What is Dim sum?

The collective term for an array of little dishes eaten mainly by southern and Hong Kong Chinese and served in tea houses and restaurants all day long. It's sometimes called 'yum cha' after the Chinese tradition of taking tea, and tea is the drink usually served with dim sum.

Sometimes served from trolleys that are wheeled around the dining room, dim sum comprises a variety of small steamed or deep-fried dumplings with different fillings, but also other tasty morsels such as steamed spare ribs, rice in lotus leaves, stuffed peppers, fried whole prawns and steamed or fried meat or vegetable buns.