Chinese Dim Sum

The famous Chinese food in Hong Kong has to be Dim Sum and all visitor should try this in order to understand what Dim Sum is.

Dim sum means snacks in Cantonese. People in Hong Kong like to go to dim sum restaurants especially for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. In some restaurants, dim sum are loaded in carts and pushed around for patrons to order, while in others, you check what you want on a dim sum sheet and place the order with the waiter.

Some typical "dim sum" to order include:

• spring rolls ("chun guen") - crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, much better than what you find in Chinese restaurant buffets in the U.S.! A little dish of vinegar usually comes with it.
• shrimp dumplings ("ha gau") - usually contain just shrimps inside; usually come in fours
• broth-filled dumplings ("goon tong gau") - come in ones or fours, the single ones usually have shark's fin in it
• pork dumplings ("siu my") - usually come in fours
• beef / shrimp / roast pork pasta ("cheung fun") - usually comes in three 6-inch long pieces
• roast pork bun ("cha siu bao") - usually come in threes or twos
• roast pork pie ("cha siu so") - usually come in threes
• water-chestnut cake ("ma tai go") - usually come in threes, slightly sweet
• egg tart ("daan tard") - usually come in threes, slightly sweet