Lunch at Dim Sum Restaurant

Lunch was at this crowded Chinese restaurant where we had dim sum for lunch.

Tourism has often promoted Hong Kong as an attraction because of the food they can offer. I have expected to find really cheap and top quality food around in Hong Kong - their staple food of rice of noodles, their specialities, and even still, their street food (jie bian xiao chi), which is supposed to be simply delicious. Dim sum was one of the food I thought would be much better than those in Singapore.

It turns out I was quite wrong. The food in Hong Kong isn't exactly as wonderful as I thought they would be. In fact, there are plenty of restaturants in Singapore which can do as well, or even better, and at cheaper prices too. Rather disappointing.

It was interesting to find out from Linda, that the best dim sum is not found in Hong Kong. Instead, one of the best places to have dim sum is actually all the way back in Vancouver. It turns out that many of the top-notch dim sum chefs have migrated to Canada to seek a better life, and they have brought along their culinary skills which have been further developed.In fact, Linda (UBC) mentioned that the standard of the dim sum was really poor as compared to those back in Vancouver.

A small mental note on how cultures can be exported and refined overseas, while the local cultures have been eroded and decimated. What is the "true" culture of Dim Sum?


One of the mountains of dim sum we had...