Dim - sum ??

[definitelyO]

I guess I could google - but can you explain dim-sum to me like I'm 5?  

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www.weezermonkey.com/2008/01/s-t-u-r-d-y.html

[definitelyO]

will they tell you what each thing is? what kind of foods do they bring?

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If you're white, they'll mostly avoid offering you really weird stuff. They will tell you what it is. Variety depends on the restaurant, but where I go it's lots of steamed things (dumplings, filled buns), some fried things. Very delicious things. The place also has chicken feet, pig feet, tripe... but they don't offer me such things.

[Muddled]

Jan 31, 2013 19:57:05 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I will say though that if you don't like seafood or are allergic it limits your dim sum options a good deal.

Don't go if you are vegetarian either. There's almost nothing you can eat.

[protozoa]

Just point at everything until you are stuffed. Unless you have an allergy; not sure how well that would work.

[mskitkat]

Make sure you get the shrimp with the rice noodle wrap. So good. When I do dim-sum, it's with my Taiwanese MiL, so we get offered everything. You get used to seeing things like chicken feet.

[M]

Mmmm dim sum. I want some now. I'm Chinese, but I do the pointing thing too haha.

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In KC everyone is white, so they offer us the weird stuff.

The buns with barbecued pork inside are my favorites. I love shumai too--dumpling things, especially with shrimp.

[definitelyO]

thank you so much!!! we are going to San Francisco next weekend and starlily recommended Great Eastern (?) for dim sum. DS has a peanut allergy - but we all love seafood and no other allergies. I'm getting excited to go eat!

[dr.girlfriend]

Just remember "ha cheung" and "cha siu bao"...pronounced pretty much like you would expect. That's the shrimp in rice noodle and pork bun respectively, and they are DELICIOUS! I also love the Chinise broccoli. The sticky rice dishes are good too. Mmmm...I want dim sum now.

[annie8671]

Feb 1, 2013 11:27:51 GMT -5 definitelyO said:

thank you so much!!! we are going to San Francisco next weekend and starlily recommended Great Eastern (?) for dim sum. DS has a peanut allergy - but we all love seafood and no other allergies. I'm getting excited to go eat!

I am going to SF next weekend too and I love dim sum. I have a peanut allergy and I know some of the dumplings have peanuts in them so you may want to ask to be on the safe side. I personally love yank sing for their har gow. They use lobster! I also love Koi Palace in Daly City. Have a great time!