Bo Ling's serves a wildly popular Dim Sum tradition on the weekends from 11:00am - 3:00pm at the Plaza and Overland Park location and a Selective Dim Sum Menu at the City Market location. Menu click here. Authentically prepared Dim Sum... a must try adventure! We invite you to join us for Dim Sum at one of our participating stores:
Plaza: 4800 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64112 Ph: (816)753-1718
Overland Park: 9055 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212 Ph: (913)341-1718
City Market: 20 E. 5th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106 Ph: (816)423-8036

Dim Sum is a Cantonese phrase, literally "touch the heart" (order to your heart's content), but meaning "morsel/snack". The English word "dim sum" refers to the Cantonese variety, the idea of a wide variety of small dishes for lunch also holds for other regions of China.

Travellers on the ancient Silk Road needed a place to take a nap, so teahouses were established along the roadside. Rural farmers, exhausted after working hard in the fields, would also go to teahouses for a relaxing afternoon of tea. At first, it was considered inappropriate to combine tea with food, because people believed it would lead to excessive weight gain. People later discovered that tea can aid in digestion, so teahouse owners began adding various snacks and the tradition of dim sum evolved.

In Hong Kong, and most cities and towns in Guangdong province, many Chinese restaurants start serving as early as five in the morning. It is a tradition for the elderly to gather to eat dim sum after morning exercises, often enjoying the morning newspapers. For many southerners in China, yum cha is treated as a weekend family day. Consistent with this tradition, dim sum restaurants typically only serve dim sum until the afternoon; other kinds of Cantonese cuisine are served in the evening. Nowadays, various dim sum items are sold as takeaway for students and office workers on the go.

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Your friends Richard and Theresa Ng
Owners of Bo Ling's Fine Chinese Cuisine