(Jessica Spengler/ Flickr) Shrimp dumpling (har gow, xia jiao)— One of the most popular ... Though these are originally from Shanghai, their national popularity has secured their status as a dim sum ...

The only dim sum she ever made was siu mai: small, open-topped dumplings filled with pork and shrimp. These were far easier than other types of dim sum because you could buy the wrappers ...

One of the most famous culinary traditions of China, dim sum restaurants are a culinary institution in many American Chinatowns. Translated in Cantonese as “to touch the heart,” dim sum is ...