December 10, 2009 | 5 Comments

The Accidental Hedonist Guide to Dim Sum

There are two possible ways to approach Dim Sum.

  1. You can be an expert in the field, giving your thoughts and opinions based off of your thousands of hours of experiences regarding said topic.Or.
  2. You can approach the topic as a complete ignoramus, claiming no experience at all, and choosing to learn about Dim Sum as an outside who wants to learn, and is willing to take the time to understand the hows and whys.

I have chosen the second way. So take any information learned here with a grain of salt.

Okay, two grains of salt and a teaspoon of sugar.

Having been raised in a part of America where Chinese restaurants began with deep dried egg rolls and ended with General Tso’s chicken, Dim Sum was a new experience for me when I hit the West Coast way back in 2003. After my first experience, I vowed to learn more. The posts listed below are my attempts at understand the who, what, and hows of this great tradition.

History

Experiences

Tea

Dishes

(NOTE: I will sometimes have the same dish in two different categories, mostly because some dishes are not easily defined by one single category.)

Buns

 

 

 

Congee

Deep Fried Dishes

 

 

 

Dips and Sauces

Dumplings

 

 

 

 

 

Meats

 

 

 

 

 

Pan Fried Dishes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rice

 

 

 

Seafood

 

 

 

 

Sweets

 

 

 

Vegetables

 

 

 

Restaurant Guides

San Francisco, CA

Bellevue, WA

Renton, WA

Seattle, WA

Usual Disclaimer: This is a work in progress, and will likely always be a work in progress. So if there’s something missing here, I probably have some plans to address that at some point in the future.

Additionally, I am human, which means I make mistakes. If you see something wrong, I would love it if you pointed me in the right direction. Feel free to e-mail me at Kate AT accidentalhedonist DOT com with any tips, hints, or advice you may have.

Rude and insulting e-mails will be deleted without a second thought.


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