Assorted Dim Sum Basket
$28 play money
A bamboo basket of mixed steamed dumplings. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $28 in play money, which puts it in the Everyday tier ($15 to $59). It is part of the everyday core of the menu.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- Chinese
- Menu section
- Chinese
- Price tier
- Everyday ($15 to $59)
- Play-money price
- $28
- Main ingredients
- shrimp dumplings, pork dumplings, buns
- How it is served
- Stacked bamboo steamer baskets, the top one open showing assorted dumplings
History, tradition and origin
Wrapping a filling in dough is a shared idea across Asia and Eastern Europe. In northern China, families fold dumplings together at new year because their shape recalls old silver ingots. Cantonese tea houses turned small steamed dishes into a morning ritual. Soup-filled dumplings come from the Shanghai region, and pan-fried ones reached Japan in the twentieth century.
Food economy and industry
Tea house dumplings are still largely made by hand, and a skilled cook pleats thousands a day. Frozen dumplings are one of the biggest prepared-food categories in East Asia, produced by automated lines and exported widely. Wheat flour, pork, cabbage and shrimp are the main inputs, and prices follow the pork market closely.
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