Editing Dim sum (section)

== Modern dim sum ==
In addition to traditional dim sum, some chefs also create and prepare new fusion-based dim sum dishes.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|date=22 July 2015|title=Four Hong Kong restaurants putting a modern spin on dim sum|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48-hours/article/1842495/four-hong-kong-restaurants-putting-modern-spin-dim-sum|access-date=3 July 2020|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704170624/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48-hours/article/1842495/four-hong-kong-restaurants-putting-modern-spin-dim-sum|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web|last=Magyarics |first=Kelly |date=26 January 2017|title=4 Spots for modern take on Dim Sum |url=http://dcrefined.com/eat-drink/4-spots-for-modern-take-on-dim-sum|access-date=4 July 2020|website=DC Refined |archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704022826/http://dcrefined.com/eat-drink/4-spots-for-modern-take-on-dim-sum|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite web|last=Kirouac |first=Matt |date=21 March 2017|title=Trend Watch: Dim Sum Goes Beyond Chinatown|url=https://www.zagat.com/b/trend-watch-dim-sum-goes-beyond-chinatown|access-date=4 July 2020|website=[[Zagat]]|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704000753/https://www.zagat.com/b/trend-watch-dim-sum-goes-beyond-chinatown|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":24">{{Cite web|date=11 March 2020|title=The best modern dim sum restaurants in Hong Kong |url=https://www.lifestyleasia.com/hk/food-drink/dining/the-best-modern-dim-sum-restaurants-in-hong-kong/|access-date=4 July 2020|website=[[Lifestyle Asia]] Hong Kong |language=en-US |archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704001345/https://www.lifestyleasia.com/hk/food-drink/dining/the-best-modern-dim-sum-restaurants-in-hong-kong/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-17|title=Best Dim Sum in London, 7 Must-Try Restaurants to Yum Cha |url=https://www.honestfoodtalks.com/best-dim-sum-london-restaurant-yum-cha/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Honest Food Talks |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120130011/https://www.honestfoodtalks.com/best-dim-sum-london-restaurant-yum-cha/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong's most innovative dim sum restaurants {{!}} Hong Kong Tourism Board |url=https://www.discoverhongkong.com/ca/explore/dining/innovative-dim-sum-restaurants.html|access-date=2 October 2020|website=Discover Hong Kong |language=en|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005130756/https://www.discoverhongkong.com/ca/explore/dining/innovative-dim-sum-restaurants.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  Modern versions of buns include pork belly steamed buns with cucumber, green onion, cilantro, and ginger hoisin sauce, cocoa mushroom buns, chili lamb buns.  Dumplings include snow pea shoot and shrimp dumplings, and chili crab with fried garlic, ''siu mai'' with pork, shrimp, scallop, and caviar, dumplings stuffed with shrimp and peanut, dumplings with South Australian scallop, [[garoupa]] (grouper), caviar, gold leaf, and egg white, and bone marrow or beef short ribs in potstickers.  Pastry puff dishes include Australian [[Wagyu]] beef puff, [[Malaysian cuisine|Assam curry]] chicken puff, and pumpkin puffs. Toast dishes include Hong Kong–style French toast with condensed milk and peanut butter and prawn toast.  Additional examples are spring rolls filled with goat and duck skin and duck hearts cooked over a wood-fired grill and served with sesame-horseradish sauce.

