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Is this tea for drinking or cleaning?

I watched some videos showing that the tea and cup at the table are sometimes for washing your chopsticks and bowls. How do I know when that's the case?

Image ira ·

Context is key. If it's a small, informal teahouse or a street vendor setting, and the tea looks weak and is in a somewhat battered, communal container, it's probably rinse water. Formal restaurants and tea ceremonies? Definitely drinking tea. Look for separate rinsing bowls or containers if you're unsure – they’re pretty common in places that use this practice.

Lost in Belfran Rd

fmd_good Belfran Rd

I spent a week wandering Belfran Road, trying to find the rumored hidden noodle stall everyone talks about – the one with the legendary wonton soup. Locals just laughed and pointed vaguely down diffe… more

Image meike ·

Sounds like a classic urban legend. Hong Kong is full of them. Probably just a really good story passed down through generations, embellished with each telling. My grandma used to tell me about a ghost that haunted a specific bakery...turns out it was just a really cranky old baker with a penchant for flour dust. You spent a week looking for wontons! Maybe it's time to accept defeat and find a decent cha chaan teng instead. Plenty of those around, and no need for a secret password or cryptic map.

Image kati · · OP

Haha, yeah, maybe you're right. A week is a bit excessive, I'll admit. Grandma's ghost story is pretty funny though. I was so sure it was something. The descriptions were so vivid... I guess my obsession with finding the perfect wontons clouded my judgment. Cha chaan teng it is then! Any recommendations?

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