Chokdee Dim Sum

Chinese empire has an extensive land, varied in geographic and atmospheres and the five thousand years history . China has the most population in the world. They consist of many tribes, which different in religions, belief, and culture. These things have made China to be the one nation in the world that has much kind of food, and greatest cuisine.

The food is an important in daily life of Chinese people such as for hungry, for alive, for nourishment, and cures the sickness. Included the main course in the ceremony, or even vegetarian food in Buddhism or food of Islamic such as milk, butter, sheep, etc..

Chinese cuisine is diversified. It depends on geographic, but full course and main course are generally consist of flour. The southern Chinese (south of Yangzi river) like to eat rice.The most of northern include western Chinese eat the flour that made from wheat (The most of European people acknowledge semolina that made from wheat)

In the past ,Marco Polo ,the Italian famous traveler , came to China empire in Kublai khan regime of Yuan dynasty about eight hundreds ago. The north eastern of Chinese ate the food such as corn, oat ,and wheat ,and flour transmuted as previous paragraph. Included potato .The course eaten with rice such as vegetable ,meat ,bird . Aquatic food such as crab ,fish ,shrimp ,shell in the sea ,and river depend on the convenience and place .The daily food in generally are sustain food . A snack have a variation depend on local, tribe, religion.

Chinese dumpling and streamed stuff bun are the kind of snacks that made by Chinese people in Guangdong .They called them “Sew mai ” .They generally are snacks of Guangdongnese.

After that, Sew mai became a popular snack all over the country. Chinese people ate them any time. They have another name that called “Dim sum”. Dim sum became The main course of every Chinese people be popular and also widely. Dim sum is in the menu of famous four kinds Chinese food .There are Lue food as Shantung food , Guiyang food as Shanghai food ,Yangzhou food as Sichuan food, and Guangdong food.

There will be eight kinds and ten kinds if separate delicately . The most of Chinese food will produce by emphasize natural, colorful , smell , and taste delicious. They chose meat, and aquatic animal from sea and river. The vegetable be fresh included ingredient such as many kinds of Chinese spice. There are soybeans ,white soybean and black sauce ,etc..

Chinese food use a lot of methods for cooking differential way such as to fry , to fry in oil , to fry without oil , baked , soft-boil ,to stream ,to boil ,to gull , to grill , to roast as needs .They used light , medium, high fired for cooking . It depends on a kind of food properly.

Chinese food not only calculate the nourishment of nutrition or calories ,but also emphasize the balance of body , nourishment that can resolve apthous ulcer, reduce a cold , be warm up in body .Including for using some kind of medicine to be a food .Its taste delicious and can be motivate the resistance to prevent the illness, etc..

The tools for cooking and the method of eating also have a characteristic such as chopstick , tablespoon , a cup of rice, a cup of soup , dish , dish…, a big cup , a jug of stock , a jug of soup included many kinds of sauce. The most of Chinese food are ripe ,and hot food .There are a little of raw and fresh food ,but not to be popular and widely such as raw fish which Japanese have led to develop be a Japanese food in afterward.

The advantage of Chinese food is Every meals consist of a lot method of cooking in the menu such as to fry, to fry in oil , to boil, to stream, to roast , etc.. . The culture of eating always use chopstick for putting the food and has eaten together.

Dim sum are a famous snacks of Guangdongnese which has a long history. Nowadays Dim sum become a popular all around the world, because the taste is good .There are Chinese dumpling, stream pork bun, .Dim sum have eaten with tea. Normally, Dim sum eat before noon about 10 – 11 Am . In present time, it can find for eating any time. If you need to eat as snacks in night time, you can find easily in Hong Kong. For Chinese, dim sum means happiness. The food that enough for eating in one bite. Dim sum have arranged in a bamboo basket. It seems appetite.

There are in a flour bundle. It can be fried in oil, or streamed. The stuff might be seafood, or meat, or a Streamed piece of flour such as bun ,or called Man-Tow, or shrimp meatball, and also as dessert. These things are culture of Chinese for enjoy with the food together such as having a drink few jug of tea.

Obviously, in teahouse usually has dim sum along together. The older customers usually eat dim sum for kill time. They have eaten dim sum with tea, and read the newspaper at the same time. They hang out with their friend and family. That is the part of eating dim sum experience. Sometimes, they bought a bird come with them. That is a similar picture in the old community of Chinese town. Dim sum ,or Yam cha, everyone knew that in China, which the place has a many population. So serving must be quick , be ready, and be hot.

The original dim sum will be put in the streamed basket on rolling stock. After finish cooking from kitchen. They rolled to the entire food table for service a customer.

The roller be shout the name of the food, which are available. The customer can open the closet of basket for looking dim sum inside. The streamed basket is made from bamboo overlying be layer. Sometimes, dim sum as hot fried spring roll, or a bundle kind of food. You can choose any kind of dim sum for eating.

Normally, eating dim sum must be eaten when it fresh, and hot with a lot of sauce .There are soy sauce, chilli sauce, XO sauce, Shanghai sauce. Eating dim sum at restaurant is different from eating dim sum at home. Because of eating dim sum at home has not any kind of dim sum as same as eating at restaurant.

At restaurant, for cooking a few categories in menu have to prepare a instrument. There are deep pan, a basket of bamboo in advance. Dim sum cannot stay long, because it will be not delicious. It must be served, when it’s hot. The original name of dim sum is “Sew mai”. It means sell when its hot, and drink with tea at the same time.

People somewhere else called follow Cantonese that “Yam cha”. Mostly, dim sum is not popular to eat at home, because the important of dim sum is everything as follow above paragraph. Dim sum use a hand to prepare, so it be a characteristic food that produce with determination .It is best of the best snack of Chinese.

Chef, who made dim sum always have to have uniqueness. Overall, the atmosphere of Chinese restaurant usually talks loudly. The crowd walk pass by. That is a part of culture that involved. There are ingredients, a streamed basket of bamboo, a cup, a chopstick, a tea. These cannot separate from each other. It is a culture of eating, which has a long history of China.

Trend of present time, dim sum have a very popular in a younger office employees group. They like to discuss with their friend, and eat dim sum together on break-time as the large group. They spend a short time. Dim sum is a best culinary for any large party.

Even thought, the beginning method of produce dim sum is difficult, because there are a lot of dim sums. If chef prepare in advance, they will decorate be the last method, before make it ripe, and can eat any time.

Dim sum is food which has many kinds. Ripe making in the last method with streaming, frying in oil, or baked. Each method can do it easy, so it will be a popular in any party. Even in private party. The important thing, the appearance of dim sum is a small portion, and can eat all in one bite, so it is a beautiful culinary, and still be popular for everyone nowadays.