Drinking Tea, Touching Heart
Happy New Year!
It is ironic that after writing my first blog post on the last day of 2012 and shared my home cooking, that the first meal of 2013 was, ahem, eating OUT!!
However, since it is my own blog and I set the rule, let me first tell you all that I am actually a master of exercising flexibility. After living for so many decades, as strong will as I am, I learn that being flexible is sometimes, the key to success. We live in a world of fallen individuals and every single person has their own mind and opinion. Sometimes we really need to exercise the art of give and take.
It is actually quite customary for the Fun household to go out and grab some Dim Sum every New Year Day. By now that “Chinese may be” secret is probably out, and yes, I am 100% Chinese.
Dim Sum is from the two Chinese characters 點心, the first character means dabble, but can be borrowed to mean touch, the second character means heart.
Basically small portions of delicately prepared snacks are served in tea-plate sized dishes. The cooking methods range from steaming, sautéing, frying, stewing, baking, etc. There are savory dishes as well as sweet dishes. They can also be meat, vegetarian or a combination of vegetables stuffed with seafood or meat.
Originally the Dim Sum was snacks served in teahouses to supplement the tea tasting. Now Dim Sum is a main stream meal and is served in many Chinese restaurants. In America, most Chinese restaurants will serve Dim Sum only in weekends. However, in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and some Asian countries, you can have Dim Sum seven days a week. I almost forgot to mention Toronto and Vancouver, where Chinese populations are high, you can see many retired people going to Yum Cha every day. Now that is not a typo, Yum Cha is another term you need to know.
Yum Cha (飲茶) means drinking tea. It is a Cantonese term but is widely used in all Chinese populations now. So when people say going Yum Cha, that means they are going to have Dim Sum. Pay attention that in most restaurants, you do need to pay a fee for the tea, and it is usually charged per heads.
We spent good two hours in Sunny Palace this afternoon, drinking tea and touching heart with Fun auntie, Fun Senior and Fun Junior male (I do have a Fun Junior female who is away from homes now). I recommend three of my favoritest dishes here:
Happy New Year!
It is ironic that after writing my first blog post on the last day of 2012 and shared my home cooking, that the first meal of 2013 was, ahem, eating OUT!!
However, since it is my own blog and I set the rule, let me first tell you all that I am actually a master of exercising flexibility. After living for so many decades, as strong will as I am, I learn that being flexible is sometimes, the key to success. We live in a world of fallen individuals and every single person has their own mind and opinion. Sometimes we really need to exercise the art of give and take.
It is actually quite customary for the Fun household to go out and grab some Dim Sum every New Year Day. By now that “Chinese may be” secret is probably out, and yes, I am 100% Chinese.
Dim Sum is from the two Chinese characters 點心, the first character means dabble, but can be borrowed to mean touch, the second character means heart.
Basically small portions of delicately prepared snacks are served in tea-plate sized dishes. The cooking methods range from steaming, sautéing, frying, stewing, baking, etc. There are savory dishes as well as sweet dishes. They can also be meat, vegetarian or a combination of vegetables stuffed with seafood or meat.
Originally the Dim Sum was snacks served in teahouses to supplement the tea tasting. Now Dim Sum is a main stream meal and is served in many Chinese restaurants. In America, most Chinese restaurants will serve Dim Sum only in weekends. However, in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and some Asian countries, you can have Dim Sum seven days a week. I almost forgot to mention Toronto and Vancouver, where Chinese populations are high, you can see many retired people going to Yum Cha every day. Now that is not a typo, Yum Cha is another term you need to know.
Yum Cha (飲茶) means drinking tea. It is a Cantonese term but is widely used in all Chinese populations now. So when people say going Yum Cha, that means they are going to have Dim Sum. Pay attention that in most restaurants, you do need to pay a fee for the tea, and it is usually charged per heads.
We spent good two hours in Sunny Palace this afternoon, drinking tea and touching heart with Fun auntie, Fun Senior and Fun Junior male (I do have a Fun Junior female who is away from homes now). I recommend three of my favoritest dishes here:
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| Ha Gau (蝦餃) |
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| Turnip Cake(蘿蔔糕) |
Ha Gau (蝦餃) shrimp dumpling, best tasted with Chinese yellow mustard (you have to ask for it); Turnip Cake (蘿蔔糕), best tasted with Oyster sauce (this will give to you automatically); and Silky tofu in soup (豆腐花)(it is a dessert, watch your calorie!)Now, with my stomach floating with the many different sauces, my mind is somehow highly stimulated with flowing ideas of a plot – part of the reasons of making this blog is to get me in the habit of writing every day. It is my duty to write a script for a big event every Memorial Day Weekend. The deadline is coming up!
As you get to know me more, there is a big reason for the “dramatic” part, because actually that is what I do most of the time.
I go, I go, look how I go!
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar’s bow.
(Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare)
dear mrs fun(g)
ReplyDeleteyou write such beautiful articles, but you put in the picture of someone else. how about letting the world see the real, beautiful mrs fung.
wonder if I am intruding if I contribute a story on dim sum.
ReplyDeleteBy using the picture of the great actress Meryl Streep portraying the Great Cook Julia Child, I feel it is the best representation of my blog. These two ladies are true inspirations to me in many different ways. Thank you for your comments. If you have any further feedback, please contact me using my email address.
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