Have Some Dim Sum [Paperback]

Evelyn Chau (Author), Vince Noguchi (Photographer)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Evelyn Chau (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0968323308
• ISBN-13: 978-0968323304
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,895,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It should have been labeled 'The Theory of Dum Sum', February 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Have Some Dim Sum (Paperback)

This book is terribly misleading. One expects to find mostly recipes, with some background information on each recipe. Instead, one finds 95% information, and very few recipes. I am returning this book. When I want a limited encyclopedia, I'll buy one. I thought I was buying a cookbook. Only some of the dishes even have pictures; many don't. If all you want is limited information with little intention of cooking, then this is your book. Otherwise, don't bother.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Have Some Dim Sum (Paperback)

This book is a waste of money. If you're looking for recipes and not just paragraph long descriptions of dim sum, look elsewhere.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative guide/cookbook to great Chinese Dim Sum., October 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Have Some Dim Sum (Paperback)

This is an excellent guide to help those in the know and those not to better enjoy Chinese Dim Sum when eating out or in. Basic ingredients for numerous popular types of Dim Sum are listed here along with detailed preparation instructions for selected dishes/baskets. Colour plates though limited, are tantalizing (and I suspect totally inedible).

Don't try reading this at home when the least bit hungry (I tryed), you will want to run out to the nearest chinese restaurant... To this end, each item's name comes with a pronunciation guide.

Although I have been privileged to almost always have a chinese speaking person with me when ordering Dim Sum, I have noted that it is easy to order even when one cannot speak a word. In addition the Dim Sum featured in this book do represent a good cross section of the more delectable items (at least from a 'cultured'? westerner's perspective,) the majority of which are commonly available.

P.S. Do try the oolong tea as recommeded in the book if you do decide to 'Have Some Dim Sum'!