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Hong Kong dim sum

Hong Kong dim sum
Lift the lid on Hong Kong’s iconic culinary tradition of yum cha, featuring delights such as shrimp dumplings, siu mai and barbecue pork buns.
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100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
100 Top Tables 2025 Restaurant Directory
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Ma lai go, also known as Chinese steamed cake, is a Hong Kong dim sum staple that has roots in British Malaya. Photo: SCMP
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Where does ma lai go come from and why is the classic dim sum dish so special?

Also known as Chinese steamed cake and Malay sponge cake, ma lai go represents Hong Kong culture with its Western and Eastern influences.

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Video | The art of modernising dim sum

Food and Drinks

Why Hong Kong is a dim sum destination: its super creative chefs

When chefs in Hong Kong want to set their dim sum apart, they have to get creative – think plates that look like the ocean or Chinese ink paintings, and licorice- and ginseng-infused cocktail pairings.

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When chefs in Hong Kong want to set their dim sum apart, they have to get creative. Photo: The Chinese Library
Hong Kong culture

Opinion | Greater Bay Area standards are no recipe for saving Hong Kong food culture

The threat to the Hong Kong food scene stems from complex factors, which the Greater Bay Area guidelines do not address. Young culinary graduates are not working for old-school restaurants, and legacy skills are not being passed down.

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On the Menu | The 7 worst dim sum dishes to order. How many do you agree with?

Giant soup dumplings, dace fish balls and steamed beef balls all made a Hong Kong food group’s unofficial list of the worst dim sum dishes to order. I agree with some – and could add a couple more.

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Food and Drinks

Video | Hong Kong’s ‘endangered’ dim sum

The dim sum dishes facing ‘extinction’ in Hong Kong
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Food and Drinks

‘Our youngest chef is 60’: Hong Kong’s disappearing dim sum

Dim sum restaurants with staff pushing trolleys piled high with bamboo steamers are disappearing amid a preference for yum cha made to order. Just don’t expect pork liver siu mai.

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Food and Drinks

‘The sky’s the limit’: Spanish and Chinese chefs’ dazzling dim sum

A caviar and truffle riff on Peking duck, Iberico ham xiao long bao – ex El Bulli chef Albert Adrià’s molecular gastronomy background allied with Andrew Wong of A. Wong’s technical skills produce amazing results.

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Profile | From 3-Michelin-star Forum to manager of a housing estate restaurant

From working the room at Forum to pushing nostalgic dishes in a housing estate, CK Poon Kin-wai is nothing if not versatile. He explains how late singer Leslie Cheung inspired his start in the restaurant industry.

Hong Kong restaurant manager CK Poon Kin-wai (above) has gone from helping Forum restaurant earn a third Michelin star to opening a restaurant in an obscure housing estate shopping centre. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Singapore

17 of Singapore’s best dim sum eateries, from pushcarts to Michelin-worthy

Looking for the best place to enjoy yum cha in Singapore? Fret not, we’ve got you covered with a myriad of options, from traditional teahouse Red Star to Michelin-recognised Crystal Jade

An impressive dim sum feast at Jade at Fullerton in Singapore. Photo: @fullertonhotelsg/Instagram
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Ordering dim sum when deaf: silent dining experience shows how hard it is

Imagine going for yum cha and not hearing any of the clatter or chatter, or being able to speak to the waiters. A Hong Kong charity and a hotel have replicated deaf diners’ experience to show the challenges they face.

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Top 9 best dim sum restaurants in Hong Kong – according to star chefs

Hong Kong is the unofficial spiritual home of dim sum, and surely the best place to indulge in yum cha – so where do the world’s best chefs pig out when they’re passing through town?

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‘The milk teas and toast are amazing’: a Hong Kong food fan’s go-to places

A Malaysian working in Hong Kong, Jess Leong shares her go-to places for beef noodles, pork chop and dan dan noodles, dim sum, roast goose and century eggs.

