YUM CHA

On August 12th (Saturday), we went to a Chinese Restaurant for to have Yum Cha. It is a kind of Brazilian rodizio, with all sorts of Chinese food and it comes from a Chinese tradition of gathering people together to drink tea and talk.

Check what wikipedia tells us about Yum Cha:

“Yum cha a term in the Cantonese spoken variant of Chinese meaning "drinking tea", refers to the custom of eating tiny servings of different foods while sipping some well-brewed Chinese tea in southern China. It is an integral part of the culinary culture of Hong Kong and the Guangdong Province. In any city with a sizeable population of Cantonese people, Yum cha is a tradition on weekend mornings, and whole families gather to chat and eat Dim sum and drink pots of Chinese tea. Yum cha is also a morning ritual for the elderly to spend a good part of the morning after early morning exercise of tai chi or walk. The tea is important, for it is said to help digest the rich foods, which may be included in the choice of offerings. In the past, people used to go to a teahouse for yum cha, whereas dim sum restaurants have been gaining an overwhelming popularity of late.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum_cha

Very interesting… It reminded me of a chimarrao round ;o)