661819 Fri Oct 23 15:08:44 -0700 2009 4 2 Los Angeles Area 0 5126203 I've been wanting to try some good Chinese (living on the Westside I've given up), and I thought dim sum would be a good start. I've read on here that Elite is pretty much the spot, but I had a question about menu items. Are there items that do not have seafood (or fish) in them? I don't eat fish or seafood, and my friend implied that most everything has shrimp... Thanks for your help! Fri Oct 23 15:08:45 -0700 2009 67980 mdpilam 1 5126238 Lots of non-seafood dishes. Now, if you were kosher and didn't partake in pork ... (By the way, from your post it seems that you do not consider fish to be seafood. If that's the case, what the hell is "fish" if not seafood???) Fri Oct 23 15:27:23 -0700 2009 5126203 11583 ipsedixit 2 5126264 Ha, I definitely do consider fish to be seafood, but I have run into many people who don't (so that's why I always specify). Thanks for the quick reply - and pork is one of my favorite meats! Fri Oct 23 15:40:19 -0700 2009 5126238 67980 mdpilam 2 5126281 Just a guess... Maybe the OP is just distinguishing between bony fish with skeletons(vertebrate) , as opposed to shellfish or mollusks (invertebrate) Fri Oct 23 15:48:27 -0700 2009 5126238 123497 fourunder 1 5126345 It depends on the dishes you order. When a Cantonese cook wants to improve a dish, their first step is usually to put seafood into it. An example of this would be "siu mai", which is sometimes translated into "pork dumpling" in some restaurants. Other dishes *usually * don't have seafood in them, such as steamed ribs, cheung fun, chow mein, etc. You should ask the staff if there's any fish or seafood in the dishes when you order. Fri Oct 23 16:22:26 -0700 2009 5126203 17644 raytamsgv