Dim Sum - I Have Died and Gone to Heaven

Have you tried Have you ever tried Dim Sum?

I suggest you do if you haven’t.

What is Dim Sum you ask? The best thing ever.

You are required to sit down and simply wait for a cart of food to pull up to your table. Upon arrival of the cart, you will choose whatever plates you wish to eat. Every fifteen minutes or so, a new cart comes around with different options.

Winnipeg offers several Dim Sum restaurants, especially in Chinatown. For example, there is Dim Sum Garden, Kum Koon Garden, Sam Po and Noodle Express, to name a few.

You can expect some pretty basic dishes on the carts of dim sum restaurants, such as spring rolls, noodles and dumplings. My favourite is the stuffed steamed eggplant. It's covered with a black bean sauce to make it extra yummy. 

A server hooks you up with a paper that sits at the corner of your table, every time an item is picked off of the cart, it is checked off on your list (small, medium or large dish). 

I went to Kum Koon Garden for the first time with my mom. During the course of the meal, we had approximately eight items- calamari, shrimp dumplings, crab dumplings, pork buns, pineapple buns, shrimp cakes, spring rolls, and eggplant. The bill came out to $40 for two people. 

When dining at Sam Po, Happy Hour is from 2pm - close, therefore it's less expensive and generally the same. As long as you do your dim sum research, it's easy to find a place that offers Happy Hour prices or 2 for 1 plates. Do you research, UrbanSpoon is awesome for checking out menus and specials. 

So why do I recommend Dim Sum? Because it's awesome to see what your eating before you order!!