Yum Cha: Hong Kong Dim Sum

After Angie had taught one class of English, at 10 o'clock in the morning, we snuck out of school to keep our dim sum date with Rose!

Dim Sum was at the same place where we had dinner on Monday night!

Dien Sin...or Dim Sum at Cheers Restaurant.

A sample of the varieties available: all in Chinese, I could not read or understand most words!

You just tick whatever you want against the name and the waitress will bring it to you.

A few things we learned about Yum Cha (from Rose)

1. Hong Kong people regardless of social status MUST yum cha.

2. If they do not yum cha, they feel that something is missing from their day

3. You cannot pre-book your table: you walk in, take a number and wait!

4. Restaurant is crowded any day of the week, not only weekends like in KL.

Here people, rich or poor, are waiting at the lobby for their table for Yum Cha

Rose's daughter arrives and our number is called, so we went upstairs

Rose was our gracious hostess again

Today, her daughter could join us. Her name is Man Ling or Sheila and while her mum is a publised author, she is a freelance writer who has backpacked much of Europe including Western Europe like Croatia, Latvia, Slovenia, Lithuania. Her web/blog is manlingshe and she writes for Chinese journals.
http://www.manlingshe.com/2006/11/10/%E7%A7%9F%E8%BB%8A/?lang=en

view of the crowded restaurant

waitress comes with your order (in Malaysia they push the trolley to you and you take whatever you want)

All the dim sum that we had: like I said, I do not know their names, I don't know Chinese!

Black Sesame dessert...Rose says that her daughter must have dessert or she would not feel complete

Almond dessert

ooooooooooooooh....hot steaming mini paus!

The most heavenly pau filled with egg and cream something paste...

Then I left early to prepare for my lesson and it was still recess time..I saw this! crates of plain dried noodles to be cooked like Mee In the Cup for the students!

After our delicious yum cha, I was filled with guilt pangs for the kids to see them eating this!