Dim Sum Palace

Written by X. Fang

A girl dreams of a dim sum palace, becoming a dumpling herself.

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48 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Liddy can't wait for her family's dim sum outing, but her excitement leads to a dream where she enters a magical dim sum palace. Surrounded by endless treats, she accidentally becomes part of the menu—a dumpling for the Empress! Will Liddy escape this culinary conundrum? Dive into this whimsical adventure celebrating food, family, and imagination.

From the publisher

A little girl’s love of dim sum spills over into her dreams, taking her on a fantastical food-filled adventure, in this picture book love letter to Maurice Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen. Beautifully illustrated with a gold foil cover, this is the perfect gift for foodies of all ages. Liddy is so excited about going to the Dim Sum Palace tomorrow with her family that she can’t sleep. So when a delicious smell wafts into her room, she hops out of bed, opens her door and steps into . . . an actual palace of dim sum! There are dumplings, baos, buns and more delicious treats than one girl can possibly eat. Liddy just has to take a bite, but she slips and falls . . . into a bowl of dumpling filling. The chefs are so busy rolling, folding and pinching dough that they don’t notice they’ve prepared a most unusual dumpling for the Empress – a Liddy dumpling! Worst of all, she looks good enough to eat . . . This deliciously humorous debut picture book, inspired by X. Fang’s memories as a child of epic dim sum feasts, is a dreamworld adventure that is at once a glorious celebration of the sensory world of childhood and a loving helping of food, family and culture.

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