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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:32:54 JST Adrianna Tan

   There's a lot about the Singapore hawker food concept to complain about (the way hawker stall real estate is managed, etc)

   But

   Having a cheaper than a cafe or restaurant option to spin up a food biz quickly also means we get so many cool ideas that don't have to be all out restaurants.

   Dim sum chefs from high end hotels leaving those places after Covid to do one-item concept stalls has been a thing, and this is the latest one: https://sethlui.com/chef-leungs-soup-dumplings-new-concept-chinatown-singapore-jan-2025/

   I love it

   #Food #Singapore #TootSea

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:36:42 JST Adrianna Tan

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     this is also a hill i will die on: in lots of types of chinese food your average hole in the wall, mom and pop spot is probably the best option.

     but

     when it comes to dimsum

     fancy hotel dimsum is genuinely the pinnacle of the craft. not available in every city, mostly only in places where there are lots of southern chinese people

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:43:19 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     @sarajw westernized HK food is a whole genre of food that i also like, but yes the pan-Asian fusion-y Chinese foods are not my faves.

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     Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:43:20 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

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     @skinnylatte I've learned to go to the places that have the least westernized menus.

     I know if I see lots of characters I don't understand and then a really short nondescript translation into English, I'm about to have a good time.

     "Crispy fish" and "spicy anything" always winners

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:47:13 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Matt Blaze

     @mattblaze i don't like david chang's food in general. he is not what i think about when i think about high end asian food. his food would be very aggressively mid in Asia, without the marketing.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:47:14 JST Matt Blaze

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     @skinnylatte Curious if you have an opinion about David Chang's take on high end dim sum. I remember being somewhat underwhelmed by Ma Peche (before it closed).

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:48:50 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Matt Blaze

     @mattblaze try Han Palace in DC

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:48:51 JST Matt Blaze

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     @skinnylatte Thank you!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:49:43 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • CurtAdams

     @CurtAdams yeah there is a place in oakland i like (Ming's Tasty) that does 2 out of those things super well but they are also not one of the giant dimsum palaces. there are other spots for that, but it's the exception rather than the rule for me that small cheap dimsum spots are high quality

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     CurtAdams (curtadams@urbanists.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:49:44 JST CurtAdams

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     @skinnylatte I've had decent dimsum dishes at smaller places but they don't carry full menus (so not all 5 kitchens) and I agree it's still not as good as the big specialist dimsum restaurants.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:58:32 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
     • CurtAdams

     @CurtAdams @sarajw i think fusion has to be done really well. sometimes the direction of the fusion matters.

     for me panda express is so far out of 'authentic' that it is good on its own.

     there's a weird in-between that is 'meh i hate this' to 'pretty good'. often the nice restaurants run by people who aren't familiar with a cuisine tend to mess up the fusion, but at the same time, anyone who is deeply immersed in the cuisines no matter their own cultural background can do it pretty well.

     my fave fusion chinese place is a cantonese venezuelan restaurant where the cantonese menu is better than chinatown, and their fusion stuff is even better. empanadas! with black beans! and beef! and cheese!

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     CurtAdams (curtadams@urbanists.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:58:33 JST CurtAdams

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     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     @skinnylatte @sarajw I like fusion cuisine in general but my husband, who is HK Chinese, absolutely blows a fuse at "inauthentic" cuisine so I don't have that. Although he is accepting of Panda Express, go figure.