Michelin Star Dim Sum Are On A Whole 'Nother Level

thank you to betterhelp h-e-l-p for sponsoring this video hey guys salut this is alex so this must be familiar to you me on my bike in paris heading to a tasty location this is just what i like to call another day in the office so i'm not gonna lie it's good to be back i've been taking a few weeks off during the summer but i've also been you know working my ass off on the next big series now there's something you need to understand this is not part of a series this is just me taking a break from all the videos all the cookbooks all the background work but also this is a sneak peek into my creative process you'll understand why a little later i think i'm in the wrong direction ah no it's this way so i don't know if you remember chef samuel lisa the gentleman and you know on the side cantonese master chef who helped me big time in the fried rice series well he also kindly invited me to a very very special dim sum tasting session at the grand reopening of his restaurant the shang palace the only michelin star restaurant of all france well of course i said yes even if i look like one sometimes i'm not a rude boy so that's basically where we're going i mean if you want to see beautiful food and friendly people having fun you're a portrait don't want to be rude but i'm late [Music] [Music] hello thank you please jeff waiting for you [Music] bonjour alex how are you i'm good and you it's good to see you chef the whole kitchen is super busy last time i saw it we were three percent yes first of all i'd like to thank you for your help on the fried rice series the setpo very successful so today we are about to dive into another subject dim sum for the moment we have prepared a steamed dim sum so the dough is a red color we make with the beet wood juice it's beautiful so we at all what is in this feeling pop shrimp pit wood and thai sea bullet these are so neat so we are cutting wow whoa how many uh dim sum do you make for one service 200 300 how many dim sum are you gonna make for me a lot next we going to steam alex this exciting moment wow what's up one minute come on okay following you chef wow thanks thanks i feel like i'm always in the shang palace these days welcome home [Laughter] that's the perfect line the last time i came the restaurant was still closed right yes but now it's the grand reopening it's the official eye opening yes we have many regular guests looking forward to a long time it's like welcoming like family back yes yes amazing to see your restaurant coming back to life yes seeing the activity coming in shouting on cooks do this do that i know i'm a nice person we also happy you can enjoy the dim sum i'm ready wow here comes the first one one no one is good one is called the rubidium sum wow it's a creation from our chef samir shrimp beetroots pork and chinese chives i feel like i'm in a jewelry store it's absolutely stunning i'm genuinely excited there's more coming two okay wow this one the green one vegetables and mushrooms three now this is getting serious oh man and these ones are more coming [Music] this one is a story on its own wow more coming i like it wow what is this one wet rice grow wait wait what oh these these are mad so many colors exciting my eyes my nose smells so fresh but also the shapes every dim sum is like little entertainment this is like an amusement park thank you sir i'm starving please let's talk about today's sponsor better help h-e-l-p is there something preventing you from achieving your goals when i started this whole youtube adventure creatively i was looking for my own voice and i guess mentally it was just like exhausting to always always be pushing i guess it would have been great to know that there was help available for me if i needed it betterhelp will assess your need and match you with your own licensed professional therapist you'll find a broad range of expertise in betterhelp's fifteen thousand consular network which may not be locally available in many areas what's 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you have some chicken yes absolutely emotions yes when your bite always coming up man that's amazing this is sumai yeah so which one should i go next so the super hong kong classic yes the wrapper is pretty thin yes oh wow the good hug out when you buy it have a juice inside there is plenty juice in this one a bit less strong in terms of flavor more delicate yeah and the shrimp quality and simple simple the taste should i serve you more i know because i still have a surface need to work okay no worries i'm gonna take care of all this don't worry slightly nervous for this one because i've seen the whole process of the filling the wrapping the dough and the steaming is this a classic this one is crazy okay this one is exclusive i knew it the wet and gold in china almost like happiness chinese new year how you call this hong kong house like the crystal ruby so the dough is transparent yeah transparent it's beautiful i can see what's inside the skin is amazing on this one it's bouncy slightly chewy and the filling is uh intense and flavorful and garlicky but the wrapper is amazing the relation with the wrapper and the stuffing is like juicy the rice and the fish is very important so allow me to interrupt for a second this is just me trying to break down what dim sum really are you see i recently posted a poll on my youtube channel in the community section if you missed it please subscribe my channel and hit the notification bell when it comes to dim sub not everyone is on the same page dim sum level 0 if you know nothing about themselves dim sum is those little bamboo steaming baskets in chinese restaurant that's all you need to know for now so we have a sweet nut dim sum these are egg tarts so i'm pretty familiar with these i love these slightly warm it's like a little hug or welcome the custard is so delicate yeah