Dim sum

[khiemtran]

Last week we went to Hurstville for yum cha with some friends (rather a lot of friends as it turned out). Today, I was back in Hurstville again, only this time my mission was to bring back some frozen dim sum from a shop I had spotted the last time we were there.

Sure enough, the shop turned out to have a good selection of the most popular varieties, so I chose some xiao long bao and prawn dumplings and took them home to steam. The lady in the shop said to steam them frozen for "ten to fifteen" minutes, so I gave them fifteen minutes just in case.

Fifteen minutes later .. dim sum! Not top notch, but at least worthy of a suburban restaurant (I'm guessing many of them get their dumplings from the same source). This opens up a whole new world of possibilities... a well stocked freezer and it's dim sum for breakfast whenever we feel like it.

Now to start working through their other varieties...

Comments

[carl-allery.livejournal.com]

Freezers are the greatest invention of the electrical age! I grew up with a well-used 6 foot chest freezer and I've just taken on my parents' upright drawer freezer. Being able to have your favourite foods and having the technology to cook-from-frozen is so cool. :)