Cebu's Dimsum Break

We found Dimsum Break, which served Chinese fastfood, nestled in one of the nooks and crannies of the busy Fuente area in downtown Cebu. If appearances were to have any consequence, I wouldn't have eaten here. It's no secret that I hate fastfood and franchises--let alone of Asian food, and the last thing I want to ingest is something churned out by the precise movements of an unfeeling machine that emphasizes standardization rather than creativity and whimsy. Dimsum Break did attract a large crowd way past lunch hour, and the crowd--comprised mainly of office professionals out on what needed to be a hurried lunch--seemed pretty excited about the food. Admittedly, the food was good. So maybe you can make something decent out of fastfood provided it doesn't reach the span of McDonald's, and if it does, that hopefully it goes into the able hands of someone who respects good food more than a good profit. But I digress.

The good thing about Dimsum Break's fastfood is that they seem to be cooked fresh. There's no see-through glass container that gives you a pale view of overcooked dimsum that plague many Chinese fastfood these days. In fact, the salesperson behind the counter was even apologetic about not being able to serve everything immediately as the food was to be prepared on request. Which was a good thing for me. So even if it took a while for orders to come in, it was well worth the wait.

Dimsum Break served typical Chinese dimsum: 04 05 02 | 06 01

And rice toppings:



My only gripe about the rice toppings is that they weren't big enough. I couldn't exactly complain about it since these were modestly priced. Maybe it would have been better to offer different sizes next time (i.e. regular and large serving portions). Nevertheless, Dimsum Break is still worth the visit.