Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
Honest, I've never done dim sum as a Christmas meal in Chinatown /wherever. Usually 1-2 items if someone brings them for potluck dinner, they are side dishes, not centrepiece dishes. Though mind you, real homemade dim sum, takes time and abit of care, especially for several different types. Like making a ton of different cookies.
we have dim sum for brunch, I doubt any restaurant will serve it as an evening meal. If you're ever tempted, the best restaurants serving dim sum are not in Chinatown but in Richmond or East Vancouver/Burnaby.

I think most Asian cuisine rarely have a "centerpiece" dish (for any meal), they're usually a bunch of dishes that compliment and not eclipse each other and meant to be shared. My brother and my Taiwanese sister in law usually host Christmas dinner, and it's usually a collection of this that and the other. One year we had Indian curry take out along with cheeses and cold cuts...