Dim Sum Dishes

For those of you that are unfamiliar with Dim Sum, it’s similar to Tapas where you order a bunch of small dishes of food as a meal.  Except, when you go to a Dim Sum restaurant, there are actually people pushing cart-full of different foods around and they come by your table and ask if you’re interested in any of what they have.  If you are, you order it and they mark it on your tab.

Well, it’s perfectly good times if you’re one of those people that want to know what something looks like before you order it, or if you’re picky, because you can see and pick out exactly what you want and then eat it immediately!  

Also, don’t forget to order some tea.  After all, the tea part of it is actually a main part of Dim Sum.    In mandarin, for example we call Dim Sum “飲茶” which literally translates to “Drinking Tea”.

Here are some classic dim sum dishes:

Shumai (aka Siu Mai) 燒賣

Open faced dumplings often filled with pork and/or shrimp. This one is my favorite! So tasty. It is steamed.

Shumai Recipe

Har Gow 蝦餃

Shrimp dumplings steamed in a flour wrapper so it is translucent. They’re cute and delicious!

Har Gow Recipe

Xiao Long Bao 小籠包

Xiao Long Bao is also known as soup dumplings! They’re soup dumplings with meat and broth inside.

Xiao Long Bao Recipe

Char Siu Bao 叉燒包

Char Siu Bao is also known as BBQ Pork Buns. They are buns filled with sweet BBQ pork. The inside can be super red or brown.

Char Siu Bao Recipe

Cheung Fun 腸粉

Rice noodle rolls filled with beef, pork, shrimp, etc. My favorite is with shrimp!

Shrimp Rice Noodle Rolls Recipe

Lo Mai Gai 糯米雞

Sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves – usually with chicken and mushrooms inside They remind me of zongzi!

Lo Mai Gai Recipe

Turnip Cake 蘿蔔糕

This has several names because of linguistics / translations issues. In Chinese it’s called Luo Bo Gao (蘿蔔糕) and Luo Bo is what we call Daikon Radish. They’re savory ‘cakes’ made primarily from grated daikon radish. This is also one of my faorites!

Turnip Cake Recipe

Congee

Rice porridge usually served with century eggs and more toppings. This one feels like a traditional Chinese breakfast to me, and I like it sometimes when my tummy is upset.

Chinese Congee with Pork and Century Egg

Chicken Congee Recipe

So, have you been to Dim Sum? And what are your favorite dishes?  Maybe Shumai? Maybe Radish cakes?  Meatballs? Maybe even the chicken feet?? Dim sum YUMMY dishes! 😀

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