tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post115605105382987503..comments2023-06-09T03:51:24.003-07:00Comments on The Mandarin's Tea: Hong Kong Dim Sum at 5:30amtokihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17022633186053977362noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1157146320345379602006-09-01T14:32:00.000-07:002006-09-01T14:32:00.000-07:00Monterey park, Arcadia, or Rowland heights have a ...Monterey park, Arcadia, or Rowland heights have a FEW good dim sum places. Out of the average 3 times going to dim sum anually, I hit a jack pot in Rowland heights or Hacienda heights last weekend, some place on the second floor in the Diamond Plaza off Fullerton and 60. <BR/><BR/>I have not been to HK for 20+ yrs, I can only remember the fried squid tanticles. YUMMY!<BR/><BR/>The best Dim SumImenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810835688957113404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156184605609148152006-08-21T11:23:00.000-07:002006-08-21T11:23:00.000-07:00In Cantonese you rarely, if ever, say "let's eat d...In Cantonese you rarely, if ever, say "let's eat dim sum".<BR/><BR/>Most of the time it's "let's go yum cha"MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156173711005689612006-08-21T08:21:00.000-07:002006-08-21T08:21:00.000-07:00I see. Thanks."Let's go yum cha.""Let's eat dim su...I see. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>"Let's go yum cha."<BR/><BR/>"Let's eat dim sum."~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156173645132924772006-08-21T08:20:00.000-07:002006-08-21T08:20:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156165545029484412006-08-21T06:05:00.000-07:002006-08-21T06:05:00.000-07:00Dim sum is the actual food, yum cha is the act of ...Dim sum is the actual food, yum cha is the act of going ot eat dim sum.<BR/><BR/>They're not interchangable that way.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156144522592803322006-08-21T00:15:00.000-07:002006-08-21T00:15:00.000-07:00Monterey Park and Arcadia...yeah, they have some g...Monterey Park and Arcadia...yeah, they have some good ones, but I miss yum cha in Hong Kong.<BR/><BR/>I know yum cha literally means "drink tea", but it's interchangeable with "dim sum" in Cantonese, right?~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156132497090342202006-08-20T20:54:00.000-07:002006-08-20T20:54:00.000-07:00I guess I go to less old school places, like Victo...I guess I go to less old school places, like Victoria's.MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156129831641973572006-08-20T20:10:00.000-07:002006-08-20T20:10:00.000-07:00Monterey Park and Arcadia have some wonderful yum ...Monterey Park and Arcadia have some wonderful yum cha, no?tokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022633186053977362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156127182715424852006-08-20T19:26:00.000-07:002006-08-20T19:26:00.000-07:00Yup. My family stantion both in HK and Singapore.Yup. My family stantion both in HK and Singapore.tokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022633186053977362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156101251168638962006-08-20T12:14:00.001-07:002006-08-20T12:14:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156101249358489572006-08-20T12:14:00.000-07:002006-08-20T12:14:00.000-07:00Singapore?Toki...You made me crave for a good yum ...Singapore?<BR/><BR/>Toki...You made me crave for a good yum cha! Here in LA yum cha is not as good as in Hkg, for sure.~ Phyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089209028096768776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156093590547308922006-08-20T10:06:00.000-07:002006-08-20T10:06:00.000-07:00SNG?SNG?MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27506679.post-1156089909410127602006-08-20T09:05:00.000-07:002006-08-20T09:05:00.000-07:00Where's Lien Heung Lau?Do you ever go to Luk Yu?Where's Lien Heung Lau?<BR/><BR/>Do you ever go to Luk Yu?MarshalNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16776398824139018801noreply@blogger.com