Dim Sum restaurants in Asia
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Yé Chine
Round Chinese doorways create a suitably imperial mood at the restaurant downstairs from Loft and Cynna. Come for dim sum at lunchtime or filling claypot casseroles after a night on the dancefloor upstairs.
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Hong Kong Old Restaurant
The walnuts with smoked eggs and the braised pork hock are so good at this restaurant even the cholesterol police would make an exception. Herbivores will drool over the 40 vegetarian offerings.
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Hong Kong Old Restaurant
The walnuts with smoked eggs and the braised pork hock are so good at this restaurant even the cholesterol police would make an exception. Herbivores will drool over the 40 vegetarian offerings.
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MXT
Offers mami (noodles in soup), its specialty siopao (steamed dumplings with meat filling) and various dim sum for very low prices. A window lets you buy from the pavement.
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Carrefour
In Erdaoqiao Market and near Silver Birches International Youth Hostel are Carrefour centres - great for fresh fruit; both have cafeterias for tasty freshly-made (and cheap) food.
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Pānxī Restaurant
Housed in a majestic garden, this ginormous restaurant serves some of the best dim sum in town. It's also one of the all-time favourites for the elders in Guǎngzhōu. Wake up early. It's impossible to get a table after 8.30am.
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Jīn Yuè Xuān
For the best dim sum and classic Cantonese cuisine in Zhuhai, head to this elegant restaurant well before 11am to score a table.
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Jīn Yuè Xuān
The meticulous 200-item dim sum menu is amazing, as is Jīn Yuè Xuān’s impressive interior.
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UE Tea House
Another dim sum place. Sip Chinese tea and gorge yourself on the impressive array of steamed dumplings.
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Chūnmǎnyuán
If the queue at the Phoenix House is long, this is a good alternative with excellent dim sum.
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Laurel - Luohu
The Luohu branch of Laurel is a handy choice if you are shopping at Luohu Commercial City.
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Lucky Full City Seafood
You'll have to either be really lucky (or wait at least 30 minutes) for a table at this popular dim sum restaurant. You will, however, leave really full after digging into roast meats, chār shāo bāo and shāo mài; English and picture menu available. Catch a taxi here: the driver will know where it is.
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Jīn Yuè Xuān
For the best dim sum and classic Cantonese cuisine in Zhūhǎi, head to this elegant restaurant well before 11am to score a table.
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Fújì Chángfěnzhōu
A simple, neat, canteen-style restaurant that serves dim sum and light Cantonese meals. Porridge and steamed vermicelli rolls are the specialities here. Try the steamed roll with shrimp (鲜虾拉肠; xiānxiā lācháng) and minced pork congee with preserved egg (皮蛋瘦骨肉粥; pídàn shòuròuzhōu). No English menu. For dim sum you can pick from the cart.
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Chá's
Absolutely packed no-frills dim sum diner (sweet-and-sour pork, baked salt chicken, noodles). Plan on a minimum 15-minute wait.
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Bái Gōng
Waiters here push around carts piled high with all forms of delicious steamed dumplings and buns. It offers good variety for solo travellers (and easy ordering), but you may need to order half a dozen dishes to quench your appetite.
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Bì Fēng Táng
At busy times, this popular wicker-and bamboo-clad dim sum joint resonates to the constant clatter of porcelain dishes and wait staff shouting back and forth to each other. There’s a slack period in the late afternoon, but it’s still bustling in the early hours as the late-night crowd file, or stagger, in. Winners here include steamed shrimp and chive dumplings, duck noodle soup and barbecued pork buns.
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