Dim Sung King in Fort Myers: One of Southwest Florida’s Best Kept Secrets

 Dim Sum King (DSK)

Dim Sum King Fort Myers

Dim Sum King is a new restaurant in Fort Myers serving dim sum and Cantonese dishes. It is located in Gulf Coast Town Center, an outdoor shopping mall in Fort Myers. They have been open since January of 2023.

What is dim sum, you may ask? As far back as 900 CE, travelers and traders in the Southern China city of Canton were served small plates to accompany their tea ordered at tea houses there. Modern dim sum has morphed into a fusion of Cantonese, and other regional Chinese in addition to international cuisines.

The owner of DSK was a dim sum chef in Guangdong (Canton) province for 20 years. There is another DSK location in Bradenton, in addition to four other Florida restaurants branded as Yummy House Bistro.

One thing I really liked after being seated at DSK was their menu, for a couple of reasons.

Dim sum menu

First, the menu items are pictured for those somewhat unfamiliar with dim sum. Additionally, the menu is laminated with plastic, allowing patrons to check off their dining choices with a dry-erase marker before handing it to the server.

I don’t know why, but checking off menu items really got my dining companions and me ready to eat and share (for the most part) what we ordered.

Please keep in mind the following menu items were highlights from two or three visits.

The first thing ordered was Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce, a classic dim sum dish.

Broccoli with oyster sauce

This dish, as with most dim sum, is self-explanatory. It is a must-order to accompany all the following seafood and meats. Don’t forget to ask for a knife!

This was followed with Clams in Black Bean Sauce

Clams in black bean sauce

An order of Honey Glazed BBQ Pork arrived at the table,

Honey-glazed bbq pork

followed by Hometown Style Roasted Duck

Hometown-style roasted duck

I love roast duck. At DSK it is served Cantonese Style. The duck is marinated, dried, roasted then cut into slices as a 1/4 bird portion. Both the pork and duck dishes were perfect for sharing.

Stuffed Chinese Eggplant with Shrimp and stuffed jalapeno with shrimp were round five and six, respectively.

Stuffed Chinese eggplant with shrimp

 

Stuffed jalapenos with shrimp

Both of these dishes were similar, and both were excellent. I loved the spongy consistency of the ground shrimp here mixed in with oyster sauce, sesame oil, rice wine and green onion. Highly recommended.

We also sampled the Steamed Soup Dumplings (Shanghai style) and the Pork Siu Mai, which are steamed dumplings filled with ground pork and shrimp.

Steamed soup dumplings

Pork siu mai

The soup dumplings were as described, with a taste of soup (literally) in every bite. The siu mai were equally good, two other highly recommended and very shareable menu items.