A Jewish Christmas - Dim Sum
Friday, December 28th, 2007Almost every Christmas Eve I can remember was spent with my family, and we always had dinner at a Chinese restaurant and then saw a movie. I missed a few years, in my late teens and early twenties, when most people rebel against their families and other institutions. During these years I usually ‘rebelled’ by being temporarily adopted by a Christian family and sometimes even attending midnight mass at a church. What a crazy kid I was.
This year was no different. My girlfriend, my brother, my grandmother and her caregiver (who is a Jehovah’s witness and therefore did not celebrate Christmas or take the evening off) went for Chinese food. Afterwards, my girlfriend, my brother and I went to see “The Golden Compass”, a fittingly anti-Christian film.
The next day, Christmas Day, I went to Kam Fung for Dim Sum.
Some of you may recall that I wrote about the Kam Fung Dim Sum experience last year, but if you compare the two, we ordered a variety of different dishes each time.
This time I was accompanied by four lovely women, and we chatted, ate lots of dumplings and drank copious amounts of tea. Below is a list of most of what we ate.
Fried calmari
Always one of my favorites.
Spicy fried tofu
One the tastiest but unhealthiest ways to prepare tofu.
Mushroom/pork/shrimp meatballs
Strange, but satisfying. slimy mushroom acts as a container for seasoned ground pork.
Tripe
yech.
Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce
Healthy and delicious.
Fried taro.
I don’t know how this ended up on the table, but it was fine.
Shrimp spring rolls.
Once again, we must have been having some really good discussions, as we cannot remember who said ‘yes’ to these, but they were good nonetheless. The pile of mayo was overkill.
Sesame balls with lotus paste
Classic. Almost sweet like dessert, but still savory enough to keep ordering more food…if we’re still hungry…
Deep fried shrimp dumplings
We all thought we were getting steamed shrimp dumplings. Oh well.
Steamed shrimp dumplings
YES!
There were some that i missed opportunities to get photos of, but that is all part of the mystery of Dim Sum.
For dessert, some coconut and mango jelly pudding
The coconut was slightly mild, but the mango was spot on.
The battlefield:
Afterwards, we walked towards home and stopped for Christmas coffees at Café Olympico.
The best Christmas ever!
