Dim sum =? savory snack

[Benjamin Barrett]

On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 8/18/2011 09:28 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>> At 8/17/2011 08:10 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>> I was thinking more of the practice of bringing a special item on
>>> one dish resting on another one, so that when they total up the
>>> dishes at the end of the feast (snackfest?), those special items
>>> will count double.  At least that's how the places in the
>>> respective S.F. and NYC Chinatowns used to do it.
>>
>> Perhaps the following is for DARE?  In Boston (NYC is too far in the
>> past for me to remember) I don't recall doubled plates; rather, the plates
>
> and, as Victor has reminded me, baskets ,,,
>
>> had different shapes that correlated with the prices.
>
> And, obviously, the waiter counted the baskets at the end of the meal.
>

This is the practice at kaiten sushi as well (or different sized/colored plates). I recall being told that a lot of restaurants don't do it because people hide plates.

BB

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