Yum Cha, Federal Palace, Citygate, Tung Chung, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
One of the things we did in Hong Kong before we went to the Philippines during our vacation in May 2009 was dining the Chinese way called Yum Cha at the Federal Palace. It was so good that we decided to have Yum Cha again when we went back to Hong Kong for another stopover after coming from the Philippines.
Yum Cha is a traditional Chinese way of dining. Literally Yum Cha in Cantonese means “drinking tea” but it actually refers to the entire dining experience, drinking tea and eating dim sum dishes.
Federal Palace was part of Federal Restaurants Group. Federal Palace was located at Shop 226, Level 2, Citygate, 20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Yum Cha at Federal Palace in Tung Chung was really excellent. There was a Chinese family near our table who were so friendly who talked to us and even told us that Federal Palace in Tung Chung was one of the best places to have Yum Cha.
My sister was never wrong to bring us to Federal Palace to have Yum Cha. Well, my sister and her friends frequent that place in Tung Chung just to have Yum Cha.
The Chinese guy told us too that there was another place at the airport where you can have good Yum Cha. We were not able to go to that place though.
The tea was served first and then the dim sum dishes. The dim sum dishes were served in small portions inside a native container and placed layer by layer. Once you are finished with one dish, they will get the upper layer so you can start with another dish. It will go on and on until you finished.
The first time we had Yum Cha, I was not able to get a lot of pictures. The second time we had Yum Cha, I especially took a lot of pictures so I could show them to you.
You would think that the dim sum dishes that we had were probably not enough. I can assure you, they were enough for three persons.
Yum Cha is one thing that I highly recommend to you. If you are fond of eating dim sum dishes, you should try Yum Cha.
By the way, the pictures starting from the third picture were taken in chronological order so you will see how it was to have Yum Cha. I forgot the name of the dim sum dishes so I could not tell them to you.
The first two pictures were taken before we went to the Philippines. The rest of the pictures were taken when we went back to Hong Kong and had Yum Cha on May 29, 2009 before we went up to Ngong Ping Village to see the Big Buddha.
See you in Ngong Ping Village!
Related Links:
Federal Palace (in Chinese language)
Tung Chung, in Wikipedia
Citygate, in Wikipedia
Yum Cha, in Wikipedia
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