Project Food Blog Challenge #3: Luxury Dinner Party

Thanks to all of you rock star readers, we?ve now made it to Project Food Blog?s Challenge #3: throw a ridiculous foodie?s paradise dinner party. Well, we all know, this girl loves a good party :)

After pushing my culinary boundaries with homemade Cha Siu Bao, I was inspired to keep at my quest to master the art of Dim Sum. Literally translated, ?dim sum? means ?touch the heart?. Poetically translated, it means ?heart?s delight.? So, for my third challenge, what better way to delight the hearts of my guests than to present them with a feast of mouthwatering, bite-sized morsels of varying textures, preparations, and succulent flavors.

Going to yum cha (this is what we call going out for dim sum) is one of my favorite pastimes, so coming up with my dream menu was easy. The key to a well-balanced dim sum meal is making sure you have a mix of flavors and textures. I wanted something steamed, something baked, and something fried. And definitely shrimp and pork would be my two major ingredients. I decided to build a menu consisting of 8* of my favorite classic dim sum dishes...[Read Full Post]