| durhamregion.com | This Week | Thursday, July 28, 2022 | 12 PICK YOUR FAVOURITE VOTING NOW OPEN It's in your hands. The Readers' Choice Awards were created for you to tell us which local businesses and service providers are the best at what they do! The nominations have been submitted and now the top 10 nominees have been shortlisted and are ready for your VOTE! VOTE TODAY to help make your favourite local business become a Readers' Choice Winner. durhamregion.com The opening of a new takeout spot in Brooklin is being met with excitement from foodies looking for dim sum close to home. The shop named mi'korner opened June 1 at 93 Winchester Rd. E. serving dim sum favourites from barbecue pork buns, to pork and shrimp siu mai. "My sister and I grew up in Hong Kong, we love dim sum, we love the street foods," says Mandi Tang, who co-owns mi'korner with her sister Mikko Tang. "We would always travel to Markham and Scarborough to get these things and that's not really convenient." Dim sum is a style of traditional Chinese food that typically includes small plates of steamed dumplings, rolls and other bite-sized snacks. You can find dim sum in Durham Region -- but restaurants offering it are few and far between. "There aren't many places in this neighbourhood offering such fantastic food," Mikko said, explaining the decision to open mi'korner in Brooklin. The dim sum takeout menu at mi'korner includes options like barbecue pork buns, chicken feet, beef and water chestnut balls, and shrimp har gow. Mel Leung recently moved to Whitby with her husband and young children and says she loves the area, but is hoping to see more food diversity -- and dim sum a few minutes from home is a good start. "I was SO excited to see this open in Brooklin," Leung said in an email to durhamregion.com. "I'm Chinese and I am picky about dim sum and this is authentic like you would find in other parts of the GTA. Now I have a go-to place if I have a craving." Commenters on the Durham Region Eats Facebook group were similarly excited -- "dim sum in Brooklin? I never would have thought this day would come!" one fan said. The takeout menu at mi'korner also includes street food from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea -- you can find Korean-style potato and fish cake corn dogs on a stick, shrimp tempura, onigiri, curry fish balls and bubble waffles (gai daan jai), which have a crispy outside and soft, sweet inside. "Asian street food is wonderful and amazing and full of variety," Mikko said, noting that many menu items are personal favourites for her and her sister. Mi'korner also has a retail section selling frozen dim sum, frozen Japanese and Koren food, Asian snacks, drinks and noodles and a selection of keto and low-carb products. We want to hear about your favourite places to eat in Durham! Old favourites, hidden gems, new restaurants opening, awesome food trucks. Send your great eats to reporter Jillian Follert at jfollert@durhamregion.com FOOD AND DRINK BROOKLIN HAS A NEW DIM SUM TAKEOUT SPOT Jason Liebregts/Metroland SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT DURHAMREGION.COM MI'KORNER 93 Winchester Rd. E., Brooklin mikorner.ca 437-340-2282 facebook.com/mymikorner mi.korner.info@gmail.com JILLIAN FOLLERT jfoller t@durhamregion.com Mandi and Mikko Tang recently opened Mi'Korner, featuring Asian take out such as dim sum and Hong Kong, Japanese and Korean street food. Among the Hong Kong street food offerings are dishes such as Fish Siu Mai.