Category: Dim Sum
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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…
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#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…
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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…
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