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Dim Sum: A Culinary Odyssey!
Sofrito Lovers,
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year! Happy New Year to all my Sofrito Lovers who celebrate Lunar New year! I hope it's a day full of hope, fun, and amazing food! I know many Chinese Americans are going to start their day with some delicious Dim Sum!
For those of you not in the know, Dim Sum is an incredible delicacy consisting of different bite size portions of dumplings, stewed meats, and other goodies served in steam baskets or small plates. Usually, Dim Sum is served with tea and is enjoyed for breakfast, but can be served for lunch and dinner.
Check out the article below from Chowhound.com for a more in-depth introduction into the amazing world of Dim Sum! Once again, Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year! Start the new year off right and go taste some Dim Sum for yourself! ¡Buen provecho!
Dim Sum: A Culinary Odyssey
By Jessica Neary January 26, 2018
More than just a Chinese cuisine, dim sum is a complete sensory experience and a journey back home.
The second upon entering a dim sum restaurant, you are baptized by a diffusion of savory aromas. The smell of soy sauce, pork, shrimp, and fry oil infuses each droplet of steam rising up in clouds from rolling metal carts. From one white linen clothed dining table to the next, the carts whoosh this way and that, like compact steam engines pushed about by stern, on-a-mission conductors. If you make eye contact with one of these apron-wearing Chinese aunties quickly enough, she will stop at your table and swiftly lift the lids of the steamer baskets, revealing their inner contents to you. With your quick nod of approval, she will swiftly plunk your chosen steamer baskets of dim sum on your table’s lazy susan, rubber stamp your meal ticket, and roll on by.
