Dim Sum

Have you ever struggled to know what to order when going for dim sum? Dim Sum: A Survival Guide is a practical guidebook with beautiful photography, icons for allergies or dietary requirements and children’s favourites. For those new to town there are phonetic pronunciations to guide you in saying the names. This great book is rounded off with cooking tips from the top dim sum chefs around, and a guide to the art of tea drinking.– “Foodie Magazine”It’s one of those books you pick up and wonder, ‘Why has it taken so long for someone to come up with this?’ Dim Sum: A Survival Guide, by Australian-Chinese Liza Chu, is a small volume that gives basic information about most of the steamed, deep-fried, pan-fried, baked and roasted treats that whiz past bewildered non-Cantonese speakers in dim sum restaurants worldwide.– “South China Morning Post”

Liza Chu is a Hong Kong native who began working in her family’s Chinese restaurant from the age of 13. After studying in Australia, she spent time living in Japan and the United States. She now lives in Hong Kong where she teaches Chinese language and culture to expats. Her regular dim sum excursions with her students prompted the creation of her visual guidebook to Cantonese cuisine.