Food Calories
Dim sum is dangerous precisely because everything is small. One siew mai is nothing. But one basket here, one plate there, some fried wu kok because it looked nice, and suddenly you have eaten 1,200 calories before 11am. Hong Kong or Kuala Lumpur, the trolley works the same way.
The steamed baskets are mostly fine. The fried items and anything drowning in sweet sauce are where it stacks up. Everything below is ranked so you know what each basket costs before the trolley reaches your table.
There are 12 dishes ranked on this page. The lightest is Liu Sha Bao at 190 kcal per 1 bun, the heaviest is Lo Mai Kai at 380 kcal per 1 bowl, and the average lands around 276 calories a serving. 7 of them come in under 300 calories.
The spread here is narrower than most categories, about 190 calories between the lightest and the heaviest. That means portion size and what you order alongside it matter more than which dish you pick.
Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical street stall, hawker or restaurant serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.
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