Dim Sum

To all the fans of us at Somerset West, Gordensbay, Strand, Stellenbosch and surrounding areas.  We have to introduce this new dish to you.  Chinese dumplings, or Dim Sum, is very popular in Cape Town, as such, we had to introduce or fans with the same dishes.  Be it transculant Pastry, steamed or fried, you now have more dumplings to choose from.

On the menu, the only Dim Sum that was available was the wantons....well have a look at the pictures, and see how nice these dishes look.  While the wanton is deep fried, most of the new Dim Sum will be steamed.  Hargau has prawn with peppers and then the pastry, emerald dumplings has 2 colors, green and white.

Open steam dumplings come with a pea on top as garnish, the two flavors available is chicken/chicken and prawn. There are a few new kinds, and only a fraction was named in here.

Dim Sum goes well with any herbal tea, and that was the main purpose of the Dim Sum as well. In China, the people that traveled the country couldn't always take a whole lot of food and drink with them, and the idea of tea next to the road was actually a very good idea.  So they started making tea houses, and after a while, snacks followed within these tea houses.  Those snacks are the Dim Sum that is now known world wide, almost as popular as sushi.

If you are interested to learn more about Dim Sum, click here. You will be directed to wikipedia for ore accurate information.