Yum Cha and Dim Sum
By renmenbi.com on Fri, 03/09/2007 - 14:01

Yum cha (tea drinking) is highly recommended, and dim sum, is the highlight of yum cha. Dim Sum includes a huge variety of bite-size steamed dishes " shui mai (steamed minced pork and shrimp dumplings), har gau (steamed shrimp dumplings), cha siu bau (barbecued pork buns), au yuk (steamed minced beef balls), fun gwor (steamed rice-flour dumplings filled with pork, shrimp, and bamboo shoots), and tsuen guen (deep-fried spring rolls filled with shredded pork, chicken, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and bean sprouts) and spareribs. Every type of dish is pushed around dim sum restaurants on carts, and all you have to do is pick up what you want as it passes by.