Re: OT: Junk/Dim S(ui)m

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Roger Mills wrote:

> Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
>
> > I'm not sure what 'dim-sum' is, but here in Melbourne there is a joke that
> > dim-sims contain cat meat, or were originally made of cat meat, or some
> > derivative thereof. Apparently the source was a fish-n-chips shop* in St
> > Kilda (a suburb of Melbourne) which did it, and were subsequently shut
> > down.
> >
> Urban Legend Alert!?
Possibly, but the person I got this from is usually very credible.

> > *I don't know what the sell in the UK, but in Australia, it isn't a
> > fish-n-chips shop unless they sell fish and chips (and other things in
> > batter), souvlaki, hamburgers, dimsims and springrolls.
> >
> That's quite a mix.
Not that anyone's complaining :) But if your feeling like Greek or Asian
food, you'd go to a Greek or Asian restaurant. While fish-n-chips shops
give you better hamburgers and chips than Maccas's burgers and fries, the
same doesn't apply to souvlaki and spring rolls.

> In the US if you want echt-ethnic food, you have to go
> to an ethnic restaurant, and outside of major cities, even those are always
> very echt.
What's 'echt'?

> Dim sum (US spelling) isn't really a dish, but a style of light snack/meal,
> where the waiters wheel around a cart loaded with little saucers with small
> portions of goodies (mostly dumplings, but not entirely). Rather on the
> order of Spanish tapas. With some exceptions, every plate costs the same;
> your final bill depends on how many empty plates there are on your table.
Well, calling dim sims a dish is somewhat extreme, I think. They're a
snack, had with other stuff (like you might have fish-n-chips and dim
sims, or dimsims, fried rice as side dishes with a meat stirfry as the
main or something) to form a meal.

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
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