- Hey guys, it's Inga.
As you all know Chinese new year is coming up,
and I miss home a lot, I miss dim sum especially.
And so this year I'm actually gonna try,
and learn a couple dishes from a dim sum chef.
That's what brings us to Tim Ho Wan,
where I'll be learning from Chef Zhou.
He's been training for 30 years now.
(claps) (laughs)
- Okay let me try again.
- [Chef] Yeah good.
- Yes!
- [Chef] Okay?
(laughs)
- Slow down (laughs)
He said he's gonna make almost like 20 in a minute.
This is the difference between,
many, many years versus 15 minutes.
- [Inga] This is not fast forwarded.
(laughing)
- [Inga] This is his, this is mine.
I'm so embarrassed (laughs)
(laughing)
- Good, okay.
- It's a lot bigger.
- [Inga] Looks like the icing on cupcake.
- [Chef] Oh good.
- I know how to make cupcakes.
That's the most accomplished I felt all day.
So we're gonna put that in the oven now.
This is super oily, you need a smooth surface to make this,
that's why he has to be in this corner of the table.
It's so thin!
There's gonna be blood everywhere.
(laughing)
Yes!
Y'all, I suck.
It looks more like a dumpling.
This is his, this is mine.
- [Inga] It's so much more vibrant in color.
Looks like I'm holding alien eggs.
Smells so good.
We are now gonna crush it before we throw it in the mixer.
We're gonna go add other stuff and make the filling.
It smells so good.
It's like this fragrant, egg yolky, custardy flavor.
(laughs) It looks like an egg.
I can't move as fast as you can.
It's so sticky, how do you...
Yes, he said it looks really good!
- Perfect!
(laughing)
- [Inga] We need to put water on there first,
so then the sesame seeds can stick onto it.
(laughs)
lets go fry these. - Okay, go, go!
- [Inga] Look at that custardy center,
it's so smooth.
It's so good, it's like sweet and savory,
and you have to eat this hot.
- [Inga] This was such an awesome experience,
so much work goes into the making of dim sum.
Seeing people enjoy some of my favorite dim sum dishes.
That actually made me feel a lot closer to home.
Happy Lunar new year, happy Chinese new year.
(in foreign language)
(laughs)
(calming world music)