Dim Sum: a survival guide
Creator
Liza Chu
Description
Why limit yourself to the English menu when ordering dim sum?
Chinese teacher Liza Chu has a part-time career as a Hong Kong dim sum guide, and she has distilled her knowledge of Chinese cuisine and dining etiquette into this practical guidebook to eating out.
Each photographed dish is identified with Chinese characters, and icons alert those with special diets.
This book is your passport to a world of adventurous - and delicious - dim sum.
Chinese teacher Liza Chu has a part-time career as a Hong Kong dim sum guide, and she has distilled her knowledge of Chinese cuisine and dining etiquette into this practical guidebook to eating out.
Each photographed dish is identified with Chinese characters, and icons alert those with special diets.
This book is your passport to a world of adventurous - and delicious - dim sum.
Table of contents
4 How to use this guide
7 The history of dim sum
8 Table manners
14 The etiquette of tea drinking
20 The dishes
20 Steamed
41 Deep fried/pan fried
55 Inside the dim sum kitchen
59 Baked/roast
66 The dim sum master chef
70 Vegetables
78 Top ten dim sum dishes for kids
81 Rice and noodles
90 Sweets
98 Simple phrases in Cantonese
100 Quick reference guide
7 The history of dim sum
8 Table manners
14 The etiquette of tea drinking
20 The dishes
20 Steamed
41 Deep fried/pan fried
55 Inside the dim sum kitchen
59 Baked/roast
66 The dim sum master chef
70 Vegetables
78 Top ten dim sum dishes for kids
81 Rice and noodles
90 Sweets
98 Simple phrases in Cantonese
100 Quick reference guide
Publisher
Blacksmith Books
Published date
16 Jul 2010
Format
Paperback: 108 pages
Language
English
Identifier
dimsum-book003
Files
Collection
Citation
“Dim Sum: a survival guide,” CCCH9051 Group 8, accessed January 19, 2025, https://learning.hku.hk/ccch9051/group-8/items/show/35.