NEW HYPE AMONG

FOODIES: DIMSUM

Are we at Amayzine still completely thrilled about Poké Bowls (I mean: even Kiek made one), a new obsession in the food area is already emerging: dimsum. Yes, you read that right. A real craze has developed around these Chinese steamed snacks among foodies. In Hong Kong, a dimsum restaurant was even awarded a Michelin star. Tim Ho Wan is thus the cheapest Michelin restaurant in the world and has immediately opened 24 locations in, among others, Sydney and Bangkok.

Another example: The Church Key in Los Angeles. Here, the waitresses walk around in Pan Am uniforms (I kid you not) with airplane trolleys filled with plates of dimsum snacks, but American-style. You have to visit this place at least once (just wait until Trump is gone).

I also mention Hakkasan in Miami (with an interior that can give you an orgasm if you're a bit sensitive to that) and the super trendy Cloud Nine in Stockholm. And what do you think of this: at dimsum restaurant Yuet Lai Shun Guangdong, you can order the most expensive dimsum in the world. For just under 2000 euros, you get a kind of giant dough lump filled with exotic ingredients like Japanese sea cucumber, abalone shellfish, and (don't run away screaming now) an edible bird's nest.

Thinking: yes nice, but for now I’m not going to Hong Kong and certainly not to America, then you can also go to the Netherlands for the latest craze. On Ferdinand Bolstraat, Guido van der Meijden opened a food shop with the tastiest steamed snacks together with his partner Yiu Ting (when I first got Yiu on the phone, I thought it was a marketing trick, but he really is named that) called Dim Sum Now. The nice thing about this place compared to, say, the Chinese on Zeedijk is that no MSG is used (you know, that stuff that gives you heart palpitations and such a nasty salty taste in your mouth). And, also important, the ingredients are as responsibly sourced as possible. This means that the chickens have actually roamed around and the vegetables have not been sprayed.

Why is dimsum so popular? They are small bites (normally), super fun to share with your friends and – that makes us happy too – healthy. Because dimsum is steamed, you retain the vitamins and the preparation is done in a low-fat way. Oh, and did I already mention that they are super delicious? You can eat at Dim Sum Now (ideal between shopping), but you can also take the snacks home or have them delivered. I say: hurry to Dim Sum Now, so that later, when the rest of the Netherlands discovers dimsum, you can say quasi-arrogantly that you’ve been there for a long time.