2006-10-04 21:55:32 · 6 answers · asked by matwebbo 1 in Dining Out ➔ Other - Dining Out
Yum cha is a type of eating a chinese restraunts.
The waiters pull around food trolleys with a verity of foods.
eg Trolly with various dumplings, one with chinese vegetables and a frying surface and there are also desert trollys.
You pay per dish. Some dishes will cost more then others.
Most dishes are in the lowest price range <$5. Depending on the restraunt you might be able to get special orders.
2006-10-04 22:04:43 · answer #1 · answered by Mike K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ai leen 2 has it 100%, at this moment I am in Guangzhou China and every day I have Yum Cha tea and go to the Yum Cha restaurant. I suppose we Westerners would relate a Yum Cha restaurant to our finger food, except of course you use chopsticks.
2006-10-05 04:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by graeme1944 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is Cantonese, means going to the tea house (Chinese Restauarnt) to have tea and dim sum (refreshments).
Yum = Drink
Cha = Tea
It is an integral part of the culinary culture of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. In any city with a sizeable population of Cantonese people, Yum cha is a tradition on weekend mornings, and whole families gather to chat and eat Dim sum and drink pots of Chinese tea. Yum cha is also a morning ritual for the elderly to spend a good part of the morning after early morning exercise of tai chi or walk. In the past, people used to go to a teahouse for yum cha, whereas dim sum restaurants have been gaining an overwhelming popularity of late.
Here is a photo showing some dim sum (as breakfast)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dimsum_breakfast_in_Hong_Kong.jpg
Check this website and you would know more about yum cha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum_cha
Here is a photo of a very popular dim sum "Cha Siu Bao" and there is a photo of the Yum Cha Restaurant in this website
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3Dchar%2Bsiu%2Bbao%2Bphoto&h=200&w=150&imgcurl=www.12hk.com%2Ffood%2FCharSiuBao_PHOT0821Z.jpg&imgurl=www.12hk.com%2Ffood%2FCharSiuBao_PHOT0821Z.jpg&size=15.9kB&name=CharSiuBao_PHOT0821Z.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.12hk.com%2Ffood%2FDimSum2order.html&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.12hk.com%2Ffood%2FDimSum2order.html&p=char+siu+bao&type=jpeg&no=2&tt=49&fr=FP-pull-web-t
2006-10-04 23:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by Aileen HK 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dim Sum. It's essentially a meal made of Chinese snack foods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum
2006-10-07 05:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by HL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask someone who works in a Chinese Restaurant
2006-10-06 18:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by Krasavitsya 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best thing you'll ever have
2006-10-04 22:17:32 · answer #6 · answered by whingybaby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