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ISBN: 978-988-17742-3-1
Paperback, 108 pages
with colour photographs
Size: 15 x 10 cm
Published:
May 2010 (Asia)
Aug 2010 (North America)


Price: HK$88 / US$10.95


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Dim Sum
A Survival Guide

Liza Chu
DINING GUIDE / CHINESE CUISINE

Siu mai, har gow, jar leung, sin jok guen. These are all types of dim sum. But do you know what they look like, and what’s in them? Can you pronounce their names in Cantonese, or recognize them on a menu? Can you confidently order dim sum for you and your friends — especially if any of them have dietary restrictions?

Australian-Chinese writer Liza Chu has a part-time career as a Hong Kong dim sum guide. She has distilled her knowledge of Cantonese cuisine and Chinese dining etiquette into this practical guidebook to delicious dim sum. Each photographed dish is identified with Chinese characters and a pronunciation guide. Icons alert those with allergies or special diets, and there’s a special listing of dim sum dishes most popular with children. Master chefs explain their cooking methods, and even the art of tea drinking is covered in detail.

Take this book to your nearest dim sum restaurant and let Liza show you how to yum cha like a local!

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MEDIA ATTENTION

"Like most long-time Hong Kong residents, I’ve consumed hundreds of dim sum lunches (what the locals also call yum cha, meaning to sip tea while eating). But being non-Chinese, I knew few proper names for the delicate food items and little about them, except the tastes. My ignorance evaporated when reading a tiny book, Dim Sum, A Survival Guide. Thanks to author Liza Chu, now I can explain the details of Chinese dim sum to other diners." Cairns Media Magazine


 


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