not jelly like like yes what are these we call it uh jet the name also is uh gao but the color is a green when you bite into it's very soft and creamy and it's so different than the others italian it's vegetarian have mushroom radish water chestnut the dough coming from spinach and thai civility so the color will be coming green right so dim sum level one dim sum are actually a small foods which are meant to be enjoyed along tea and that's in fact how they have been originally created in tea houses in south east china and hong kong in some ways they're a bit like a spanish tapas which go along things so well and just like tapas dim sum are meant to be shared i can't just so i order this and this is all for me you can but normally it's for sharing should i serve you first it's not necessary to so it's more it's more relaxed more relaxed yeah okay and if it's relaxed i'm going for the next one yeah oh wow i was looking at this one rice bro we are using the fermentation rice so so the red color yeah comes from the fermentation on the rice yeah it's natural madness this one is fun because first of all when you have it you think it's going to all be soft it's only going to be in fact inside it's crispy steamed and deep fried we can buy together hmm we have two in two different emotions one and then the other one each sialong has its own little basket yes makes sense i don't think it's going to be super hot this one wow juicy inside right it's like an ocean for all the other dim sum i'm always surprised for this one i thought i wouldn't be surprised because i thought this is xiaolong but i had chiaronga a few times but it's chicken and it's unexpected the simple thing is more difficult doing well right always level two they are not like spanish tapas they just told us that they were like tapas in level one now in level two they are not yes they are similar but in fact dim sum shouldn't be served in the evening they are a breakfast thing up to like early afternoon after that you switch to tapas okay this one looks amazing you know what this one looks a bit like a north african pastry [Music] wow okay wow wow big one i would have never thought that this would be dim sum i thought it would only be soft juicy this is traditional yes so fresh like every layer is independent what what is this one similar like more cheap it's cold yeah this is why i love eating with my hand [Music] it's like ice cream almost inside cream mascarpone cheese fresh food inside soft skin then then cream then oh there's something in the center then juices fruits freshness i went over heels and valleys on this one this one is very taro puff stuffing inside chicken mushroom [Music] oh wow this is insane that's what i just said in french it's so delicate so crispy and inside it's mad dim sum level 3 dim sum are not only steamed food i cannot believe this turns out they can be baked fried braised and steamed or like a combination of all these cooking process right guys that's it you've basically graduated from dim sum university this one is the barbecue purple this is barbecue pork bun yeah i would have to never guess in a million years they look like sweet patisserie it smells like butter yes i feel like i'm in a french boulangerie oh wow okay the classic one is the steamed one this one is oven breakfast it's amazing this one and it's the sugar has caramelized yeah and it makes like a little shell inside it almost looks like french puffs yes with the crackling on top caramelized toasty crispy crumbly this is sweet the other were savory it's normal because you have a tea when you eat some savory you drink tea you can go into the street after the sweet you can have a drink of tea going to the savory it's hard for me to pick one but i have to say this one because of the wrapper and and i think the shumai that's right yeah if i had to pick more i would go for this one and this one and this one and this one and this one and this one today you have uh experience the high-end team some but one day if you go hong kong to discover more and more and more thank you chef so much for all this thank you it's been amazing thank you for coming yeah but i will come back yeah okay okay so i'm guessing you do takeaways thank you so much for all this so alex thank you for coming see you soon chef bye bye i feel great at the moment i feel amazing i mean guys honestly what a feast it's been what a pleasure it was to spend some quality time with chef samuel lisem chef you're the best so i guess at the end of the day i knew dim sum were a thing but i think i might have slightly underestimated how much work how much care how much passion and how much thoughts go into making each and every of these little beauties beauties this episode is not only about feeding my stomach it's also about feeding my imagination as i mentioned earlier in this episode i wanted you guys to have a sneak peek into my creative process you see in between series i have many experiences i go to restaurants i meet chefs and artisans i basically feed my soul my mind with loads of things that could be useful in the future now of course otherwise it would be too easy not all of these you know experiences and ideas end up being developed into series but i guess if you don't plant the seed there's a hundred percent chance you will never see a tree or a plant or flower so in the end i'm not saying you will never ever see a dim sum series on this channel but just not right now i still hope you enjoyed this episode uh and for now i'm gonna go back to my studio i'm gonna go back to my italian cookbooks and i will catch up with you in the next video so bye [Music] you

Channel: Alex

Views: 588,291

Keywords: dim sum, shang palace, siu mai, har gow, hakao, chinese restaurant, michelin star, chinese food, hong kong food, 點心

Id: 8G6XdjTW8IU

Length: 16min 47sec (1007 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 25 2021