Snacks
Portugese Egg Tart
Most of us who go for dim sum or yum cha sessions will know what an egg tart is. It is a tart of flaky puff pastry casing filled with smooth egg custard on the inside and very popular in Hong Kong and Chinese Restaurants. These egg tarts or “tan tat” (Cantonese) are usually very [...]
Hong Kong - Hui Lau Shan dessert house
If you are planning a trip to Hong Kong, you may find your friends telling you that you “must eat” the mango pudding found in Hong Kong. This famous mango pudding is found primarily at a chain of dessert houses called Hui Lau Shan.
You will find this dessert house chain in practically every part of [...]
Lor Mai Kai Pau at Desa Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur
When I first heard about a pau with lor mai kai filling, I was intrigued. Lor Mai Kai, as most dim sum goers will know, is glutinous rice steamed with chicken and mushroom and is very flavoursome. It is also known as Lor Mai Fan which means the glutinous rice.
One dim sum shop in Kuala [...]
Steamed Buns with Char Siew (roast pork) filling
I hesitate to call this a char siew pau (or char siew bao). It isn’t a char siew pau (steamed bun with roast pork filling) in the truest sense of the word. I guess you could call this a char siew pau with a twist.
A usual char siew pau will only have the white steamed [...]
