Yum Yum Cha
Craig H. Hartley: for the Chronicle Food and people to accompany inside review of terrific new dim sum restaurant, Yum Yum Cha Cafe'. Food, going clockwise from at top white dim sum: Cha Siu Bau; Teow Chow Fun Gau; Ha Siu Mai; Mong Gwor Po Deen; Ja Ha Yuen. HOUCHRON CAPTION (08/18/2005) SECDINING COLOR: A SAMPLING: Yum Yum Cha's dim sum includes, clockwise from top left, cha siu bau, teow chow fun gau, ha siu mai, mong gwor po deen and ja ha yuen. HOUCHRON CAPTION (09/29/2005) SECDINING COLOR: Yum Yum Cha's specialty dim sum dishes include, clockwise from top left, cha siu bau, teow chow fun gau, ha siu mai, mong gwor po deen and ja ha yuen.
Custard tartlets at Yum Yum Cha. Photo by Alison Cook
Pan-fried shrimp roll at Yum Yum Cha Cafe. Photo by Alison Cook
Sesame balls with red bean paste at Yum Yum Cha. Photo by Alison Cook
Steamed barbeque pork bun at Yum Yum Cha Cafe.
Pan-fried turnip cake (lo bok go) at Yum Yum Cha Cafe.
Sticky rice in lotus leaf at Yum Yum Cha Cafe.
Pan-fried vegetable dumplings at Yum Yum Cha Cafe.
The dining room at Yum Yum Cha Cafe.
Beef chong fun at Yum Yum Cha Cafe.
Steamed shrimp and cilantro dumplings at Yum Yum Cha Cafe.
Craig H. Hartley: for the Chronicle Food and people to accompany inside review of terrific new dim sum restaurant, Yum Yum Cha Cafe'. Brian Lyn enjoys his dim sum. HOUCHRON CAPTION (08/18/2005) SECDINING COLOR: ANTICIPATION: Brian Lyn gets comfortable at the small eatery as he takes a break for a meal of dim sum.
Craig H. Hartley: for the Chronicle Food and people to accompany inside review of terrific new dim sum restaurant, Yum Yum Cha Cafe'. L-R: Tran Nguyen; server Sarah Mak; Jessica Wang.
Craig H. Hartley: for the Chronicle Food and people to accompany inside review of terrific new dim sum restaurant, Yum Yum Cha Cafe'.
97. Yum Yum Cha
The quality of Houston’s high-profile dim sum palaces waxes and wanes so much that it’s hard to form any lasting allegiances. But this tiny family-run tea shop in the Rice Village holds steady with its small-batch, cooked-to-order dim sum treats, which arrive via server, hot and texturally vivid. There is nowhere I would rather partake of spidery Wu Gork, the fried taro cake, or satin-slick chong fun noodle wrappers rolled around ground beef tinged with star anise. The Lo Bok Go (turnip cake) haunts; the pork-and-peanut dumplings stun with their frilly man-o-war beauty. Add a pot of pale golden chrysanthemum tea for maximum mileage.
Cuisine: Chinese
Entree price range: $-$$
Where: 2435 Times Blvd.
Phone: 713-527-8455
Web: yumyumchacafe.com
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