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Editor's note
South Yarra's inventive yum cha and dim sum spot with handcrafted teas and private event rooms.
The 10 best dim sum spots
Oriental Teahouse's elevated har gow, Yulongfu's Sichuan bao, Chef Wong's Hong Kong-standard steamers, Melbourne's best dim sum hides in unexpected places.
South Yarra's inventive yum cha and dim sum spot with handcrafted teas and private event rooms.
Bourke Street tablet-order Chinese diner famous for quick yum cha and dim sum classics.
A stylish CBD teahouse serving yum cha and dim sum alongside signature teapot cocktails.
Forest Hill's all-vegetarian Chinese-Malaysian institution, ten-plus years deep with mock-meat regulars.
Prahran's unlimited yum cha and dim sum specialist, plus an evening Cantonese banquet menu.
A CBD steamed-bun shopfront hiding a genuinely excellent Sichuan kitchen behind the name.
Clayton's M City dumpling kitchen — handmade XLB and pepper beef sizzle plates.
South Melbourne's Shanghai-run dumpling canteen for hand-made XLB and wok-hei fried rice.
Little Bourke St dumpling house known for xiao long bao, pan-fried pork buns and truffle seafood fried rice.
Huntingdale's order-by-the-piece yum cha spot, run by a Cantonese family for 40-plus years.
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