Ordinary Gweilo

It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong

Category: Dim Sum

Spring Rolls

May 26, 2006

I suppose Spring Rolls (春卷) would be the only dim sum that I recognized from my consumption of "Chinese food" in the UK. Of course, they weren’t quite the same thing, but then what is? In fact, there are versions of Spring Roll in various countries around the world, notably Vietnam and Thailand, but I…
Char Sui Bau

Mar 15, 2006

#2 in the Dim Sum series is Char Siu Bau 叉燒包, and please don’t tell me I’ve romanized it incorrectly* because I don’t want to know. It’s a fluffy white bun filled with BBQ pork (i.e. pork in a barbecue sauce) and, as you will see from the picture, you normally get three in a…
Dim Sum: Siu Luhng Bau

Mar 7, 2006

When I first came to Hong Kong, I was taken out for Dim Sum at lunchtime. I was quite surprised to find that it was so different to the Chinese food that I had eaten in the UK, and amazed by the variety of dishes. That was only the first day, and I was even…