One AAA four-diamond-award-winning Chinese restaurant in Miami Beach has a prix-fixe dim sum menu, prix-fixe "yum cha" menu and breakfast cocktails.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 June 2014|title=Hakkasan at Fontainebleau introduces new dim sum & prix-fixe menus for lunch|url=https://themiamiguide.com/hakkasan-at-fontainebleau-introduces-new-dim-sum-prix-fixe-menus-for-lunch/|access-date=6 September 2020|website=The Miami Guide |language=en-US |archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005130801/https://themiamiguide.com/hakkasan-at-fontainebleau-introduces-new-dim-sum-prix-fixe-menus-for-lunch/|url-status=live}}</ref>  Variations designed for visual appeal on social media, such as dumplings and buns made to resemble animals and fictional characters, also exist.<ref name=":25">{{Cite web|last=Schulman |first=Amy |date=5 February 2019|title=Hungerlust: One Man Is Reshaping Yum Cha in Hong Kong|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/hungerlust-one-man-is-reshaping-yum-cha-in-hong-kong/|access-date=6 August 2020|website=Culture Trip |archive-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624022001/https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/hungerlust-one-man-is-reshaping-yum-cha-in-hong-kong/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Andrea Brown"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=15 June 2020|title=Cute dim sum is huge in Hong Kong and we love it! {{!}} Honeycombers|url=https://thehoneycombers.com/hong-kong/cute-dim-sum-hong-kong-novelty-food/|access-date=2 October 2020|website=Honeycombers Hong Kong |language=en-GB}}</ref> Dim sum chefs have previously used cocoa powder as coloring to create steamed bread puffs to appear like forest mushrooms, espresso powder as both flavoring and coloring for deep-fried riblets, as well as pastry cream, and French puffs to create innovative dishes while paying tribute to the history of dim sum.<ref name=":4" />

=== Fast food ===
Dim sum can often be purchased from grocery stores in major cities.<ref name="Entertaining 2009" /> They can be cooked easily by steaming, frying, or microwaving.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Throw a Dim Sum Party Like A Pro|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/how/throw-dim-sum-party-pro|access-date=3 July 2020|website=[[Food & Wine]]|language=EN |archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703235554/https://www.foodandwine.com/how/throw-dim-sum-party-pro|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=How to Cook Frozen Dumplings|url=https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/03/how-to-cook-frozen-dumplings-boil-steam-microwave-fry.html|access-date=3 July 2020|website=seriouseats.com |language=en|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704032658/https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/03/how-to-cook-frozen-dumplings-boil-steam-microwave-fry.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Major grocery stores in Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Australia,<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Super Guide to Asian Supermarkets|url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/food-and-drink/article/super-guide-asian-supermarkets|access-date=2 September 2020|website=[[Broadsheet (website)|Broadsheet]]|language=en|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005130753/https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/food-and-drink/article/super-guide-asian-supermarkets|url-status=live}}</ref> the United States<ref name=":27">{{Cite web|last=Sietsema |first=Robert |date=21 May 2020|title=Eater's Restaurant Critics Review NYC's Best Frozen Dumplings and Bao |url=https://ny.eater.com/2020/5/21/21257478/best-frozen-dumpling-bao-chinese-korean-japanese-soup-grocery-review|access-date=2 September 2020|website=[[Eater NY]] |language=en |archive-date=28 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628205841/https://ny.eater.com/2020/5/21/21257478/best-frozen-dumpling-bao-chinese-korean-japanese-soup-grocery-review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Daley |first=Bill |title=Who makes the best frozen pork pot stickers? We put 7 brands to the test|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/craving/ct-food-chinese-dumplings-supermarket-tasting-0214-story.html|access-date=2 September 2020|website=Chicago Tribune |date=2 February 2018 |archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622131147/https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/craving/ct-food-chinese-dumplings-supermarket-tasting-0214-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Canada<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 December 2008|title=Entertaining's easy with dim sum at the ready |url=https://www.straight.com/article-176234/entertainings-easy-dim-sum-ready|access-date=2 September 2020|website=[[The Georgia Straight]]|language=en|archive-date=27 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227142334/http://straight.com/article-176234/entertainings-easy-dim-sum-ready|url-status=live}}</ref> stock a variety of frozen or fresh dim sum. These include dumplings, ''[[shumai]]'', pork buns, and others.<ref name=":27" />

In Hong Kong and other cities in Asia, dim sum can be purchased from convenience stores, [[café|coffee shops]] and other eateries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=7-Eleven champions its dim sum with "Wholehearted, Simple and Tasty" campaign launch|url=https://www.marketing-interactive.com/7-eleven-champions-its-dim-sum-with-wholehearted-simple-and-tasty-campaign-launch|access-date=3 July 2020|website=marketing-interactive.com|date=9 April 2019 |language=en-gb|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703153857/https://www.marketing-interactive.com/7-eleven-champions-its-dim-sum-with-wholehearted-simple-and-tasty-campaign-launch|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=7-Eleven Now Sells 'Din Tai Fung' Style Garlic Fried Rice & Here's What We Think |url=https://www.todayonline.com/8days/eatanddrink/newsandopening/7-eleven-now-sells-din-tai-fung-style-garlic-fried-rice-heres-what|access-date=3 July 2020|website=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]] |archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012252/https://www.todayonline.com/8days/eatanddrink/newsandopening/7-eleven-now-sells-din-tai-fung-style-garlic-fried-rice-heres-what|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Halal]]-certified dim sum that uses chicken instead of pork is very popular in Hong Kong,<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Tobin
| first         = Meaghan
| date         = 16 December 2018
| title         = Halal dim sum, airport prayer rooms: how Hong Kong, Japan and Korea won over Muslim travellers
| url         = https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/2177964/halal-dim-sum-airport-prayer-rooms-how-hong-kong-japan
| work         = [[South China Morning Post]]
| access-date         = 10 August 2020
| archive-date         = 15 August 2020
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20200815121955/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/2177964/halal-dim-sum-airport-prayer-rooms-how-hong-kong-japan
| url-status         = live
}}</ref> Malaysia,<ref>{{cite news
| last         = Tan
| first         = G.C.
