SENIOR SCHOOL

Local Chinese Restaurant Excursion

Learning about the culture is an important component when learning a language. Students are always very interested in the food culture. Last week, the Year 10 and Year 11 Chinese classes had the opportunity to visit a local Chinese restaurant to have a taste of “yum cha”.

 

Cindy Tian

Chinese teacher

Yum Cha, or 饮茶, is a Cantonese style of meal involving tea drinking and “dim sum” or 點心。Last Thursday, the Year 10 Chinese class had a small excursion to Wealth Garden to have yum cha and dim sum. We enjoyed various dishes such as “ham sui gok” or 鹹水角, a football-shaped fried dumpling filled with meat and mushrooms, and “har gao” or 蝦餃, called prawn dumplings in English, have a unique skin and very simple filling. We finished the meal with an amazing and flaky “dan tat” or 蛋撻 or egg tart in English.

Jerome W. 10K

 

On Thursday, the Year 10 Mandarin Class visited the Wealth Kitchen for afternoon yum cha. It was a very fun experience to have with my fellow classmates before the stress of exams kicks in. We ate a lot of delicious food and all had a great time. Thank you to Ms Tian for organising such fun, educational activities for us to enjoy.

Tesslyn C. 10K

 

I think the Yum Cha excursion was both fun and educating. Although I’ve already been to Yum Cha many times with my family it was a very different experience with my classmates. I really enjoyed it as we all laughed and talked while eating the different dishes. I learnt a lot from the different type of foods that we ate from the waiter, and my favourite was probably the egg tart. I thought the food was okay, but it was still enjoyable as it was with my friends and Ms Tian.

Le C. 11E

 

On Wednesday 31st of October, our Chinese Second Language class went to the Wealthy Kitchen for a yum cha excursion. It was a very special experience. I was born in China but after I came to Australia, it had been a long time since the last time I went to yum cha. As a Cantonese, yum cha is something that I definitely enjoy. The restaurant selected a range of dishes for us including egg tarts, fried rice, and Singaporean fried noodle etc. My favourite was the egg tart. It was not too sweet which is perfect for me and my friends actually gave their ones to me as well as I got to ate 3 tarts! I also enjoyed having a bit of chat with my friends and experience the unique Chinese culture with them. I would definitely recommend others to try yum cha as it would definitely give you an unforgettable experience.

Wilson C. 11E

 

Last Wednesday, our Chinese class went to Wealthy Kitchen on an excursion together. For the past couple of weeks, we have been working hard on our SACs so the excursion was more like a reward for our hard work. It took us around 10 mins to walk there, it is a restaurant that I have been to multiple times personally and the quality of food there is decent. We got to taste a lot of Chinese food such as special fried rice and prawn dumplings. Overall, it was a very enjoyable experience as we don’t often have to chance to have a meal as a whole class in a restaurant.

Bon N. 11E