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點心 Dim Sum (2) 點心

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Dim Sum Menu 經手人 ging1 sau2 jan4
rice, meat and vegetables all cooked in the same pot 盅仔飯 zung1 zai2 faan6
glutinous (sticky) rice with preserved (cured) meats. 腊味糯米飯 laap6 mei6 no6 mai5 faan6
Rice with spare ribs in black bean sauce 豉汁排骨飯 si6 zap1 paai4 gwat1 faan6
Chicken, Chinese sausage, & mushrooms with rice. 腊腸冬菇雞飯 laap6 coeng4 dung1 gu1 gai1 faan6
Chicken's feet and spare ribs on rice 鳳爪排骨飯 fung6 zaau2 paai4 gwat1 faan6
salted fish and sliced meat with rice 咸魚肉片飯 haam4 jyu4 juk6 pin3 faan6
special steamed dishes 蒸點特式 zing1 dim2 dak6 sik1
steamed mushroom vegetarian rolls 金菇菜蒸素卷 gam1 gu1 coi3 zing1 sou3 gyun3
satay cuttlefish 沙嗲墨魚仔 saa1 de2 mak6 jyu4 zai2
Lohan crystal dumplings 羅漢水晶包 lo4 hon3 seoi2 zing1 baau1
fragrant mushrooms stuffed with fish maw 香菇釀魚肚 hoeng1 gu1 joeng6 jyu4 tou5
seafood golden fish dumplings 海鮮金魚餃 hoi2 sin1 gam1 jyu4 gaau2
fresh shrimp & spinach dumplings 鮮蝦菠菜餃 sin1 haa1 bo1 coi3 gaau2
100 flowers fermented bamboo 百花釀竹笙 baak3 faa1 joeng6 zuk1 saang1
Imperial crab & pea shoots dumpling 蟹皇荳苗餃 haai5 wong4 dau6 miu4 gaau2
cow offals bowl (tripe) 柱候牛雜盅 cyu5 hau6 ngau4 zaap6 zung1
Imperial shark’s fin dumplings 魚翅杞子湯餃皇 jyu4 ci3 gei2 zi2 tong1 gaau2 wong4

  

Character Analysis

盅仔 = small porcelain pot  汁 = sauce  鳳爪 = phoenix claws 素 = here it means "vegetarian"
羅漢 = a Buddhist term meaning "perfect man", and therefore implies vegetarian
波菜 = spinach, but should actually be written 菠菜, the printed menu has a typo!
荳 = beans (may also be written 豆)
Character Variants: : 腊 is a variant for 臘   咸 is a variant form of 鹹
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