Dien Xing or Dim Sum or Little bit of Heart. Whatever its called, this is a weekend morning ritual that I loves when we were growing up. Of course it meant getting up at 6 am and out the door and in the car for a 2hour ride to Los Angeles to get into the LA Chinatown and then sitting through my parent's selection of dishes that we kids never really dug, only wanting the bao tze or shrimp har gow, shui mai or the sweet sesame balls. Now that I'm an adult and moved far away from Los Angeles, I've come to appreciate the dim sum weekends and the strange foods my parents always selected.
The place in Arizona that is a very good place for dim sum is China King. Saturdays and Sundays starting at 10 and going to about 2 you will probably need to wait a bit before getting a table because a lot of other families had the same idea as you. But it definitely is worth the wait. Some great dishes to get are any and all their shrimp dim sum dishes, they sometimes will do other tsong fun type wraps. Excellent jiao yen you
yu or fried calimari. Dan Ta or custards are excellent. The sesame balls are freshly made and crispy and qq at the same time. Gan Lan tsai or chinese broccoli is well done and perfectly served.
One of the best dishes is their chicken feet or Phoenix claws. Their version is one of the best I've ever tasted. Tripe, ribs, and other dishes are also served. Desserts are available too. These are the mango puddings, almond jelly, rice sponge, sesame balls and others.
Go with a bunch of friends or bring lots of family because if you go with just yourself and someone else then you really won't be able to sample all the dim sum dishes this place has to offer.
The other plus is if your in the southeast valley this is definitely closer than Golden Buddha at the Chinese Cultural Center.