This Melbourne dim sum shop started because her Dad got sick

She's keeping her late father's dim sum legacy alive.

We spent the morning at Chef Wong in Huntingdale with Doris and her husband Chung, learning a story that goes far deeper than dumplings. Doris's dad worked as a dim sum chef for over 50 years, from Hong Kong to Melbourne, before bowel cancer forced him to retire in his 60s. He lost his purpose almost overnight, spending his days sleeping and withdrawn. So Doris encouraged him to start making dumplings at home with his old friends, just as a hobby.

It got so popular that Chung built a website, they registered the kitchen with the council, and word of mouth took over from there. A few close calls with the stove and freezers running around the clock told them it was time for a proper shop. That's how Chef Wong in Huntingdale began.

We got behind the scenes with the aunties and uncles who still make every piece of dim sum by hand, tried our hand at folding har gow and siu mai (badly), and tasted our way through hargow, lor mai gai, prawn and chives dumplings, and a fake shark fin dumpling made the traditional way. Doris calls her dad a traditionalist who believed in doing things by hand and keeping it the way it always was. That belief is still exactly what Chef Wong runs on today.

???? Chef Wong, 284A Huntingdale Rd, Huntingdale VIC 3166. Open Monday 11am-3pm and Tuesday-Friday 11am-4pm, Saturday 10:30am-3:30pm and Sunday 10:30am-3pm.

Chef Wong also have restaurants in Hawthorn and Point Cook.

Doris wouldn't let us pay for the food we ate so we bought some frozen dim sum to take home with us!

#Melbournefood #Melbournedimsum #chinesefoodmelbourne

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