Everyone who has been to Hong Kong surely must have had dim sum before - Those delicious morsels of piping hot dumplings and cakes served in hand-woven bamboo baskets. The phrase dim sum literally means touch your heart or gratitude, as legends say that it originated from the Eastern Jin dynasty, when an unnamed general ordered civilians to make buns and cakes to send to the front line, as a form of gratitude towards his soldiers after battles.

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