| Westerners often have trouble choosing what to eat | | | | Pork Dumplings. Sometimes with a little prawn as well. |
| at Dim Sum restaurants. Being a British Born Chinese, | | | | The wrapping is made of won ton egg pastry and the |
| I'm often stuck for choice too. So I asked my aunt for | | | | top is left open. The top is sometimes dotted with |
| some tips and here are her top 5 recommendations. | | | | black mushrooms and/or an orange substance. The |
| When ordering dim sum, it is normally suffice to order | | | | orange substance is normally carrot. But fancier places |
| about 3 or 4 selections per person. When visiting a | | | | use small fish eggs. I was put off these as a kid when |
| restaurant with my family, we will often also ordered a | | | | a restaurant once gave me a raw Siu Mai. Like Har |
| rice or noodle dish as an accompaniment. | | | | Gaus, these are usually served in portions of four |
| Please note that spellings may be slightly different due | | | | inside a steaming basket. |
| to translations. | | | | 4 - Cheung Fun |
| 1 - Woo Gork | | | | Sometimes refered to as Chinese Cannoli, these rice |
| A stuffing of shitake mushrooms, minced pork, dried | | | | noodle rolls are a close second favourite of mine, after |
| shrimp and Chinese five-spice is wrapped with | | | | Har Gau. They are wide, long, white lumps of rice |
| mashed taro root and flour. The resulting delight is | | | | noodle. Served on plates and swimming in sweet soya |
| deepfried and has a brown or dark yellow coating. | | | | sauce. They usually come with a variety of fillings. My |
| These are normally served in portions of three at the | | | | favourite stuffing is prawn. And my second favourite is |
| start of a meal. | | | | a deep fried pastry. The deep fried pastry variety is |
| 2 - Har Gau | | | | normally cut into inch long sections. |
| Shrimp Dumplings.... The filling contains minced prawns | | | | 5 - Char Siu Bow |
| and bamboo shoot. The pastry is a light translucent | | | | These are fist sized rolls containing Chinese BBQ Pork. |
| rice-flour, and white in colour. These dumplings are | | | | I'm not a big fan myself, but many people really like |
| steamed and definitely my favourite. They normally | | | | them. The pastry is made from wheat, and normally |
| come served in portions of four inside a steaming | | | | light, white and fluffy. Be careful when eating these as |
| basket. | | | | the stuffing can be very hot. |
| 3 - Siu Mai | | | | |