Hong Kong Dim Sim Kitchen Siu Mai Bites - $2.50 Per Packet @ Coles. Ends Tuesday Night 6/2

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  [Deactivated] on 03/02/2018 - 23:01

  +1

  Seafood from Vietnam?

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    Robc on 04/02/2018 - 07:56

    +1

    Yeah, I picked these up and put them back…

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      [Deactivated] on 04/02/2018 - 10:17

      +1

      Most of the Chinese dim sum is like that. Australian made ones are hard to find and may even contain Vietnamese prawns.

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    Kho1991 on 04/02/2018 - 18:43

    +1

    They use Australian tiger prawns lol

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      [Deactivated] on 04/02/2018 - 19:20

      Which one lol

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  diazepam on 03/02/2018 - 23:11

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  Sorry to disagree but these taste pretty bad. Agree with you Woolworths one is worse (vomit worthy) but still not worth it at the price. Pretty much entirely cabbage with just a bit of mushy meat. I couldn't stomach them.

  Woolies is selling hargow for half price $3.75 making it a much better choice for your money.

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    revo on 03/02/2018 - 23:31

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    Are you getting these confused with the Dimsums?

    These are Sui mai and I find them to taste pretty good actually! I don't recall tasting any cabbage in it..

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      soangry on 04/02/2018 - 15:39

      Chinese cabbage is an important ingredient in siu mai.

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        Kho1991 on 04/02/2018 - 18:44

        Dim sims are made of cabbage and pork. Siu mai are made from shiitake mushrooms, pork and prawns.

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      [Deactivated] on 04/02/2018 - 19:45

      Agree, these taste pretty good for storebought pre-made stuff.

      I like them a lot for convenience food.

      No cabbage in it and the meat was certainly not mushy.

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    Jackson on 04/02/2018 - 00:04

    What do you have against cabbage?

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    watson4884 on 04/02/2018 - 00:13

    +1

    Hargow is very bad too..
    Go to Asian store to buy some genuine dim sims …

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      NoApostrophePlurals on 04/02/2018 - 08:58

      +6

      A genuine dim sim is an Aussie invention (possibly Melbourne I believe, in the 70s? Someone correct me if I'm wrong) which you cannot buy in an Asian store.

      To all my non-Chinese Ozbargainers, There is a huge difference between dim sim and dim sum :)

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        helloeatty on 04/02/2018 - 09:24

        Lol, I thought just the pronunciation differently only these two words?

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        ganymede on 04/02/2018 - 13:51

        Agree! Dim sim is horrible.

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        supermaneric on 04/02/2018 - 16:07

        -6

        dim sim is Mandarin pronunciation and and dim sum is Cantonese pronunciation so no there no difference…

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        [Deactivated] on 04/02/2018 - 20:22

        @supermaneric: Mandarin is yum cha.

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        NoApostrophePlurals on 04/02/2018 - 21:31

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        @supermaneric:

        lol you have NFI huh..

        Dim sum is Cantonese pronunciation. It is not a dish. It is a range of dishes served in small portions, meant to be shared over tea.

        @Sinthesys Yum Cha is also Cantonese, literally translating to "drink tea".

        The term dim sim.. I dunno wtf language that is lol

        What makes me qualified on this subject: I was born in Hong Kong and speak fluent Cantonese. I also grew up in Chinese restaurants in a country town, one being in Marathon Stadium when it was called that, home of the Newcastle Knights, on the weekends, selling deep fried dim sims to Aussies.

        So yes. There is a difference.

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        NoApostrophePlurals on 04/02/2018 - 21:42

        +1

        @supermaneric:

        Geez, it's actually on the Hong Kong Dim Sim Kitchen web page explained very clearly!

        http://www.hongkongdimsim.com.au/the-difference-between-dim-…

        For whatever reason, whoever was in charge of marketing or naming the company's English name, got it very wrong!

        Hong Kong speaks Cantonese. Dim sum in Chinese is written as 點心 clearly on the packet and pronounced as dim sum. 心 is sum, meaning heart. Why they named it Hong Kong Dim Sim is perplexing. There is no such term as dim sum in Cantonese.

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        supermaneric on 04/02/2018 - 22:14

        @Crowdedthehouse:

        lol I am born in China and speak both Canto and Mandarin fluently so you're not the only one there mate.

        It's not that hard to see how an English speaking person hearing dim sum can potentially mistaken it as dim sim instead as in "sum" in mandarin is prounced 'xin'.

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        NoApostrophePlurals on 05/02/2018 - 04:15

        @supermaneric:
        Unlike me, absolutely nothing in anything you just said makes any difference to qualify your first statement.

        "Dian Xin" is the proper Mandarin pronunciation. Saying someone can potentially mistake two totally different phrases, sounds and letters doesn't make two things have no difference.

        To exacerbate the fact that we are talking about differentiating between an Australian invented DIM SUM deep fried snack and the items of food you order at yum cha..

