Hawai’i-Thai Pork and Shrimp Dim Sum

As in music, when certain harmonics strike a resonance, so, in eating, a particular combination of complementary flavors can become transcendent. The whole then surpasses the single-note taste of one of the main components.

This recipe produces one of those rare resonances: that of pork and shrimp, together with spices and nam pla (Thai fish sauce).

The composite flavor reminds me of when I lived in Thailand. This “Thai redux” occurred last year in Hawai’i when I tast