I spent many Sundays growing up eating wu gok at dim sum parlors all over the San Gabriel Valley. The fried taro puffs may be the most distinct of all dim sum dumplings in both appearance and flavor.
I have eaten dim sum with my bare hands while sitting on a San Francisco sidewalk. I have grabbed steaming plates of chicken feet, flaky-creamy egg tarts and crisp-fried taro balls off clattering ...
Are you preparing to try dim sum for the first time? Here are some tips to know ahead of time, to make the most of this ...
I had forgotten how vivid and immediate the textures were at Yum Yum Cha Cafe, the small-batch dim sum place in the Rice Village. But it all came back to me in a rush on a recent Saturday morning, ...
Bon Appétit meets Lucas Sin in Flushing, New York, as he prepares to eat his way through the entire dim sum menu at New Lake Pavilion. Joined by Eric Sze, chef at Wenwen and 886 in NYC, their ...
Five minutes into a strip mall odyssey with Chinese food expert and activist Grace Young, I realized I’d been eating dim sum wrong my entire life. Instead of grabbing at the bites in a ravenous flurry ...
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Steamed taro cake (芋頭糕)

This recipe for Steamed Taro Cake (Wu Tao Gou 芋頭糕) is a classic dim sum dish, featuring taro, Chinese sausage and mushrooms ...
East Contra Costa County dumpling enthusiasts rejoiced when Dumpling Hours opened a new outpost of the wildly-popular Walnut Creek restaurant in Brentwood earlier this summer. Now, a family-owned dim ...
I visited the stall on a rainy day, and the coffee shop was almost empty. Most of the stalls had yet to open, but customers were ordering from Twin Star Dim Sum. The usual dim sum fare was available ...