Dim sum is a unique food culture of Hong Kong. Similar to the afternoon tea practice of England, Hong Kong Yum Cha is a meal between meals. Yum cha was usually eaten as brunch with tea and delicate snacks, dim sums. Dim sums are cuisines for sharing that a course will contain several foods in small proportion. So that, everyone can taste many dishes without stuffing themselves too much. The practice is deeply rooted in Cantonese culture that tea restaurants are everywhere in China town around the world. Of course, the popularity also grew among Westerners. The diverse exquisite cuisines are so fascinating that dim sum has won the heart of the world. Here are some iconic dim sums one must not miss. Tea houses, round tables full, dim sums served by heating trolley, shumai marvelously arranged in bamboo steamers, hot tea poured, and the teatime began.
Steamed Custard Bun
The first classic dim sum is the famous steamed custard bun. Steamed custard bun features the creamy, sandy texture of fluid custard and mashed salted egg yolk filling. Though there are various custard fillings, the most common flavors are salted egg yolk and sesame. Sink your teeth into the soft and fluffy dough, and let the steaming hot custard filling flow right into your mouth. The amazing taste is so satisfying that it has taken the third place of the most favorite dim sum in Hong Kong. In addition to the flavor and texture, the design and look of steamed custard bun is a distinctive attraction. Restaurants make custard buns into piglets, chicks and even mushrooms.
Steamed Custard Bun Made By Dim Sum Machine
Hundred Machinery refurbished Rheon’s automatic encrusting machine AN208 for dim sum making. Multipurpose, efficient and user-friendly, AN208 can produce high quality stuffed breads, buns and rolls, processing ingredients with different characters. Additionally, the weight, size, proportion of skin and filling and speed are adjustable according to product demands. We also provide optional devices and accessories to enrich product diversity and multiple product production.
Soup Dumpling (Xiaolongbao) / Mini Steamed Bun
Soup dumpling, also called xiaolongbao, literally means dumpling with soup and mini steamed bun. Featuring thin delicate skin, juicy meat and broth filling, soup dumpling is the must-eat. Take a small bite to make a little hole of the dumpling. The texture of the skin is slick and tender, yet still chewy. Then, take a sip of the broth inside. The broth gelatin, melted by the heat while steaming, becomes the soup of soup dumpling. Savory and meaty, soup dumpling is irresistible. Another kind of dim sum similar to xiaolongbao is mini steamed bun. Unlike soup dumpling, mini steamed bun is made of leavened dough and meat fillings without broth. The soft and fluffy texture is a great attraction to bun lovers.
Soup Dumpling / Xiaolongbao Made By Dim Sum Machine
HM-737 multipurpose dumpling forming machine can produce a great variety of dumplings, such as pelmeni, pierogi, ravioli, samosa and more with different dumpling molds. Moreover, by equipping with EU-70L soup dumpling encrusting shutter unit, HM-737 can produce all kinds of round products such as soup dumplings, mini steamed buns, Chinese meat pies and so on.
Shumai
Wrapping up by thin unleavened skin, without sealing, the fillings of shumai is revealed from the top. With delicate toppings and colorful wrappers, shumai look like a flower bud, ready to blossom. The texture of shumai is chewier and richer for its diverse filling ingredients, like shrimp, crab roe, glutinous rice, beef, pork, fish, lamb, eggs and more. Shumai is, without a doubt, the most iconic dim sum and Hong Kong’s favorite dim sum. On average, Hong Kong alone can consume 400 million shumai a year.
HM-80 is a fully automatic double-line shumai making machine. Highly efficient, HM-80 can produce up to 5,000 pieces of shumai per hour. Without making the shumai skin manually, HM-80 will roll the kneaded dough from the hopper into even and thin wrapper. The special rotating design of the forming plate can fill and form two shumai at a time, increasing the capacity greatly. Moreover, HM-80 is equipped with two robotic grippers to move the shumai from the forming plate to the conveyor automatically.
From Hong Kong To The World
Dim sum, delicacies representing Hong Kong and its lifestyle, has now become common cuisines loved by the world. Thanks to the automation of dim sum production, people around the globe, these amazing snacks are available from restaurants, Asian food stores and super markets. To provide dim sums with best quality and flavor, Hundred Machinery has developed high-functioning dim sum making machine for dim sum producers. Restaurants, caterings and frozen food suppliers were benefit from our fine machines and five-star services.
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