Dim Sum Guide

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Dim Sum is a Cantonese style of dining that usually takes place during the early mornings til late lunchtime. In a background of the usual hustling and bustling, barrels or plates of mini-meals ,each with its distinctive flavor make their way in specially designed heated Dim Sum karts across a field of customers (often times more hungry than wild-beasts in the present of oh so delicious foods.) Eating Dim Sum can be pretty hectic and often times just plain confusing given the list of seemingly endless options. In this post, I will try to make your dim sum experience an easier one to swallow by guiding you (with beautiful pictures of course) through many of the common dishes.

Dumplings

	Har Gao (Shrimp Dumpling) Jumbo shrimp inside a thin transparent skin
Chiu Chao Style Dumplings Dumplings that supposedly originated from Chiu Chao and usually contain peanuts and chives
	Shu Mai Pork and mushroom dumpling

Buns

Char Shiu Bao BBQ pork buns
	Cream Bun Bun with cream inside…duh…
Pineapple Bun Bun that resembles a pineapple, contents may include chicken, BBQ pork, or cream
	Pan Fried Buns Pan fried pork buns

Fried Delights

Fried Whitebait Fried Fish(es)
	Spring Rolls Fried rolls with veggies and meat
Ham Sui Gok Deep fried pork and assorted veggies in a shell

Rice

	Sticky Rice Sticky goodness
Sticky Rice Lotus Wrap Sticky Rice wrapped delicately in a lotus leaf
	Sticky Rice Bean Curd Wrap Sticky rice inside bean curd

Cake

Taro Cake Cake made of taro
	Turnip Cake Cake made of turnip

Rice Noodle

Spare rib and rice noodle Spare rib and plain rice noodle
	OX sauce rice noodle Rice noodle cooked in spicy OX sauce
BBQ Pork Rice Noodle Rice Noodle with BBQ pork

Rolls

	Seafood Roll Western inspired seafood salad roll
Bean Curd Roll Veggies inside bean curd

Other Main Minidishes

	Duck Egg and Lean Meat Congee Rice+H2O Comes in different varieties but duck egg and lean meat is the most popular
Eggplant with Shrimp Eggplant with shrimp
	Phoenix Talon Call it phoenix talon to make it sound fancy…or chicken feet so people actually know what you are talking about

Dessert

Egg Tart Baked egg in a crispy shell
	Mochi Sweet and gummy

Phew! That’s a lot of choices to be bombarded with…Which ones do you want to eat?

Tagged as: Bean Curd, Cantonese Food, Chicken, Chinese Food, Dim Sum, Dumplings, Food Guide, Pork, Rice, Wrap