Shan Dong is one of the few places in Oakland Chinatown with Northern Chinese cuisine including freshly made buns, noodles and dumplings. You can also watch the dumpling lady making fresh food near the doorway, seemingly at all hours. The employees there are super-nice, and they're celebrating their 15-year anniversary right now. They have a good pork bun, but on special days (or if you order in advance), they have a wonderful veggie bun. I have figured out, after much request and research, that they have those regularly Thursdays-Sundays.
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