Ding Dong Dim Sum...

[Sideways Tim]

Couldn't find any mention of them on here anywhere so I thought I'd start a thread. As rewarding as making your own dim sum is, it's fiddly and time consuming. Ding Dong do a wide range of dishes, delivered frozen that you can cook yourself. I've had a few boxes from them and even if you've never cooked dim sum before you'll find it really easy and very tasty.

Anyone else used them?

[NSNO]

Never, but I don't live in the UK. I have used similar dim sum frozen packs though and been pretty happy with them, almost as good as the real thing. I never made it myself, I'm sure that it tastes great, but can imagine it would be pretty messy and I reckon that I would probably balls it up, not the best with making small things that require finesse.

[Aunty Pasty]

I buy my Dim Sum in frozen packs and I suspect most other families do as well. I get mine from a chinese supermarket (Wing Yip) which I visit every 3 months or so. I'm usually a couple of hundred quid lighter as a result as the family just pile in everything they want and I just keep my fingers crossed at the till.

There are several brands which do this and they do vary in taste and quality a bit but I've found expensive doesn't always mean better.

[plenty]

I'd say supermarket frozen dim sum bears about as much relation to freshly-made restaurant fare as frozen curries do to what you can get from your local tandoori. Almost no resemblance, but still enjoyable.

If you like char siu bao, try the frozen 'duck buns' from Costco. 30 seconds in the microwave makes for an addictive snack.

[ZedLeg]

Most takeaways don't make their own, they buy the frozen ones from the asian supermarket.

We usually have gyoza in the freezer but not the buns as we can never be bothered getting the steamer out

[Winterway]

Not them but we had Dim Sum from Yum Seng, same concept and similar price. I only ordered from them as it was via Plateaway and I had a 20% code on email, but it was excellent - site seems to be closed, until Autumn presumably, though so can't see their range.

We have had a few 'restaurant kits' from Plateaway and other sites since this all exploded during the lockdowns, but some of the prices look crazy and would have to be the best X you've ever had to justify, so only really ordered with discounts or the better value stuff. Mostly ordered from Pasta Evangelists, its pretty good but I don't like how the site is designed to catch you out and got fed up of being badgered by their constant emails to get you back in (paid just a few quid several times thanks to the codes they throw at you at least ).

Edited by Winterway on Thursday 29th September 21:06

[dapprman]

Aunty Pasty said:

I buy my Dim Sum in frozen packs and I suspect most other families do as well. I get mine from a chinese supermarket (Wing Yip) which I visit every 3 months or so. I'm usually a couple of hundred quid lighter as a result as the family just pile in everything they want and I just keep my fingers crossed at the till.

There are several brands which do this and they do vary in taste and quality a bit but I've found expensive doesn't always mean better.

Snap on all accounts (actually I'm ~£80 rather than hundreds) - Staples Corner Wing Yip for me with dum sum lunch at Wan Tai if visiting with one particular friend on a sunday.

[thebraketester]

Mmmm. Xiaolong bao, if you can find them. Absolutely delicious.