In a study no-one in Hong Kong really wants to know about, dim sum has been revealed to be SUPER unhealthy.
Seriously, stop reading now if you ever want to fully enjoy your yum cha again.
According to a study by website HealthyD, in an average meal of 10 dim sum dishes shared between four people, each diner will consume around 1,260 calories.
When you consider that the recommended daily calorie intake for men is 1,800 and for women is 1,500, those figures are not so palatable.
One sweet custard bun, for example, is said to contain 120 calories – and how many of those did you shove down your fat face on your last dim sum binge?
Those who eat dim sum every day will put on a pound (0.45 kilogrammes) every five days, according to the figures.
On top of that, dim sum was found to lack sufficient dietary fibre (you don’t say), leading HealthyD to advise Hongkongers to order at least one vegetable dish in each sitting.
They also said we should avoid adding extra seasoning to dishes (but that’s not going to happen), and unequivocally disputed the myth we all cling to, that somehow tea stops us absorbing all the fat.
It doesn’t. Sorry.
Unsurprisingly, 95 percent of 1,388 Hongkongers polled between March and April this year said they liked dim sum, going an average of once every five days.
We therefore consume 800 million dishes every year, served in enough bamboo steamers to stretch three times around the world!
Our favourites were found to be siu mai, followed by shrimp dumplings, sweet custard buns, chicken feet and beef balls (the latter of which actually contain 30 percent pork).
Okay, it’s over. Now forget everything you just read and enjoy your lunch.
