The leafy garnish gives you some greens and Steamed beef tripe 牛柏葉 niu bai ye ngau pak yip – the broth is so delicious, you might forget you’re eating intestines. Rice noodle crepe 腸粉 chángfěn chéungfán – it’s like a steamed lasagna noodle (made of rice instead of flour) wrapped around beef or shrimp filling ĭeep fried pork dumpling 鹹水角 xiánshuǐ jiǎo hàahm séui gok – this dumpling has a crispy outside and a salty sweet filling Ĭruller rice noodle crepes 炸兩 jaléung – steamed rice noodled wrapped around fried dough – it’s the perfect balance between soft and crispy Steamed shrimp dumpling 蝦餃 xiā jiǎo (Mandarin) hā gáau (Cantonese) įried taro dumpling 芋角 yù jiǎo wuh gok – a dumpling with a taro and meat filling and a crispy deep fried texure on the outside Anyway, suffice to say that everything on the dim sum menu sells to someone. Our family gobbled everything up as soon as it came, so our side of the table was constantly empty. The mainland family had tons of plates of food on their side of the table that they ate very slowly, and they left with a little food still on the table. Also our ordering styles were completely different. My family was once seated with a mainland-Chinese family at dim sum, and though the menu wasn’t expansive, we ordered completely different items. The waiters would then stamp or initial the table’s check with the appropriate costs of the items. In many dim sum restaurants, waiters go around the restaurant pushing silver carts holding premade dim sum dishes in silver or bamboo tins and each table would then get to judge the wares and order as many as they like. The dishes have a strong emphasis on shrimp, because Guangdong is a coastal area. The dishes usually come in servings of 3 or 4. Chinese families flock to dim sum restaurants on the weekends. “Dim sum” literally translates to “touch the heart.” To the uninitiated, dim sum could be described as Chinese tapas served with tea during brunch times. Because this region is coastal, there’s a heavy emphasis on seafood. Though Cantonese cooking uses soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and scallions the emphasis is on high-quality raw ingredients. Thus, most Chinese restaurants in the West were Cantonese restaurants until this century. You likely already know Cantonese food because many of the early wave of Chinese immigrants were Cantonese.
This is a list of restaurants I could take my family to.ĭim sum is a staple of Cantonese cuisine, but what exactly is Cantonese food? Generally speaking, Cantonese food encompasses the cuisine and cooking styles of Hong Kong, Macau, and the Guangdong province in China. But that’s Chinese American food and that’s a list for a different day. If you check on Yelp in Northern Virginia, some of the most popular dishes at top-rated restaurants are orange chicken, chicken fried rice, and moo shu pork. Here’s a Chinese person’s guide to the best Chinese restaurants in Northern Virginia – because life is too short to go to Maryland. But Chinese restaurants have been springing up all over Northern Virginia lately, bringing a depth and breadth of Chinese cuisine heretofore unseen. Until a few years ago, my family trekked up to Rockville to get Chinese food. This is where Cantonese people get dim sum. It’s a list for Cantonese authenticity, not fusion. This is an insider’s guide to Northern Virginia dim sum. When I get dim sum, I want it to taste exactly as it did when I was a child. When I go to an Italian restaurant, I want something new, but Italians want a taste of their grandmothers’ kitchens.
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