Dim Sum Terminology

[tonado]

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Dim Sum Terms

 

Bang — pancakes, cookies &c

Bow (Bao) — thick, fluffy wheat bun (usually steamed)

Char Siu — BBQ pork

Cheung Fun — steamed rice-pastry roll doused in soy sauce & sesame oil

Dow Sa — sweet bean paste

Ga Lei — curried beef

Guy (Gai) — chicken (usually)

Gee (Jee) — pork

Go — cake or pudding, steamed, baked or fried

Gok — turnover or dumpling, usually deep-fried

Gow — light dumpling, usually steamed rice pastry

Har — shrimp

Jaw — claw

Lat Cheung — Chinese sausage

Lin Yung — sweet lotus bean starch & egg yolk

Lo Bak — Chinese radish

Ma Tai — water chestnut

Mui Jeung — plum sauce

Ngau (Yuk) — beef

Siu — BBQ (often)

Tong — soup (usually)

Wu — taro (or yam)

Yuk (Guk) — meat

 

Bow (Bao) — thick, fluffy wheat bun (usually steamed)

Chan Bow — bun filled with BBQ pork, onion & oyster sauce

Char Siu Bow — BBQ pork bun

Dow Sa Bow — sweet bean paste bun

Fo Tui Bow — ham bun (baked)

Ga Lei Bow — curried beef bun (baked)

Gai Bow — chicken bun

Lat Cheung Bow — Chinese sausage bun

Lin Yung Bow — sweet lotus bean starch & egg yolk bun

Mui Jeung Gai Bow — plum sauce chicken bun

 

Cheung Fun — steamed rice-pastry roll doused in soy sauce & sesame oil

Char Siu CF — BBQ pork roll

Har Cheung Fun — shrimp roll

Ngau (Yuk) CF — beef roll

 

Gok — turnover or dumpling, usually deep-fried

Fun Gok — shrimp, pork &c in moon-shaped rice-pastry

Gee Yuk Gok — pork & water chestnuts in egg pastry

Ham Sui Gok — pork & vegetables in sweet rice pastry

Jow Har Gok — shrimp turnovers in glutinous rice pastry

Wu Gok — chopped pork, shrimp & vegetables in taro pastry

 

Gow — light dumpling, usually steamed rice pastry

Gone Tong Gow — thick broth with pork & shrimp inside a large gow

Har Gow — diced shrimp & bamboo shoots

Yu Chee Gow — shark fin, diced pork, shrimp, chicken, bamboo shoots

 

Go — cake or pudding, steamed, baked or fried

Bak Tong Go — steamed sweet rice pudding cake

Chin Jung Go — delicate pastry, fruit and egg cake

Gai Dun Go — light sponge cake

Gow Chung Go — nine-layer sweet tapioca pudding

Lo Bak Go — fried pudding with Chinese radish, rice, flour & pork

Ma Lai Go — dark sponge cake

Ma Tai Go — fried sweet cake with waterchestnut

Wu Tao Go — steamed taro pudding cake

Other Items

 

Chun Yao Bang — fried onion pancakes

Chun Guen — spring rolls

Dun Tat — sweet egg-custard tart

Fun Gwor — chicken, pork, shrimp in transparent rice pastry

Fung Jaw — steamed chicken claws in black bean sauce

Jar Har Fat — minced shrimp & pork powdered with vermicelli, fried

Jean Dui — sesame seed dumplings filled with bean paste

Joak — thick rice porridge soup

Han Yun Dow Foo — sweet almond pudding with fruit topping

Ngau Bak Yip — steamed beef tripe in black bean & garlic sauce

Ngau Jap — steamed beef stomach in black bean sauce

Ngau Yuk Siu Mai — steamed beef ball with green pea sauce

Nor Mai Fuan — fried sticky rice with Chinese sausage, vegetables & BBQ pork

Nor Mai Gai — sticky rice ball stuffed with chicken, pork & sausage wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed

Pai Guck — steamed spare ribs

Su Jai Bang — fried potato dumplings filled with BBQ pork & water chestnuts

Sin Chet Kuen — minced meat & vegetables wrapped in bean curd skin

Siu Mai — minced pork, bamboo shoots & water chestnuts in steamed egg pastry

Siu Pai Guck — BBQ spare ribs

Up Cheung — braised duck web seasoned with oyster sauce

Wor Tip — fried dumpling filled with meat sauce & lined with pork

Yuan Dun Foo — bean curd with pork & shrimp or other meat

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