has elevated it to the reference standard against which every other LA dim sum experience is measured. The har gow whose specific shrimp dumpling skin communicates genuine mastery of the Cantonese tradition; the turnip cake whose specific preparation communicates genuine knowledge of the most beloved available dim sum root vegetable preparation; and the Rosemead SGV setting whose Chinese-American community creates the most authentically demanding available daily dim sum standard.
Why It Works for Closing a Deal
Sea Harbour's Rosemead Cantonese dim sum and the SGV Chinese community standard — the har gow, the turnip cake, the most authentically demanding available American Chinese-community dim sum audience — creates the deal that communicates genuine knowledge of where Los Angeles's most seriously Cantonese available dim sum reference is practised.
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