        Your statement is still 100% incorrect. It doesn't matter if you speak Chinese or French or if you were born in China or Madagascar.

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      Kho1991 on 04/02/2018 - 18:52

      +2

      The company started selling their products in Asian grocery stores 30 years ago. They were the very first dim sum manufacturer in Australia. They don’t stock hargao in Coles or woolies though

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    [Deactivated] on 04/02/2018 - 08:57

    +2

    Better cabbage than cardboard mix.

    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-07/13/content_543425…

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      ChaLuo on 04/02/2018 - 19:39

      Dim sum - steamed food served in small portions, traditionally in little bamboo containers
      Har gow - one of the many dim sum dishes - basically these are prawn dumplings
      Siew mai - this is what the Coles "Dim Sim" here is trying to pretend to be.. well you can call it another kind of dumpling, which main ingredient is minced pork

      hth :)

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    GreatWhiteHunter on 05/02/2018 - 07:59

    You are dreaming about cabbage in these. Suspect you are mistaking them for another product.

    Ingredients:
    Pork Shoulder Fillets
    Mushroom
    Prawns
    Vegetable Oil
    Sugar
    Salt
    MSG
    Soy Sauce
    Oyster Sauce
    Pepper
    Flour
    Food Colour
    Tartranine
    Water

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    GreatWhiteHunter on 05/02/2018 - 08:50

    +1

    The Woolworths Dim Sims have cabbage in them - Pork, Cabbage, Pepper, Onion, Galangal powder, Salt, Sugar, Maize starch, Sesame Oil, Soda powder, MSG, Soy sauce, Protein-enriched flour, Corn flour, Food colouring (E102)

    http://www.hongkongdimsim.com.au/large-pork-dim-sim/

    The Coles Siu Mai I have in this bargain have NIL cabbage.

    I suspect you are confusing your products here…

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      diazepam on 05/02/2018 - 16:02

      thanks for letting me know
      perhaps I am confusing which one had cabbage - but I cooked both of them (both woolies and coles ones).
      They were both horrible to stomach - Woolworths one by far worse.

      Having said that, still a good deal for some. Definitely not for me and I'm just warning people that it's probably only worth the half price (even if that).

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  [Deactivated] on 04/02/2018 - 00:05

  I got conned when Woolies was having a sale of the so called “siu mai”….holy sheeeet….they were nothing like siu mai…was a blend of cabbage and meat, a little bit better tasting than a normal dim sum. Steamed 2 packs and felt disgusting after eating them. And, as a true Ozbargainer, I bought 5 packs…

  Although the Woolies ones are the same brand as the coles one on sale - they are 2 completely different things. Go for the Coles one!

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  stargalaxy on 04/02/2018 - 00:15

  Although these don't look like those siew mai you get at Yumcha, they did taste ok.

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  bdl on 04/02/2018 - 10:35

  Ai Yah!

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  tanastra on 04/02/2018 - 11:25

  +1

  Warning , xtreme high salt content for anyone with high blood pressure . Not worth it for your health

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    macklington on 04/02/2018 - 15:02

    Thank you for this! I was gonna head down on my lunchbreak to grab some, but now I will go for a healthier option… kidney problems and excess salt do not mix.

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      serpserpserp on 04/02/2018 - 17:54

      If you have kidney problems you really shouldn't be eating that isn't fresh food so you know what goes into it.

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  wallace900402 on 04/02/2018 - 15:25

  +1

  Speaking from an authentic Asian, these dim sims are actually miles better than most sold in Asian groceries.

  This is my honest opinion. I always stock them up when they go on half price.

  Havent tried the ones from wollies tho.

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    serpserpserp on 04/02/2018 - 17:54

    +1

    Can you please provide your authenticity papers?

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    [Deactivated] on 04/02/2018 - 20:24

    dim sims and siew mai are completely different things. Dim Sims are not asian, theyre an Australian thing.

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  soangry on 04/02/2018 - 15:35

  I find the meat:prawn ratio is not right, too meaty and a bit dry. I will not buy again even if it's on half price $2.50.
  Siu mai is not that hard to make, just a bit time consuming.

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  gnomesandco on 04/02/2018 - 19:49

  +1

  I'm from Hong Kong and I have tried these siu mais and their dumplings. They taste great and are good quality.

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    ChaLuo on 04/02/2018 - 21:54

    +1

    Official endorsement

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  Clementt on 05/02/2018 - 02:12

  Totally ozbargain. When I went to my local coles around afternoon, 4 box (5 packet each). I only bought 2 leftover from another box. Came back 8 hours later, all gone. Some other range (bbq bun, dumplings, custard bun) from the same brand only have some leftover but only this Siu Mai all sold out.

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  myusername on 05/02/2018 - 14:08

  can confirm these are dim sum made for gweilo with no idea how real dumplings should taste