Have you ever had Dim Sum?

[Bornstarch]

Most Americans are only familiar with Chinese American cuisine like orange chicken and beef broccoli. But have you ever had Dim Sum? I do side work sometimes fixing kitchen equipment in a couple of chinese restaurants and they give me free food, all I can eat.

A lot of these you dip in chili flake oil sauce

 

[Pliny Pete]

Dim sum nice steaks, would be a shame if someone served em over white rice on a paper plate

 

[koquerelle]

I love them. I started making gyozas recently and dim sum is the next step.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Yes, i prefer fried dumplings.

 

[Bornstarch]

These are actually very complex dishes to make. I looked up on youtube once on how to make one of these and there's so many steps and intricacies.

They don't look like much but they are extremely delicious.

 

[Meatspin]

Of course?

 

[IDGETKTFO]

These are actually very complex dishes to make. I looked up on youtube once on how to make one of these and there's so many steps and intricacies.

They don't look like much but they are extremely delicious.

Yes very complex. You need to step up your game from your shitty overcooked steaks and mushy white rice. And lets not even get into your paper plates and plastic forks.

 

[666]

Yea I think I had the real shit. Went there with my ex for the first time with her family. I was eating chicken feet and I don't know what else.

Had to keep looking over to make sure I was eating it right.

 

[koquerelle]

These are actually very complex dishes to make. I looked up on youtube once on how to make one of these and there's so many steps and intricacies.

They don't look like much but they are extremely delicious.

The dough is always the hardest part to get right with this type of dish. I buy gyoza/potstickers wrappers at a Chinese market to make my gyoza and they're great. You can do the same with dim sum/dumplings. You just need a good grocery. The rest is surprisingly easy.

 

[NoSmilez]

Where the fuck is the rice?

 

[Bornstarch]

You gotta go to a good dim sum restaurant to really appreciate it. It's hard finding one. These dishes take a lot of time and effort to make. Most restaurants churn them out and they come out not anywhere near as good as the authentic stuff.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

You gotta go to a good dim sum restaurant to really appreciate it. It's hard finding one. These dishes take a lot of time and effort to make. Most restaurants churn them out and they come out not anywhere near as good as the authentic stuff.

And they all suck compared to Fried Dumplings.

 

[Morning Star]

Had coworkers that used to take me. Lot of wrapper not enough meat IMO. Preferred when we went for Korean BBQ.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

This thread made me realize that I actually haven’t had dim sum since before the pandemic. I think my wife has Friday off from work. Maybe I’ll take an extended lunch break and take her for dim sum because she’s never had it before.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

The dough is always the hardest part to get right with this type of dish. I buy gyoza/potstickers wrappers at a Chinese market to make my gyoza and they're great. You can do the same with dim sum/dumplings. You just need a good grocery. The rest is surprisingly easy.

Those look like garbage premade potstickers. I wouldnt even give them the dignity of calling them fried dumplings. They are too fucking thin. Seems like egg roll wrappers. And whats with that dipping water? Looks like dirty piss water. What did you do, add a packet of soy sauce with a TBSP of water?

 

[dildos]

I’d be surprised if anyone says they haven’t had dim sum..

 

[blaseblase]

I live in California, dim sum is plentiful.

 

[koquerelle]

Those look like garbage premade potstickers. I wouldnt even give them the dignity of calling them fried dumplings. They are too fucking thin. Seems like egg roll wrappers. And whats with that dipping water? Looks like dirty piss water. What did you do, add a packet of soy sauce with a TBSP of water?

Woo! Edgy.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Woo! Edgy.

I mean come on dude, at least add some fucking minced garlic and ginger and some thin sliced green scallions to that piss water dipping sauce. It will atleast mask the chewy leather texture of those premade potstickers.

 

[Plutoburn]

Fairly regularly. My favourite dim sun is shrimp and scallion fried in tofu skin.

Some place steam them after in sauces, I prefer to have them dry and dip them in sauces just before eating them so they are still crunchy. Much better texture imo.