Here is a short list of five of my favorites.Īs one of Hong Kong’s oldest surviving dim sum joints, Lin Heung Tea House is a restaurant locked in time. With Cantonese food at the heart of its cuisine, there is a dim sum place for everyone in Hong Kong. Photo by Kai Chan Vongĭim sum is often consumed with healthy helpings of Chinese tea, thus giving rise to the informal expression, “ Ngoh de heui mh heui yum cha?” which literally translates as “Shall we go have tea?” Traditionally eaten during the day (from breakfast, brunch, lunch and even with an early tea), dim sum is as popular for large family gatherings, with its spread of various dishes ideal for sharing, as it is for a romantic date, with the little morsels delighting the senses. Consumed in the morning, dim sum are little bite-sized pocketed dumplings, often served in pairs, threes, or fours, in steam baskets.
But dim sum is the quintessential Cantonese food. After all, shopping – Hong Kong’s ‘hobby’ – is surpassed only by the Hong Konger’s love for dining out.Ĭantonese food is wide and varied, from the seafood restaurants to the street stalls and ‘ cha-chaan tengs’ (eateries) that have mixed foreign influences with more traditional recipes. In a city with restaurants stacked one on top of another in endless skyscrapers around every corner (reportedly more per capita than anywhere else), it’s no surprise that two friends greet each other and divert to food. This simple phrase reveals volumes about Hong Kong’s character. In Hong Kong, two friends often greet each other by asking “ Nei sihk mh sihk faahn ar?” Roughly translated, this means “Have you eaten yet?” a common greeting that eschews the more traditional, “How are you?”
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