Bought some dim sum from a roadside restaurant for dinner yesterday. The establishment was run by a Thai Chinese family and while the selection available was decent, it could be better. This was because there were many staple dim sum dishes that they did not serve – such as congee, turnip cake, carrot cake, steamed buns, lor mai gai (Chinese glutinous rice), fried spring rolls, and fried dumplings.
This being Thailand (and in Chiangmai to boot), I did not have too high hopes of finding quality dim sum. But even so, it was a disappointment. Minced pork was the primary ingredient in most of the dishes and most of them also tasted the same. What’s more, a basket of dim sum cost 40 baht (SGD 1.60). This is fairly expensive by Thai standards as you can get a plate of basil pork with rice and a fried egg for this amount.
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