Char siu bao – this famous Cantonese steamed staple filled with juicy roast pork is a must-eat for most dim sum.

A fun twist on Chinese pork buns: bacon buns!

Chinese Roast Pork Pastry Puffs (Char Siu So).

Dim sum at home: shao mai.

This dish is popular during Chinese New Year. It’s made by grating radish, steaming and serving pan fried.

Chinese taro croquettes filled with pork and prawns.

It’s surprisingly easy to make these classic Chicken Gyoza, or Japanese Potstickers, at home using ready made wrappers.

Easy recipe for homemade restaurant quality siomai.

Trying to perfect the scratch-made pot sticker (aka guotie) skins and fillings.

Shrimp toasts, a simple tasty canape to bring to your New Years party.

Red Bean Paste Pau aka Azuki Bean Steamed Buns

Steamed Black Sauce Pork Belly Served with Steamed White Bun. From Stacked, Singapore

Try these faux sharksfin dumplings in broth, my easy version of an extremely popular Chinese dim sum dish or 灌湯餃.

Juicy Mongolian lamb dumplings (xiaolongbao, 小籠包) from Mongkok’s Little Sheep, Hong Kong.

colourful xiao long bao

The rich broth is being concealed in the thick layer of bun skin together with generous amount of crabmeat and roes.

Deep fried ‘Tang Yuan’ from Golden Unicorn in New York City. They’re an addictive, warm dessert you can get at Dim sum.

Spicy hand-pulled Dan Dan Noodles from Crystal Jade in Shanghai, China

Delious pan-fried steamed buns (shen jian bao) from Yang’s Fry Dumpling in Shanghai, China

Not the usual spring roll found in dim sum restaurants.

Crispy Scallion Pancake Roll with Beef from Taiwan Cafe in Boston, MA

I use a tortilla press to make the wrappers for Har Gow.