Yin cha hour

[Adol Christin]

Welcome to my Yin Cha hour.

Setting: You walk into Windlyn's food district, open the door to the restaurant. Laughter, chatter and finger ketou fill the air. You look around and find your friends and I waiting for you at the table in the back. Bamboo dian xin steamer on the table in front of us. We smile and make room for you at the table. I fill your tea cup and we begin to eat and talk.

What is dian xin (simp. 点心 trad. 點心) and yin cha (simp. 饮茶 trad. 飲茶)?
You may hear the terms based on Cantonese, Dim Sum (cant. Dim sam) and Yun Cha (cant. Yam cha), respectively. Dim Sum is a style, particularly Cantonese, cooking where foods, like dumplings are steamed. Finger ketou 磕头 (cant. Kowtow) is knocking your fingers on the table to show gratitude for your tea pourer, usually someone at the table. The cha in yin cha 茶 is tea. Therefore, you may guess what's searved at yin cha. Dian xin and tea.

So, drink up, chow down. It's yin cha.

[Adol Christin]

Rules:
Be nice.
Site rules.

Easy, no?

[Adol Christin]

Reserved

[Adol Christin]

Reserved

[Adol Christin]

Reserved

[Adol Christin]

Okay, open. Come have dian xin.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I peeked in earlier and almost messed up your seating!

I am soooo hungry...what a welcoming place you have here!

[Adol Christin]

Wow! You're quick.

Thank you.
欢迎！Welcome! Feel free to have some food and tea.

How's it going?

[galled]

This is a wonderful spot. I'm so glad you opened!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I am glad too! I nice place to come and hang out!

I like anpan...the Japanese red bean paste baked bun...do you know what the Chinese version is?

I also like the baked char siu bao ...yummy! <and I don't even like pork normally!>

[MissAutumn]

What a wonderful establishment you have here.

[Adol Christin]

Galled; Thank you! Get comfy if you wish.

Lemon; I've never had anpan, so I am unable to say for sure but there are a lot of bean paste sweets here. If I'd had to to say though, probably dou shao bao.

Char siu bao is delicious. I love pork. It's my favorite meat.

MissAutumn, thank you so much! Grab a chair if you'd like.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I could sure use a nice cup of tea right now and just sit and relax...I had a long day at work today.

[Adol Christin]

-pours you some tea-

I'm sorry your day was long. Hopefully it was not to hot out

[Lemon Cheesecake]

...thank you for the tea...takes a sip...mmm delicious...
- fortunately we have air conditioning in most of the rooms at work.