Every Friday, Ross Harrington, a car dealership service manager in Melbourne, heads to a local lunch shop to pick up a couple of deep-fried dim sims, kicking off his weekend dim sim routine.

Late last year Theo Papadopoulos's phone rang. On the other end it was his daughter saying: "Dad, I think this is you." She was referring to a 1960s photo of three children at South Melbourne Market — ...

Empress Pavilion is the biggest restaurant in Chinatown, a glittery, hangar-size seafood palace built at the height of the late 1980s boom. In its early years, you would typically wait an hour or more ...

Anchorage's dim sum scene is limited, but Hong Kong Spirit Food stands out thanks to strong local press and community buzz. The restaurant serves Hong Kong–style dishes alongside weekend dim sum that ...

THE maker of South Melbourne Market's famous dim sims, which attracted a cult following, has died. The family of dim sim chef Ken Cheng said yesterday they would continue to run the stall, which ...

The founder of the South Melbourne Market's famous dim sim stall has died. Ken Cheng is thought to have been in his 80s. He died after a short illness. He started selling his dim sims outside the ...

The beloved dim sim – both fried and steamed – has in recent months become a rare commodity at many of the state’s retailers and supermarkets. Devastating floods, rising costs and unfavourable weather ...

Supermarkets and wholesale food retailers have been struggling to meet consumer demand for the humble dim sim because of a shortage of cabbages caused by the floods across Australia. As well, the ...