How to Use dim sum in a Sentence

dim sum

noun
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  • Here at Wah Kee, the dim sum tastes as good as in Hong Kong.
    — Kaila Yu, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Flowers beer books dim sum = a one-of-a-kind spot.
    — Bon Appetit, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Flowers + beer + books + dim sum = a one-of-a-kind spot.
    — Bon Appetit, 1 Aug. 2017
  • And where better to go hard on har gow than at one of L.A.’s great dim sum halls?
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
  • In dim sum restaurants small chunks of pork spareribs are steamed with black beans.
    — Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Then there’s dim sum, tarts, corn breads, croissants, and roll cakes.
    — Cathy Erway, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Dine on dim sum and platitos, rice and noodles, poke and more.
    — A.d. Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
  • The new venture will soon be joined by Palette, a new dim sum spot from the Koi Palace folks.
    — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2018
  • And tourists learned the point-and-eat tradition of Chinese dim sum.
    — Anjali Tsui, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The restaurant had mixed success until 1980, when Lam added dim sum to the menu.
    — Mark Glover, sacbee, 29 Oct. 2017
  • How to speak a little Cantonese, master dim sum, and wear the right amount of flair.
    — Kate Springer, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • When all was said and done, the crew packed up, returned to the gallery, and went out for family dim sum.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 27 June 2019
  • Three floors above, Chef Lo Kin-ming and his dim sum team prepare siu mai.
    — Casey Quackenbush / Hong Kong, Time, 12 July 2018
  • Weekends at Hong Kong Spirit Food mean dim sum in a town where dim sum is thin on the ground.
    — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Life is too short for soggy dim sum and overcooked salmon.
    — Dan Cryer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • There are some who go to dim sum restaurants every day.
    — Anna Kang, Time, 18 Dec. 2019
  • All your dim sum questions will be answered in this week’s episode.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Project Takeout inspired me to branch out and try to replicate a dim sum spread at home.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2021
  • The booth also sells an all-day menu of dim sum (sweet and savory streamed buns) and fruit teas and lemonades.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But for now the dim sum mainstay Yank Sing is the only thing open inside, and the mood is mighty forlorn.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The fried taro puffs may be the most distinct of all dim sum dumplings in both appearance and flavor.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Burke hired her in the mid-1990s to help create a dim sum brunch menu at his restaurant Park Avenue Cafe.
    — Priya Krishna, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • There was a large dim sum section of the menu, and everything was handmade.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Lo bak go, a savory dim sum cake, is made with beets instead of turnips, and fried rice is topped with fish roe.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Soup dumplings, shrimp dumplings, and bok choy are staples in my dim sum order and for empanadas?
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • All the dim sum is handmade by the chef, who comes into the restaurant at 6 a.m. every day to create the bite-sized morsels.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Most of the dim sum places around the city use rice flour for their rice rolls, but the owner, Joe, traveled to Guangzhou to learn how to grind rice himself.
    — Nate Erickson, Esquire, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The next day, the trio met for dim sum at the Lotus Garden, one of two dim sum houses in San Francisco at the time.
    — Paolo Lucchesi, SFChronicle.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Their concept features Kai Kai, a Cantonese favorite known for its dim sum, char siu and roast duck.
    — Laura Kinsler, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
  • There's also a hot and cold buffet (with dim sum!), a self-serve bar with an impressively wide range of wines, and shower suites for freshening up.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2024

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