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Dim Sum Cuisine Guide
You are missing out on life's delicacies if you haven't spent a late morning in your favorite Cantonese restaurant, sipping warm tea and feasting on the innumerable assortment of delicacies that make up Chinese dim sum. Literally meaning "to touch your heart," dim sum consists of a variety of hand-made dumplings, steamed dishes and other flavorful goodies. They are similar to small plates of intricately prepared hot and cold hors d'oeuvres. Fortune Chinese Seafood Restaurant This is the absolute best Dim Sum restaurant in the greater Washington DC / Northern Virginia area. We were really impressed by their vast selection of dim sum - not just the mainstream dishes, but some very rare Cantonese delicacies too. And this is one of the few restaurants in the area that offers the dim sum push-carts -- that is wheeled food serving carts loaded with the steamed dishes on small plates, pushed throughout the restaurant by the wait staff -- all you need to do is stop them as they pass your table and point to the dishes that you want. Here are just a few of the dim sum dishes we recommend:
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