some dim sum cooking techniques are too fiddly. one for example is hand mincing; a fair amount of dim sum dishes are prepared by mincing meat using two cleaver

some dim sum cooking techniques are too fiddly. one for example is hand mincing; a fair amount of dim sum dishes are prepared by mincing meat using two cleavers, repeatedly, and sometimes kind of throwing it against a surface until it becomes springy in texture. there isn't really a mechanical equivalent for the home; a food processor completely makes the wrong texture, and so does buying pre-ground meat from the store. dim sum is also similar to tapas where you are supposed to order a large variety of small dishes as a sort of feast. it is quite annoying for a family to make a dozen or twenty dishes consisting of four bites each.