Dim Sum

When i am at Johor Bahru, I will go to eat Dim Sum. Dim Sum is a Chinese dish of small steamed or fried savory dumplings containing various fillings, served as a snack or main course. So we need to eat a lot to get full. The price for one basket is around RM3-RM3.50. I will introduct some my favourite Dim Sum.

This is Har gau (steamed shrimp dumplings). These are one of the most difficult dumplings to make properly: the skin should be translucent yet sturdy, slightly chewy but not tough, with perfectly cooked, crisp shrimp inside. Because it is difficult to make, so we can sure that it is delicious!! 

 

This is Siu mai (open-topped steamed pork or shrimp dumplings), most of us know about this because it is famous. Open-topped steamed pork and/or shrimp dumplings made with a wheat flour wrapper, they often come topped with fish roe or grated carrot, or occasionally a single pea. Every time I can eat 20 Siu Mai. 

When i was young, my grandmother don't let us eat chicken feet because they "Pantang" about if we eat chicken feet, our handwriting will become ugly. I eat for the first time when i am 15 years-old if i  remember correctly. In chinese we call hat "Fung Zao" means chicken feet. These are made by deep frying chicken feet until they become puffy and inflated, then stewing them in a sweet and savory sauce flavored with fermented soy beans. They have a unique, spongy, tender texture.