Dim sum — 'touch the heart' — is more than brunch. It is a social ritual born in Guangzhou teahouses, perfected in Hong Kong banquet halls, and now enjoyed across the globe in bamboo steamers.
Dim sum — 'touch the heart' — is more than brunch. It is a social ritual born in Guangzhou teahouses, perfected in Hong Kong banquet halls, and now enjoyed across the globe in bamboo steamers.
Dim sum, the Cantonese tradition of small dishes served with tea, transforms the morning meal into a social ritual of shared eating, conversation, and community bonding practiced for centuries in teah
Har gow, siu mai and a pot of pu-erh: yum cha is Guangdong's beloved morning ritual. Explore dim sum's teahouse history and how to order like a local.