Dim Sum, A Pocket Guide
By Kit Shan Li
(Chronicle Books; Pocket edition; April 2004)

Slip Dim Sum, A Pocket Guide into your pocket before your next dumpling outing and you’ll feel like a pro at any restaurant that specializes in the small-plate meals.

Author Kit Shan Li divides the small reference book into Steamed, Deep-Fried, Pan-Fried, Congee and Dessert chapters, providing the Chinese characters that identify those culinary delineations.

Although Dim Sum, A Pocket Guide is not a complete guide to the cuisine, it provides a great base, with full-color photos of each dish and instructions on how to order the food and the tea as well as how to use chopsticks.

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