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Dim sum

Dim sum is a way of serving Chinese and/or Vietnamese food. A range of different foods are served to the people who are eating, including pork wontons, fried shrimp, and egg rolls. They are served on small wooden platters, and are usually steamed.

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  • Stacks of bamboo baskets, each containing two to three small portions

    Dim sum

  • Chrysanthemum blossoms steep in a cup of hot water

    Chrysanthemum tea

  • Example of Dim Sum Lunch

    A light blue bill card (upper left) on a table of traditional family-style dim sum lunch dishes in a restaurant

  • HK 堅尼地城 Kennedy Town 北街 North Street dim sum food shop October 2019 SS2 12

    Dim sum food shop in Hong Kong

  • Window display of metal trays of dim sum

    Streetside dim sum food shop in Hong Kong

  • A sign reads, "Spring Rolls, Dimsum, Shumai"

    Frozen dim sum in a grocery store in the United States

  • Chaozhoufenguo

    Teochew dumpling (潮州粉粿)

  • Dumplings (jiaozhi) (Pork and napa cabbage)

    potstickers (鍋貼)

  • Deep Fried Spring Roll

    Spring roll (春卷)

  • 09 Fu Pei Guen - tofu skin roll - East Harbor Dim Sum

    Tofu skin roll (腐皮捲)

  • HK dim sum food - streamed 蒸鮮竹卷芋頭 Feb-2014 MCK

    Fresh bamboo roll (鮮竹卷)

  • GD Rice Product 1

    Rice noodle roll (腸粉)

  • Zhaliang

    Zhaliang (炸兩)

  • Barbeque pork bao

    Baked Barbecued pork bun (叉燒餐包)

  • 07 Char Siu Bao - Steamed Pork Buns - East Harbor Seafood Palace

    Steamed Barbecued pork bun (叉燒包)

  • Naihuangbao

    Sweet cream bun (奶黃包)

  • Pineapple buns

    Pineapple buns (菠蘿包)

  • 11 Lo Bak Go turnip cake - East Harbor Seafood Palace

    Turnip cake (蘿蔔糕)

  • Tarocake

    Taro cake (芋頭糕)

  • Waterchestnutcake

    Water chestnut cake (馬蹄糕)

  • Chicken feet (1120757458)

    Phoenix claws (鳳爪)

  • HK Pacific Plaza SYP 德韾苑 Tak Hing Yuen Seafood Restaurant beef meat balls Mar-2013 Bamboo steamer

    Steamed meatball (山竹牛肉丸)

  • Dimsumpaigui

    Spare ribs (排骨)

  • Beef tripe rice noodle

    Beef entrails (牛雜)

  • HK SYP Ming Sing 60402 16

    Siu mei (燒味)

  • Hong Kong fried squid

    Deep fried squid (椒鹽魷魚)

  • Baby kailan chinese

    Steamed gai lan (芥蘭)

  • Fried Tofu (炸豆腐)

    Fried tofu (炸豆腐)

  • HK 大快活 Cafe de Coral Tea time 糯米飯 Glutinous Mochi Rice Nuo Mi Fan with 蔥粒 Spring Onion Jan-2012

    Chinese sticky rice (糯米飯)

  • HK 旺角 Mong kok 朗豪坊 Langham Place 香港康得思酒店 Cordis Hotel buffet food November 2018 SSG sesame balls

    Sesame ball (煎堆)

  • Sponge cake at Top Cantonese Restaurant

    Malay sponge cake (馬拉糕)

  • Coconutbar

    Coconut pudding (椰汁糕)

  • Mango pudding

    Mango pudding (芒果布甸)

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