Fried turnip cake is made from grated turnips combined with dried shrimp, mushrooms and Chinese sausage. In the dim sum hall, turnip cake is typically sold by attendants pushing hot griddles on carts who freshly prepare each dish to order before serving with oyster sauce.
Glutinous rice dumplings combine a savory pork and shrimp filling with a sweet glutinous rice shell. The key to this dish is the glutinous rice flour which creates a dumpling that is chewy and luscious on the inside, yet ever so slightly crispy on the outside.
BBQ pork puffs are a roast pork- and honey-filled puff pastry. Chinese flaky pastry is a dough similar to that used for western croissants and puff pastry.
Baked pork buns are filled with the same roast pork, known as char siu, found in their more traditional steamed counterparts. This version is made with a slightly sweet and yellow-colored dough that is usually found in cha chaan teng (a type of Chinese diner) dinner rolls.
Taro root dumplings (aka wu gok) are made from taro that is steamed and mashed, stuffed with diced mushrooms, shrimp, pork and scallions, and then finally deep fried.