Dim Sum

Dim Sum Quotes

Dim Sum Quotes

For our first meal after Live Below The Line we returned to our regularly scheduled weekend dim sum. We headed out further a field than usual because our friend Linda was visiting and she came equipped with a car. So we headed north to where some of the best dim sum in the GTA can be found these days. As usual the conversation was smart (Linda), quick (Gerry) and often silly (Lex). I couldn’t help capturing the best quotes of the meal: Gerry: “They are allergic to bits.” Lex: “I use communications to avoid communication.” Linda: “If you can monetize…

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Dumpling of Contention

Dumpling of Contention

You never really know how hard it is to order a dumping until you’ve been craving it for days & it’s not on the menu.  This particular dumpling was the cause of much confusion yesterday when I finally got out of my sick bed and went for the dim sum I’d been craving for almost a week. It’s a pretty standard dim sum dumpling, so standard that I’ve never really had to learn what it’s called in Cantonese. When it’s busy I can usually point at it either as it’s wheeled around on a cart, or from a plate full…

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Dim Sum & Tech Toys

Dim Sum & Tech Toys

I’d been craving dim sum for lunch for so long that I tweeted it… resulting in a table filled with like-minded folks eating dim sum, taking pictures and tweeting. Chris (@gypsybandito) brought the #N97MiniTour crew along and we got to see and play with the new Nokia n97 mini I have to say, it’s a pretty sexy smart phone. I was especially intrigued by the ability to link the phones together to get a stronger signal… very useful in non-urban situations (or perhaps even crappy urban conference centers.) As we all know I’m a big phone-geek (well, maybe not as…

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Dim Sum at Lai Wah Heen

Dim Sum at Lai Wah Heen

After months and months of threatening to have lunch together, Dave Fleet & I were finally able to make it happen. A quick bite of dim sum at Lai Wah Heen

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Waiter, waiter, there are flowers in my tea

Waiter, waiter, there are flowers in my tea

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Pan Dumplings

Pan Dumplings

Does anyone know what these round dumplings are called? They are stuffed with pork and shrimp and greens… and are generally very tasty. Though sometimes a little greasy.

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