China Girl

Steamer of Dim Sum, photo by Vikingchild

Back to food! This time Dim Sum, and the photo is rushed because I couldn't wait to wire into it. It's usually a daytime snack meal, in which (a bit like Tapas) you can order lots of dishes to share, which is also a nice thing about it. My earliest experience with Dim Sum was in London, and I remember once going with a large group of friends - sitting round a huge Lazy Susan so that we could effectively share the treats.

The restaurant we went to then, and still continue to frequent, is Chuen Cheng Ku in Wardour Street (Soho). It looks quite small from the outside, but is massive inside, with many linked rooms so it doesn't feel too cavernous. It's speedy, busy and chaotic, service is brisk and efficient (some web sites say rude, but they're missing the point).

We're not too cut off in the frozen North. A couple of years back there was a great place locally, in the basement of a more conventional Chinese Buffet restaurant. It felt like a hidden place, a secret, somewhere you only knew about through word of mouth. Unfortunately it's gone now, but there is a new replacement which also has the advantage of being next door to a huge Chinese/Oriental supermarket (you can take the treats home!). Thank God for multiculturalism.