Dim Sum

The best way to break the ice or to make a comeback after a long hiatus is to talk about food. The long hiatus is due to nothing-special-happens-to-my-oh-so-routine-life. No, actually I was just too lazy to blog, preferring to waste my time playing some time-management games, ironic huh?

Anyway, we will be indulging in the world of Dim sum. Dim sum is cantonese for small individual portion of food. The Chinese usually eat it as breakfast and dim sum is highly associated with 'yum cha' which means drinking chinese tea. Dim sum mainly consist of steamed dumplings made of pork, prawns etc. Traditionally, people will wake up at dawn to savour this breakfast while reading the daily newspaper and listening to birds chirping. Nowadays, dim sum are served for dinner and even supper too.

To enjoy authentic and tasty dim sum, you don't need to travel all the way to China. Malaysia restaurants do serve yummy dim sum too. I had dinner at one :-

Chinese tea. Dim sum without it is like pizza without cheese.
Siu mai. Pork dumpling. One of the top favourites.
Harr gau. Shrimp dumpling.
Cheng yu tann.Steamed fishballs. Simple but nice.
Chee choi mai.Seaweed crabstick dumpling. I believe this dish is not available in China because it is not a traditional dim sum dish.
Siew loong pau. Named little dumpling but I find the size similar to other dumplings.
The fillings of little dumpling. No idea why is it green but am very sure it's made of pork.
Char siew pau. Buns filled with barbequed pork. My personal favourite.
Tai pau. Big buns filled with chicken meat and eggs.
Lor mai kai. Lotus leave glutinous rice with chicken and chinese mushroom. The glutinous rice is very filling and excessive intake may cause indigestion.
Food for five.
Some of the desserts and fried dishes on sale.
Tan tart. Egg tarts, a typical favourite.

There goes the ice-breaking entry. I am all in the mood to post more entries now....