Haha get it? Pretty lame right, haha yeah I'm not that funny. Well guess where I went today that had absolutely delicious food, Dim Sum, which literally means "Touch the heart". Back in the old days, Dim Sum (touch the heart) was originally not suppose to be a main meal, only meant for snacks, thus only touching the heart. Now it has evolved serving a wide variety of light dishes (dumplings, congee, rice noodle rolls, etc.) alongside with Chinese tea (bolay, oolong, and ect.). At first it was unfitting to combine tea with food, because people thought it would lead to extra weight gain. Later, people soon found out that tea can help in the digestion, and soon many Dim Sums' owners began adding wide range of foods. Dim Sum is usually served in the morning until mid-afternoon and at some Dim Sum eateries serve specific dishes throughout the day. Mostly all the dishes come in small portions that includes meat, seafood, vegetables, as well as dessert and fruits. The foods are usually served in small steamer basket or on small plates. Dim Sum's foods are mostly served on a trolley by servers and special food (not consider a dim sum plate, such as a plate of chow mein) are ordered from a menu. Every time you ordered a plate, the server puts a stamp on the bill at the table to record the dishes you order. They then add the total number of dishes all up together to get the price. This is more organized then before, when they just look at the number of plates, size, and even sometimes the color of the plates left on the customer table. This way prevents the customers from stealing or hiding the plates to reduce the price that they have to pay. The bill is divided into four sections labeling the plates as "small", "medium", "large", and "special order". All in all Dim Sum is a great place to eat there, they have delicious food, great service, and it will delightfully touch your heart.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Dim Sum anyone or Dim Sumthing else?
Haha get it? Pretty lame right, haha yeah I'm not that funny. Well guess where I went today that had absolutely delicious food, Dim Sum, which literally means "Touch the heart". Back in the old days, Dim Sum (touch the heart) was originally not suppose to be a main meal, only meant for snacks, thus only touching the heart. Now it has evolved serving a wide variety of light dishes (dumplings, congee, rice noodle rolls, etc.) alongside with Chinese tea (bolay, oolong, and ect.). At first it was unfitting to combine tea with food, because people thought it would lead to extra weight gain. Later, people soon found out that tea can help in the digestion, and soon many Dim Sums' owners began adding wide range of foods. Dim Sum is usually served in the morning until mid-afternoon and at some Dim Sum eateries serve specific dishes throughout the day. Mostly all the dishes come in small portions that includes meat, seafood, vegetables, as well as dessert and fruits. The foods are usually served in small steamer basket or on small plates. Dim Sum's foods are mostly served on a trolley by servers and special food (not consider a dim sum plate, such as a plate of chow mein) are ordered from a menu. Every time you ordered a plate, the server puts a stamp on the bill at the table to record the dishes you order. They then add the total number of dishes all up together to get the price. This is more organized then before, when they just look at the number of plates, size, and even sometimes the color of the plates left on the customer table. This way prevents the customers from stealing or hiding the plates to reduce the price that they have to pay. The bill is divided into four sections labeling the plates as "small", "medium", "large", and "special order". All in all Dim Sum is a great place to eat there, they have delicious food, great service, and it will delightfully touch your heart.
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i love dim sum! i like how you explained it and even gave a brief history of it.
ReplyDeletebut organize your post in paragraphs! it's kind of hard to read a huge wall of text.
France beat me to the punch, so all I'll say is that I've only had dim sum once and I need to correct that. I had no idea what it meant though! "Touch the heart." Very cool.
ReplyDeleteya juk doesnt taung hoe song kneeeee.
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO, tu comprendes?
LOSER, you really did blog bout dim sum :P