CCK Dim Sum Knife

The Dim Sum Knife (拍皮刀, pāi pí dāo) is a specialist pastry tool, not a kitchen slicer. The blade is cut from sheet stock, not forged like our Slicer or All-Purpose Cleaver. It has nowhere near the edge geometry, hardness, or longevity of a forged knife. The edge is deliberately unsharpened and should be left that way. Use the broad blade face to press and shape soft dough. What it does have is a wide, flat, perfectly clean blade face, which is exactly what its job needs.

In a dim sum kitchen this is the tool used to make dumpling wrappers. A small ball of dough is dropped on the bench, the flat side of the blade is pressed and dragged across it to flatten it into a thin, round disc, and the same blade then trims the wrapper to size. Press, smear, lift, repeat, hundreds of wrappers an hour. It’s the Chinese equivalent of a Western dough scraper or pastry spatula, except way more fun!

It is only suitable for soft pastry and dough work. Do not sharpen it or use it to cut vegetables, raw meat, bones or other dense ingredients. For everyday slicing and chopping use the standard Slicer (forged, properly hardened, lifelong tool). The Dim Sum Knife is here because nothing else has quite the right blade face for working soft dough, and at this price it makes sense to keep one in the drawer if you make dumplings, har gow, or soft buns at home.

Stainless steel blade with a mulberry wood handle. Easy to clean.

Specifications

One size only. HACCP colour-coded plastic-handled versions are available as a separate product.