Dim Sum yumminess

My foodie groups have introduced me to not only new people but new culinary adventures.  One thing I've always been curious about is how Dim Sum works.  Way back when I was younger and went to San Francisco with Mom, we went to dinner in Chinatown.  They had people in white coats with carts pushed around with all sorts of little baskets on them full of goodies.  We didn't know how/what it was so we skipped it.

Fast forward to current date and my food group has done Dim Sum many times but I've either not made it in before the event was full or I had a conflict.  Well yesterday, a smaller group of foodies invited me to join them for Dim Sum!  There were just 4 of us and thank goodness, Vicki is Asian and ordered for us.  I was amazed as she flipped into speaking Chinese.  She was lifting lids and nodding and pointing.  And our table was full of little tin pots and and plates of deliciousness.

I am sort of a picky eater honestly and with Dim Sum, you never quite know what it is.  People suggested you just try everything and don't ask what it was.  I knew dang well, chicken feet weren't going to happen but I was fairly open to whatever else landed on the table.  Lucky for me, Vicki was happy to tell us most of it.

Some of our spread.

Buns.  They are filled with different things.  One was egg. 
I went ahead and skipped the egg one but tried the pork.

Shrimp in rice paper

Chinese Broccoli

Shrimp balls

Don't pass out but I even tried the calamari and it was pretty okay.  I ate about 1/2 the plate of broccoli.  It was so good.  Shrimp was great.  I love the pork circle things.  We also had pork cheek which I skipped because I could see big strings of fat in there (as pork cheek has).  I simply can't do that.

I must have held my own because they started talking about a trip to Hong Kong and really want me to join.  Maybe I wouldn't starve there after all.  Now I need to find more  people to try Dim Sum with because I definitely want to go again.