| date         = 16 June 2017
| title         = Halal dim sum gains steam
| url         = https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/eat-and-drink/2017/06/16/halal-dim-sum-gains-steam-new-version-of-chinese-dumplings-find-a-place-in-ramadan-bazaar
| work         = [[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]
| access-date         = 10 August 2020
| archive-date         = 13 August 2020
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20200813035015/https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/eat-and-drink/2017/06/16/halal-dim-sum-gains-steam-new-version-of-chinese-dumplings-find-a-place-in-ramadan-bazaar
| url-status         = live
}}</ref> Indonesia<ref>{{cite news
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 |first        = Putu
 |date         = 7 February 2019
 |title        = Kuliner Malam Jumat: Berawal dari Mimpi Makan Dimsum Halal dan Terjangkau
 |trans-title  = Friday night culinary: Started from dreaming about eating Halal Dim sum and very affordable
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}}</ref> and Brunei.<ref>{{cite book
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HK SYP 西環 Sai Ying Pun 正街 Centre Street Dim Sum food shop March 2020 SS2 05.jpg|Streetside dim sum food shop in Hong Kong
Frozen dimsum.JPG|Frozen dim sum are widely available at [[convenience stores]]
Frozen Dim Sum in Grocery Store.jpg|Frozen dim sum in a grocery store in the United States
File:Vancouver - Dim Sum Express.jpg|Express Dim Sum food truck, Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia.
</gallery>

=== Restaurants ===
[[File:Example of Dim Sum Lunch.jpg|thumb|A light blue bill card (upper left) on a table of traditional family-style dim sum lunch dishes in a restaurant|alt=|left]]

Some Cantonese restaurants serve dim sum as early as five in the morning,<ref name=":18">梁廣福. (2015). 再會茶樓歲月 (初版. ed.). 香港: 中華書局(香港)有限公司</ref> while more traditional restaurants typically serve dim sum from mid-morning until mid-afternoon.<ref name="Jacobs 2017" /><ref name="Time guide" /><ref name="NYT" /> It is common for restaurants to serve dim sum during dinner as well as for [[takeout]].<ref name=":19">{{Cite news|last=Scholem |first=Richard Jay |date=16 August 1992|title=A la Carte; Dim Sum Delights |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/16/nyregion/a-la-carte-dim-sum-delights.html|access-date=3 July 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704161629/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/16/nyregion/a-la-carte-dim-sum-delights.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dim sum is served using a unique serving method<ref name="Phillips 2016">{{cite book | last=Phillips | first=C. | title=The Dim Sum Field Guide: A Taxonomy of Dumplings, Buns, Meats, Sweets, and Other Specialties of the Chinese Teahouse | publisher=[[Ten Speed Press]] | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-60774-956-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zvIDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 | access-date=5 November 2016 | pages=5–6 | archive-date=3 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303215630/https://books.google.com/books?id=2zvIDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 | url-status=live }}</ref> whereby servers offer dishes to customers from carts, including some carts that are steam-heated.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Phillips 2016" /><ref name=":20">{{cite book | last=Guides | first=R. | title=The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia On A Budget | publisher=[[Rough Guides]] | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4053-8686-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blOJhyGSjtwC&pg=PA145 | access-date=5 November 2016 | page=145 | archive-date=3 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303215629/https://books.google.com/books?id=blOJhyGSjtwC&pg=PA145 | url-status=live }}</ref> Diners often prefer tables nearest the kitchen since servers and carts pass by these tables first.<ref name="Epicurious etiquette" /> Many restaurants place [[lazy susan]]s on tables to help diners reach food and tea.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Daniel A. Gross |title=The Lazy Susan, the Classic Centerpiece of Chinese Restaurants, Is Neither Classic nor Chinese |language=en |work=[[Smithsonian Magazine]]|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lazy-susan-classic-centerpiece-chinese-restaurants-neither-classic-nor-chinese-180949844/|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803191637/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lazy-susan-classic-centerpiece-chinese-restaurants-neither-classic-nor-chinese-180949844/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The pricing of dishes at these types of restaurants may vary, but traditionally they are classified as "small", "medium", "large", "extra-large", or "special".