"Palette Tea Lounge, a popular San Francisco-based dumpling lounge, is expanding to Las Vegas and taking over the former Joyful House Chinese Cuisine space. The new restaurant, founded by the family behind Koi Palace and Dragon Beaux, will feature modern Chinese favorites inside a sleek and renovated interior. The venue will emulate the designs of the Bay Area’s Palette Tea House and Palette Tea Garden with wooden furnishings, soaring lanterns, and wall-size murals. Renovations include an open kitchen with areas for steaming, roasting meat, and wok-cooking. Popular dishes include lobster ha gow, salted egg yolk Dungeness crab, xiao long bao soup dumplings, black taro puffs, crispy unagi rice rolls, roasted Peking duck, wagyu beef chow fun noodles, and truffle garlic steamed lobster. Ng family aims to open the restaurant by the end of 2023." - Janna Karel