Dim Sum: A Pocket Guide

A very small book with very good pictures of the commonest Dim Sum.For a complete neophyte to Cantonese cuisine this might be a nice start and convince you to try the fried turnip cake :)But there's just not enough content in this book for what I needed.(It's not a recipe book people, it's a guide to ordering food in restaurants)

A recent visit to San Francisco encountering the Dim Sum shops of Chinatown revealed my inability to survive anything beyond an English menu (fortunately a young Chinese lady helped me out). In Chinatown typically all menus are in Chinese, many items look the same and no staff speak English but there is lots of great food, that's where this book comes in. It presents a clear guide in English and Cantonese with beautiful photos of common Dim Sum dishes along with a guide to typical etiquette. No recipes but lots of useful information. If you're looking for a recipe book then Dim Sum is much better.

Very basic choice of dim sum, nice simple pictures. Too basic for my purchases unfortunately. Would have like more dishes included.

Made a mistake here. Thought I was buying a recipe book but found when I received it that it was just a guide to different types of dim sum which I already know about. So for me actually it was a waste of money.

Great little pocket book, very satisfied , would recommend ,good pics, description of food very satisfied,makes me hungry just lookin at pics

Previous reviewers who wanted a recipe book have unfairly lowered the rating here and should really have done some advance research.This book is essential if, like me, you don't speak fluent Cantonese but travel to Hong Kong now and again or even live there. It gives the phonetic spelling of all the major Yum Cha options including teas so that you can order confidently when the staff don't speak English and when you want to do more than just dumbly point at a picture on a menu.It's also tiny so you can easily fit it into your pocket or handbag.

For those who chose not to read the description, this is not a recipe book but a guidebook - indispensible for first (or second) time visitors to Dim Sum restaurants who want to know what they are ordering. Full colour pictures and descriptions make this little book helpful to carry in your bag or pocket (Hence the subtitle: pocket guide).

Unfortunately I was after Dim Sum recipes and this is no cookbook. Gives good descriptions of many resturant Dim Sums but it is a breif description only, small pocket size book and did give me some ideas for cooking different items