Condensed milk toast and hot milk tea from Bing Kee Cha Dong, Tai Hang, Hong Kong. Photo: Instagram/@bing_kee
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Hong Kong dim sum restaurant D.H.K shuts just as it earns a Michelin star

Its ‘shrewdly executed Cantonese classics’ earned D.H.K praise, and a Michelin star, but too late – the restaurant in Wan Chai appears to have closed for good hours before the Michelin Guide awards ceremony.

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A sign next to lifts in Sunshine Plaza, Wan Chai, promoting D.H.K Seafood Restaurant, which has closed suddenly. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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Doggy dim sum cart: Hong Kong hotel takes canine catering to a new level

A Hong Kong hotel has taken pet pampering to a new level by adding special dim sum dishes designed for dogs to its menu.

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Credit Suisse bids farewell to investors with Hong Kong-style stalls

Credit Suisse’s 26th annual investment conference, which was supposed to be the proof of its turnaround, has instead turned into what could be its swan song conference for the 167-year-old bank.

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‘This place is the bomb!’: Indonesian hip hop artist’s go-to Hong Kong cafe

Indonesia-born Julius Brian Siswojo can’t get his favourite Jakarta food in Hong Kong, but makes up for it with dim sum and casual cafe-style dishes.

Beefsteak, borscht, vegetables and Hong Kong milk tea at Red Tea Cafe in Kwun Tong. For cha chaan teng (Hong Kong diner) food “this place is the bomb!” says Julius Brian Siswojo. Photo: courtesy of Instagram
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Closure of old-time Hong Kong restaurant catches landlord, diners by surprise

Lin Heung Catering Group announces closure of two of its restaurants, Lin Heung Tea House on Wellington Street in Central and Lin Heung Tsan in Tsuen Wan.

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Lin Heung, 104-year-old Hong Kong teahouse, shuts down. Where’s next?

The restaurant in Central, known for traditional dim sum that are increasingly hard to find, announced its closure, and that of its Tsuen Wan branch, on social media, a victim of pandemic disruptions its owners say.

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Passers-by view the closed shutters of Lin Heung, a tea house in Wellington Street, Central, that had operated for 104 years in Hong Kong. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Food and Drinks

Opinion | Caviar is on everything, everywhere, all at once in Hong Kong – but why?

After a brief dip in sales of caviar during Covid-19, ‘black gold’ is back with a vengeance. Whether clogging our social media feeds or piled atop ice cream and dim sum, it’s everywhere.

Caviar is on seemingly everything in Hong Kong these days. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong dining & recommendations

Dim sum, dinner and dessert: Hyatt designer’s Hong Kong restaurant picks

Hyatt interior designer Leslie Lui has a list of places to take visitors to the city for great food and a good time, and reveals her favourite restaurants that have a family factor.

Chinese cuisine

Explainer | 5 budget Hong Kong dim sum restaurants: meals for around US$13

Hong Kong is famous for its dim sum, and we put five budget restaurants to the test, trying traditional and modern variations of classic steamed and fried dishes.

Hong Kong dining & recommendations

Review | Mixed bag of dim sum dishes at House of Orient in Central

While the har gau, phoenix-eye dumplings and vegetable dumplings were delicious, the steamed turnip cake was stodgy and heavy, and the filling of the fan gwo over-minced.

Fried shredded turnip puffs from House of Orient in Central. 25JUN21 SCMP / Jonathan Wong
Dim Sum Experience

Dim sum connects Hong Kong people and reflects city’s ability to reinvent

Traditional savoury dumplings inspire Man Mo Dim Sum and Sohofama’s innovative culinary delights and work of magician Louis Yan and candle maker Xavier Tsang

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Renowned Hong Kong magician Louis Yan features bamboo steamers (above) and other items associated with the city’s traditional meal of dim sum – assorted steamed or fried savoury dumplings – in his performances.
Where to eat in Hong Kong

8 dim sum experiences in Hong Kong that cater to every taste

The city is famous for its yum cha – whether you’re looking for that hipster experience, or for something more ‘real’, Hong Kong has it all

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