Hong Kong Dim Sum

Being one of the most symbolic food among all Dim Sum categories, Sesame Balls are also a kind of cuisine well-received in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia.
With sesame seed scattered on top of the skin, the insides of the Sesame Balls are…

After deep frying it and soak it with sweet seasoning, the Deep-fried Buns is often accompanied with condensed milk cream on top, offering a surprising but welcoming sweet twist to the originally 'mundane' taste of white buns (饅頭).

Usually served in a dish of two or three, the Tofu Skin Roll is a type of traditional Hong Kong cuisine with vegetable and some meat wrapped inside a sheet of tofu skin. Often served with the rolls being steamed, the cuisine rewards the one enjoying…

Beef and often green onion, are put on top of tofu-skin, or 腐皮, and steamed in wood made 'steaming cages' (蒸籠) to create this well-known dish.
As many factors may effect the final product throughout the process of making the Beef Meatball, it takes…

With its name similar to 'reunion' in Cantonese, TongYuen is regarded as a synonym for family union, and often enjoyed during traditional festivals.
The TongYuens are made from glutinous rice flour and will have a sweet filling, such as sesame,…

Like Cha Siu Bao, the barbecued pork pastry contains the ever famous sweet barbecued pork. However, rather than wrapping it in white buns, this treat encompasses the meat in a thin, flaky pastry, bringing a refreshing iteration to the familiar taste…

Shrimp, sometimes accompanied with rich pork fat, are wrapped in dough and then deep-fried to make this delicious cuisine.
The golden crisp outer-layer coupled with the soft fillings of the shrimp meat creates a perfect synthesis that makes the food…

A plethora of vegetable and occasionally meat ingredients are rolled inside a sheet of thin dough and then deep fried.
Due to the mouthwatering flavor of the combination of fresh vegetable and meat gravy, the spring rolls are a popular treat among…

A barbecue-flavored pork filled bun typically served as a type of dim sum, though other variants (usually baked) appear in bakeries as well. The traditional steamed dim sum version has a white exterior, uniquely making use of both yeast and baking…