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Used to be a restaurant in the st Kilda junction tai ping the dim sims were sublime.
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Nothing ever to this day tasted like the tai ping dims sims, not even close. I’ve eaten in house with my wife and friends and it was first class but more importantly these dim sims were a staple through various family crises. I remember stopping and getting these while my dad was in prince Henry’s after a heart attackThe whole story of dim sims in australia is so good they should make a movie about it.
What's a dim sim? How an oversized dumpling became an Australian food icon
Dim sims, affectionately called dimmies in Australia, are a variant of a traditional Chinese dumpling and have become an iconic dish in Melbourne and beyond. But who invented them? The answer is complicated.
“At that time, my eldest brother Tom checked into the business. My father asked Tom to deliver a box of dim sims to an elderly Chinese gentleman who lived in Cheltenham (a Melbourne suburb),” says Chong.
“While my brother was on his way to deliver them, he decided it was such a fine day, he’d stop and say hello to his good friend Joe, a Greek guy who owned a fish and chip shop near the Mordialloc area.”
The two friends ended up going fishing. Chong says when they got back, Tom told Joe, “I’ve got a box of these dim sims. If you like, I’ll cook them in your shop and you can have them for lunch.”
Joe decided to deep fry them, as “that’s the only way you could (cook them) in a fish and chip shop,” says Chong.
Joe said they were wonderful so Tom, instead of continuing with the delivery, left the box of dim sims there.
“Before the next day was over, Joe rung Tom at Wing Lee and said every one of his mates were asking where he got these dim sims,” says Chong.
As their popularity increased, the factory couldn’t keep up with demand.
So Chen engaged a German engineer to design the first ever dim sim machine to churn out these delights by the thousands.
“I was a little girl then,” recalls Chong. “I remember my father talking into late nights with the engineer about how he wanted the pastry done and how the machine should churn all the ingredients.”
The results were an immediate hit, she says, making Wing Lee Dim Sim the first Chinese factory to commercialize a fast food for the masses.
“Every fish and chip shop was clamoring for them. Supermarkets were now asking for them. So it wasn’t long before dim sims become an institution at every fish and chip shop in Victoria,” says Chong.
Basically they all hate Carlton. Understandable.
St Kilda trying to land a midfielder and planes trying to land at my Japan local two days ago.
Fukuoka but brief sojourn in Australia this week
Was at the Flinders st. Station last year with my miso.
Awesome. First time in 9 months l got to spend time alone with my daughter. Couldn't have been bettet.
G'day mate.
currently only two people know my Big footy name and my real name.
And now maybe three
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I have been to the USA numerous times for work, and whilst I love the history of some locations like Boston and Washington etc, their relationship with guns is something beyond my comprehension. In Houston I encountered the mindset of people carrying handguns as a normal part of life and having a rifle rack in the back of the cab of their "truck"!! WTF - are you expecting to encounter a nice, juicy deer in peak hour Houston traffic?!!
