noun
yum cha; eating dim sum with tea
Refers to the Cantonese custom of drinking tea while eating dim sum or other small snacks. Often used in the context of Chinese restaurants.
from Chinese
See also: 点心
週末に家族で飲茶に行くのが楽しみです。
I look forward to going for yum cha with my family on weekends.
飲茶では、エビ蒸し餃子が一番好きです。
At yum cha, I like shrimp dumplings the most.
点心 refers specifically to dim sum dishes, while 飲茶 is the broader custom of eating snacks (often dim sum) with tea.
Borrowed from Cantonese 飲茶 (jam2 caa4), meaning 'drink tea'. The kanji are used phonetically and semantically.