你好, Hello, Bonjour, Salaam, Hola,
It doesn't matter where you're from, everyone can appreciate a good session at Yum Cha.
In simplified Chinese, 饮茶 (Yum Cha) has the literal translation for '"drink tea". The traditional Chinese brunch involves drinking Chinese tea and dim sum. This practice is most popular in Cantonese-speaking regions of China such as Guangdong and Guangxi. It is also very popular in the regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and obviously, has since spread all around the world, and right here in Adelaide!
Yum Cha consists of small portions of steamed, pan-fried and deep-fried dim sum dishes served in bamboo steamers. These are designed to be eaten communally whilst being washed down with tea.
Chinese tea, chili oil, pan-fried pork buns, siu mai (pork & shrimp dumpling) We love our siu mai, we have to get a serve each ;)
Fun Fact, In Fact: Yum Cha is a literal translation for 'drink tea'. Dim Sum is sometimes interchanged with Yum Cha, however refers to the range of small dishes, where as Yum Cha refers to the entire meal. That made sense, right?
Yum Cha Etiquette
It is customary to pour tea for your fellow companions prior to filling your own teacup. It is also considered good manners to be the first to pour tea. Tea drinkers may tap the table with two (sometimes one) fingers of the same hand, in a gesture known as finger kowtow, symbolizing thank you. It is also considered rude to fill the teacup fully; it is preferred to be poured about 80% full.
"茶满欺客，酒满敬人" A full cup of tea is fraud, but a full cup of alcohol is a sign of respect.
The teapot lid should also be left open or ajar to signify for a refill.
How To Order?
Later on, transportable trolleys with heating (often using gas) were used, allowing more items to be brought out at one time. The employees would call out their items, and customers would notify their desired server. This allowed for hot, fresh items to be quickly served during peak periods.
This sheet is for the employees use. I did not take a picture of the ordering sheet. All the available items are listed on the paper-based ordering menu and you put a desired number next to each item you want to request. The employees will bring out the food and then circle which category the meal is aligned with, in order to calculate cost. The cost was traditionally calculated by the number and size of dishes left on the table at the end.
What Else Did We Have?
Salt and Pepper Squid Tentacles, Chinese Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
Groups may also order a noodle dish to share. This is the Empress Noodle dish. House meal, as the restaurant name is Empress Restaurant
)#Mallsballers hit me up for a Yum Cha session soon!
I love me some good, chinese oolong tea, always a favourite. :)
Chinese tea is amaze-balls. I think we had Jasmine on this particular day :)
Nice. I'm open to suggestions for the next annual Adelaide get together.
It's probably too early to estimate numbers, but getting a caterer to feed us this Chinese stuff might be an idea :)
By the way things are going, we'd need to hire out the whole restaurant! BUT I LOVE YOUR THINKING!!!!
I haven't had Yum Cha for ages and those are some really interesting etiquette tips.
Although I prefer the all you can eat Yum Cha. :-D
All...... you..... can........ eat....... YUM CHA? Umm...... where?!?!
I second this.... where?!?
Melbourne of course. :-D
There's one in the city I've been to a few times it was around $18 and Tea was included, and it was also BYO wine, which led to a few late lunches. :-P
I think it was the Dragon Boat resturant, but I'd have to check if they still did all you can eat.
I'll have to keep this in mind next time I hit up Melbourne!
love green tea too! you've made me hungry for Yum Cha and there isn't any where I live. D'you know of any good ones on or near the Gold Coast
Hahaha not too sure! Google's your friend on that one 😜
Delicious pictures wish me to do this one day <3
You won't regret it! 🙂
Yum cha is awesome XD I only go every now and again when a certain group of friends drags me out with them (not that it's much of a drag).
I reckon it's about time to go again hehe
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