|
Served throughout the daylight hours seven days a week, dim sum
(literally meaning "to touch the heart") are snacks of freshly-steamed
or fried Chinese "canapés". These remarkably-diverse examples
of culinary innovation feature many different ingredients. There
are scores of different varieties, though the daily selection
will always include steamed shrimp dumplings (har gau), steamed
pork and shrimp dumplings (siu mai), deep-fried spring rolls (tsun
quen) and steamed barbecued pork buns (cha siu bau).

Don't pass up the chance to try dim sum desserts: "Thousand-layer
sweet cake with egg topping" (chien chang go), a piece of flaky
sweetness; mai chi or coconut snowballs; or daan sarn, the crisp
and sticky sweet cakes topped with almonds - all for the sweet-toothed.
Servers wheel their trolleys through the bustling restaurant and
are happy to allow customers to lift up the lids of the bamboo
baskets to identify the contents. The baskets or plates (containing
two, three or four pieces) are inexpensive, enabling visitors
to enjoy a diverse and speedy meal. Dim Sum is a Cantonese specialty
of the Ruby Rouge restaurant and our cooks are highly-regarded
specialists.
|