Hong Kong Tea Culture
Posted on | November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
Dim Sum Restaurant by Insider Hong Kong Travel Guide
Tea culture (Yum Cha) in Hong Kong was deeply rooted. “Yam Cha” literally means “Drink Tea”. It also translates to the common activity practiced by HongKonger visiting tea or dim sum restaurants in the morning to “eat dim sum, drink tea and read newspapers”.
Sharing tables with strangers in dim sum restaurants is common during breakfast hours and lunch times. This is one unique scene in Hong Kong.
Please take note that cost of tea in dim sum restaurant is not counting by pot, but by head count. 6 people have 2 pot of tea will be counted as 6 units. Normal cost of tea per person in dim sum restaurant is around HK$8-10.
Traditionally, dim sum is served only by the pushing cart. You can only place your order for the particular dim sum when the dim sum cart is pushed next to your table. The push cart is specially designed to keep the dim sum steaming hot while pushing around the restaurant.
Nowadays, in order to increase the efficiency of dim sum cart, you can place your dim sum order directly with the waiter or waitress and your orders will be served to your table once the kitchen had prepared them. Most of the dim sum restaurants do keep some dim sum carts in action to keep the tradition going.
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