Har gow is a shrimp dumpling that is considered to be a staple of dim sum foods. The dumpling is translucent and is pleated, containing a generous amount of shrimp meat. It is traditionally used to test the skill of dim sum chef, where a good chef…
Hong Kong-style milk tea is a tea drink combining black tea and milk. The reason why this drink is named "silk-stocking milk tea" is that the drink is repeatedly filtered by a sackcloth bag to make the tea smoother. The bag is thus coloured in brown…
This dishes is mainly combined by two different parts. The first one is instant noodle. The another part is the beef with satay sauce, while the satay sauce is usually mixed with peanut butter.
Hong Kong-style western fried rice is origin from Hong Kong. Its main features are low production cost and little amount of fresh meat is found in this dish. Moreover, there is nearly no limitation on the ingredients while only tomato sauce is…
This drink is one of the most traditional drink in Hong Kong Cha Chaan Teng. Its recipe is so simple that only pour the raw egg into a cup of boiled water and add a certain amount of sugar into it. This drink also has a nickname called "Monk jumping…
Pu’er tea, or Pounei in Cantonese, is one of the types of tea available during yumcha at dim sum restaurants. It is a type of fermented tea from the Yunnan province of China. It has a dark brown color to it and is said to aid in digestion.
Red Bean Ice is one of the desserts found in Cha Chaan Teng. However, it is usually ordered as a drink. The idea of this food is from Red bean soup (紅豆沙), a dessert from China. The recipe of this drink is combining crushed ice,red bean soup and…
Rice noodle rolls are rolls made from thin sheets of rice noodles (Shahe fen) that can be filled with shrimp, beef, vegetables or simply served plain. While it can be found in smaller forms as street food, it is also commonly served as dim sum.…
Salty-lemon Seven-up is a drink that combines pickled salty-lemon with the soft drink seven-up. Hong Kong people in the past believe that this drink is good to their throat.