dim sum/healthy daytime Chinese takeway thingy

[KencoPlenco]

So... as some of you guys on the forum have heard, there might be a dim sum Chinese tea shop/takeaway in Stafford. Well it is true

The guys who are doing it, are currently trying to find a place in the market to hold like a trail run to see if anybody is interested?

Here is a list of some stuff that might be on offer once the place is setup

Bow (Bao) — thick, fluffy wheat bun (usually steamed)
Chan Bow — bun filled with BBQ pork, onion & oyster sauce
Char Siu Bow — BBQ pork bun
Dow Sa Bow — sweet bean paste bun
Fo Tui Bow — ham bun (baked)
Ga Lei Bow — curried beef bun (baked)
Gai Bow — chicken bun
Lat Cheung Bow — Chinese sausage bun
Lin Yung Bow — sweet lotus bean starch & egg yolk bun
Mui Jeung Gai Bow — plum sauce chicken bun
Cheung Fun — steamed rice-pastry roll doused in soy sauce & sesame oil
Char Siu CF — BBQ pork roll
Har Cheung Fun — shrimp roll
Ngau (Yuk) CF — beef roll
Fun Gok — shrimp, pork &c in moon-shaped rice-pastry
Gee Yuk Gok — pork & water chestnuts in egg pastry
Ham Sui Gok — pork & vegetables in sweet rice pastry
Jow Har Gok — shrimp turnovers in glutinous rice pastry
Wu Gok — chopped pork, shrimp & vegetables in taro pastry
Gow — light dumpling, usually steamed rice pastry
Gone Tong Gow — thick broth with pork & shrimp inside a large gow
Har Gow — diced shrimp & bamboo shoots
Bak Tong Go — steamed sweet rice pudding cake
Chin Jung Go — delicate pastry, fruit and egg cake
Gai Dun Go — light sponge cake
Gow Chung Go — nine-layer sweet tapioca pudding
Lo Bak Go — fried pudding with Chinese radish, rice, flour & pork
Ma Lai Go — dark sponge cake
Ma Tai Go — fried sweet cake with waterchestnut
Wu Tao Go — steamed taro pudding cake

 

[littleme]

Sounds wonderful

 

[KencoPlenco]

In a typical Chinese Restaurant they would cost between £3.50 to £6 for a portion. (normally 3 to 4 within a portion)

So the guys would like to know how much are people willing to pay for food like this?

 

[tek-monkey]

Depends how big they were!

 

[KencoPlenco]

some of these are about 2 to 3 bites each so quite big

you can try and do it in one go, but thats a bit silly and also you might suffocate

 

[acpoynton]

Would be very interested ... my wife is from Hong Kong and I lived there for a few years (20-odd) and dim sum is yummy!!
Paying from £3 would be a good start!

 

[acpoynton]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum

 

[KencoPlenco]

The guys said they are aiming at £1.20 ish for a single item and £3 ish for a whole portion

 

[KencoPlenco]

so at the moment £3 sounds like a good starting point not too bad

 

[Withnail]

If they are looking to open up in the market, this would mean they would be closed when i would most likely to be up for it, which is a shame. I do like the idea of getting food stalls up in the market though, as i believe i have mentioned before.

I will more than most definitely be in to sample their wares at some point.

 

[tek-monkey]

I'd certainly try it, working next door to the market gives me a distinct advantage here! I as long as I don't want them Monday, Wednesday or Sunday or after 4pm obviously.

 

[proactive]

I'd give it a try, without doubt.

 

[KencoPlenco]

they are still deciding about the market stall idea.

but the market is only open on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

but as it says in the first post this is only going to be a "trail run"

I think this wont be too much of a problem, but then again... who knows

 

[KencoPlenco]

The guys are currently thinking about doing some authentic tea as well. Like jasmine for example. Would anybody try it and give it ago?

 

[acpoynton]

The guys are currently thinking about doing some authentic tea as well. Like jasmine for example. Would anybody try it and give it ago?

Pu'erh (bolay) is my favourite!

 

[KencoPlenco]

Yeah that's a good one. But I do like the sweetness of jasmine abducted the colour of it.