<ref name="Spoon Uni 2014">{{Cite web|date=31 December 2014|title=Everything You Need to Know About Dim Sum|url=https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/dim-sum-101|access-date=3 July 2020|website=Spoon University |language=en-US |archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703155702/https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/dim-sum-101|url-status=live}}</ref> Servers record orders with a rubber stamp or an ink pen on a bill card that remains on the table.<ref name="Entertaining 2009" /><ref name="Spruce Eats2"/><ref name="Asia Society" /> Servers in some restaurants use distinctive stamps to track sales statistics for each server.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} When they have finished eating, the customer calls the server over, and their bill is calculated based on the number of stamps or quantities marked in each priced section.<ref name=":26" /><ref name="Spruce Eats2"/><ref name="Asia Society2">{{Cite web|title=What Is Dim Sum? The Beginner's Guide to South China's Traditional Brunch Meal|url=https://asiasociety.org/reference/what-dim-sum-beginners-guide-south-chinas-traditional-brunch-meal|access-date=3 July 2020|website=Asia Society |language=en|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703054952/https://asiasociety.org/reference/what-dim-sum-beginners-guide-south-chinas-traditional-brunch-meal|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another way of pricing the food that was consumed uses the number and color of the dishes left on the table.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":26" /> Some restaurants offer a new approach by using a [[conveyor belt]] format.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Corporation |first=Ready-Market Online |title=Dim Sum restaurant Solution Project|url=https://www.hong-chiang.com.tw/en/solutions/Dim-Sum-restaurant-Solution-Project/solutions-faq-003.html|access-date=3 July 2020|website=Hong Chiang Technology Industry Co.|language=en|archive-date=8 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608032229/https://www.hong-chiang.com.tw/en/solutions/Dim-Sum-restaurant-Solution-Project/solutions-faq-003.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other Cantonese restaurants may take orders from a pre-printed sheet of paper and serve [[à la carte]], much like Spanish [[tapas]] restaurants,<ref>{{Cite web|last=James |first=Trevor |date=9 August 2019|title=What is Dim Sum + The Ultimate Ordering Guide|url=https://www.thefoodranger.com/what-is-dim-sum-the-ultimate-guide/|access-date=3 July 2020|website=[[The Food Ranger]]|language=en-US|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703142332/https://www.thefoodranger.com/what-is-dim-sum-the-ultimate-guide/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 December 2017|title=Six rules for eating dim sum like a pro |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/travel-food/article/2123276/six-rules-eating-dim-sum-hong-kong-pro|access-date=3 July 2020|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704063402/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/travel-food/article/2123276/six-rules-eating-dim-sum-hong-kong-pro|url-status=live}}</ref> to provide fresh, cooked-to-order dim sum or because of real estate and resource constraints.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Embiricos |first=George |date=16 June 2015|title=Dim Sum Has Gotten The Hell Out Of Chinatown|url=https://www.foodrepublic.com/2015/06/16/dim-sum-has-gotten-the-hell-out-of-chinatown/|access-date=3 July 2020|website=[[Zero Point Zero Production |Food Republic]]|language=en-US|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808143110/https://www.foodrepublic.com/2015/06/16/dim-sum-has-gotten-the-hell-out-of-chinatown/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Britain's Dim Sum Trolleys Are Making Their Last Rounds|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/britains-dim-sum-trolleys-are-making-their-last-rounds/|access-date=3 July 2020|website=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|date=25 April 2016 |language=en|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703164737/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9aggq5/britains-dim-sum-trolleys-are-making-their-last-rounds|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:HK 堅尼地城 Kennedy Town 北街 North Street dim sum food shop October 2019 SS2 12.jpg|thumb|Dim sum food shop in Hong Kong]]