I usually go to Star Kitchen for dim sum. And I’m not the only one. At lunch time — especially lunch time on the weekends — the restaurant is a chaotic sea of people, with families huddled around ...

Dim sum started in Canton and has long been served all over China. It’s a spinoff from the older Cantonese tradition of yum cha, a “tea-tasting” rest stop for weary travelers on the Silk Road.