Which dim sum roll is made with tofu skin, minced pork, bamboo shoot, and oyster-sauce broth?

Fresh bamboo roll is the dim sum roll made with tofu skin, minced pork, bamboo shoot, and oyster-sauce broth.

The roll belongs to the broad family of tofu skin rolls, whose outer layer is made from bean-curd skin. For the fresh bamboo roll, minced pork and bamboo shoot form the characteristic filling, while the finished roll is commonly served in a savory oyster-sauce broth that softens and flavors the wrapper.

Despite its name, “fresh bamboo” refers to the bamboo-shoot element and the dish’s Cantonese dim sum terminology, not to a roll wrapped in bamboo leaves. Tofu skin is also called bean-curd skin; it is formed from the film that develops when soy milk is heated.

The closest menu confusion is spring roll, but spring rolls generally use a wheat-based wrapper and are deep-fried. Cifantuan is a glutinous-rice roll, and zhaliang consists of rice noodles wrapped around a fried dough stick. Fresh bamboo roll is distinguished by tofu skin, pork, bamboo shoot, and broth.