Whats in DIM SUM?

Question

what is dim sum made of its a Japanese food

Answer 1

Dim Sum is actually Chinese-cantonese food.  Think appetizers...mostly they are steamed meat or seafood, but there are a few items that are fried, baked, or pan fried.

Eggrolls is an example of a dim sum.  Har Gow (shrimp dumpling), Shuimai (pork and shrimp dumpling), chicken feet, bbq pork buns, lotus bean paste buns are some common dim sum items.

Answer 2

Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of light dishes served alongside Chinese tea.

The Cantonese phrase dim sum means literally "touch the heart" or "order to your heart's content". Though the English word "dim sum" refers to the Cantonese variety, the idea of a wide variety of small dishes for lunch also holds for other regions of China.

Dishes come in small portions and may include dumplings, wraps or other servings of meat, seafood, and vegetables, as well as desserts and fruit. The items are usually served in a small steamer basket or on a small plate.

Answer 3

Dim sum is Chinese, not Japanese.

There are hundreds of small dishes that can be served as dim sum, so it's impossible to answer your question.

Answer 4

DIM SUM is chicken's feet in black bean sauce

Answer 5

First of all, its not a japanese food, its chinese.

secondly, that guy is wrong.

It is not a specific food, it a meal involving many small plates of different chinese foods.

Answer 6

a mixture of different asian cusine

Answer 7

First of all, it's Chinese foods.  They are in small portions and they can be made with any ingredients.  Chinese dumplings are one of the varieties of dim sum.

Answer 8

Dim Sum is Chinese and it's yummy.

Answer 9

Basically, Chinese tapas or small plates of various bite size food.  Dumplings usually come to mind, but Dim Sum can include so much more than dumplings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/diningou...

http://www.cuisinenet.com/digest/region/...

Answer 10

I will tell you what I told my kids..dim sum is when you go to a japanes restaurant and they fix the food in front of you and pass it around, they give you some then they give dim sum...