Hey Steemians,

What is Dim sum?

Dim Sum is a Chinese style of cuisine (particularly Cantonese but also other varieties) prepared in a small bite-sized portions of food and mostly served in small steamer baskets or on a plate. Dim sum you eat during the brunch time, mostly it's served with tea. I went with my family to a place called Oriental City in Amsterdam, it's a Cantonese teahouse, carts with dim sum and it's served around the restaurant for diners to order without leaving your seats. The traditional way is to drink tea and dim sum, it's also called yum cha (飲茶), which means "drink tea" in Cantonese. I made a few pictures of the food, check them out!

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(蝦餃; xiā jiǎo; hā gáau): Steamed dumpling with shrimp filling.

Teochew dumpling (潮州粉粿; cháozhōu fěnguǒ; Chìu jāu fán gwó): Steamed dumpling with peanuts, garlic, chives, pork, dried shrimp, and Chinese mushrooms.

Barbecued pork bun (叉燒包; chāshāo bāo; chāsīu bāau): Bun with barbecued pork filling. They can either be steamed to be white and fluffy or glazed and baked to golden. The baked variant are called (叉燒餐包; chāshāo cān bāo; chāsīu chāan bāau).

Also the other dish is the; Sweet cream buns (奶黃包; nǎihuáng bāo; náaih wòhng bāau): Steamed buns with milk custard filling.

Haam Seui Gok (鹹水角; xiánshuǐ jiǎo; hàahm séui gok): Deep fried dumpling with pork and chopped vegetables. The wrapping is sweet and sticky, while the filling is slightly salty and savoury.

I don't know the name of this dish, but it's sticky rice filled with meat and mushrooms.

I really don't know how this dish is called, but it's delicious, if someone know's the name of this dish, please comment below in the comment section!

Rice noodle roll (腸粉; chángfěn; chéungfán): Steamed rice noodles, rolled and filled with meats or vegetables inside but can be served plain. Popular fillings include beef, dough fritter, shrimp, and barbecued pork. Often served with a sweetened soy sauce

Rice noodle roll (腸粉; chángfěn; chéungfán): Steamed rice noodles, rolled and filled with meats or vegetables inside but can be served plain. Popular fillings include beef, dough fritter, shrimp, and barbecued pork. Often served with a sweetened soy sauce

Shaomai (烧卖; 燒賣; shāomài; sīu máai): Steamed dumplings with pork and prawns. Usually topped off with crab roe and mushroom.

All pictures were taken with my iPhone 8!

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Rating?

I went with my family to this place in Amsterdam, one of the best dim sum places to go in Amsterdam. The name of the restaurant is; Oriental City, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 177-179, 1012 EV Amsterdam. Mostly I don't reserve for a place, if it's to full you have to wait outside approximately 15-30 minutes. The quality of the food is really good, I give it a score of 10/10, also the waitress are super friendly. About the price, we ate with 5 people around 80 euro (100USD), that's quite cheap in my opinion. Let me know what you think about Dim sum, I really appreciate for the time that you took to read my post, until the next one!

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Happy Sunday from us!

• PhongTheCreator