Let’s just cut to the Dim Sum chase. No one around here is trying to keep a Dim Sum secret. Just because a person writes about food doesn’t mean that particular person knows what Dim Sum means. It’s the holidays, so please do not be a hater.
After seeing Dim Sum twitter tweets for years, I never even asked Google for help. This debacle of not knowing about Dim Sum is probably the dumbest thing to ever happen, minus dating my ex-boyfriend with a double life who cheated with a terrycloth-wearing Hooter’s girl in Galveston.It was my brand new chef teacher at Le Cordon Bleu who finally brought forth Dim Sum enlightenment last week. My face made a face expressing educational joy the second our Dim Sum lesson began. Who knew our chef would start talking about none other than tea?
Dim Sum means “to touch your heart.” It used to be nothing more than a tasting of tea for travelers stopping to rest at random teahouses. Dim Sum consisting of only tea and small snacks has massively grown over time, resulting in actual Dim Sum restaurants. Everyone likes this, minus Yelp. Yelp probably hates Dim Sum restaurants. This is how I feel, so it must be true. I thought maybe we would get almost fourteen seconds to soak in the scene, maybe check out some kind of menu. Please do not think this is what happens in a Dim Sum restaurant. Dim Sum isn’t for nervous eaters or high maintenance complainers either. Carts are everywhere. These cart pushers do not have time for slow customers not knowing whether to say yes or no. Just say yes and let the cart people move on with their lives.
Customers are given a paper for cart ordering. Cart people are in charge of stamping the paper each time customers say– yes. All I know is I ate shrimp balls. That’s it. This place was fast. Faster than my fast pen in culinary class. There was no way to know the name of anything. Things happening in a Dim Sum building are faster than above average fast. Make life simple for yourself by simply saying yes without asking questions. In the end, the cashier tallies up all the times yes was said and off you go.
FIVE: High 5!
FOUR: Please & Thank You
THREE: Yada
TWO: Double Wow
ONE: Wow + Ouch = Wouch
Maxim’s Restaurant
310 Terrace Dr, Richardson, Texas
972.231.6371
maximsrichardson.com
