How to Order Dim Sum like an Expert

Dim Sum is a kind of typical food in Chinese cuisine; there are many different kinds of cooking style in dim sum family, such as steamed, boiled, poached, pan-fried or deep-fried etc. Its shape is a small dumpling. The dumpling stuffed with minced seafood, fish, meat or vegetable. Mostly it is wrapped with flour skin or rice skin. Its taste can be mind, sweet, sour, salty, bitter or spicy. Majority of people eat dim sum at breakfast, some of people might eat it at lunch as well.

If you want to enjoy the real dim sum you’d better take it in the morning, because you can enjoy your dim sum with your Chinese tea, it will enhance your appetite when you are hungry. Don’t forget to order dim sum from light flavor to strong flavor; otherwise it will reduce your interest of dim sum. Light flavor dim sum means steamed, boiled and poached item and strong flavor means deep-fried and pan-fried item. If you order the strong flavor dim sum first, afterwords, when you eat the light flavor dim sum you can not find the real taste of the light flavor of dim sum.

The other thing is that you have to remember to check the dim sum portion, ingredient and quantity before you order it. Some dim sum item is big enough, one or two portions already can make you full after you take it, for example; steamed bun and sticky rice dough are easy to get full. Avoid ordering too much or something you can not eat, you should have some dim sum knowledge and find out the real meaning of the dish name. Try to order different dim sum at one time and ensure that is not over your appetite. Don’t order the same dim sum in many portions; if that so, you may lose your stomach space to put the other dim sum into your stomach. Take your time to order it separately.

Somebody like the deep-fried dim sum very much, he may order a lot when he is taking the dim sum in the restaurant. The deep-fried dim sum looks delicious, because it’s good color and tastes crispy. People don’t know the deep fried dim sum is very oily and contains high cholesterol; it is easy to make people to reduce their appetite. If you eat that kind of food a few times you will become tire of it.

That will make you lose your faith not to enjoy dim sum anymore.
Chinese tea is a good company of your dim sum. Always enjoy tea first before you eating the dim sum. The tea has the function to clear the fat of the food automatically. Take your time naturally by drinking tea and by eating your dim sum, minimum you have to spend one hour to spend your time to enjoy your dim sum in the restaurant.

Source:

1. Dim Sum Etiquette – Chinese/Lunar New Year | Epicurious.com …
2. How to Eat Dim Sum – Hong Kong Traveller

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