Dim Sum ladies wheel their trolleys through the bustling teahouses, willingly allowing customers to lift up the lids of the bamboo baskets to identify and check the contents. Dim Sum are a speciality of the Cantonese people, and the cooks are highly-regarded specialists. International Cuisines A glance through the Hong Kong Tourist Association's Dining and Entertainment guide immediately confirms Hong Kong's unique status as the international hub of Asia. The territory boasts a fine selection of Indian, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian and Thai restaurants. There are also Burmese restaurants.
European cuisines are well-represented, most notably in the major hotels.
Several deluxe salons of French cuisine are world-renowned havens for classic or nouvelle cuisine dishes prepared by European master chefs. The deluxe hotels compete for gourmet appreciation and custom with a year-round parade of festivals and visiting master chefs. Each hotel sets out to make at least one mark on Hong Kong's culinary map. Independent restaurateurs add to the competitive variety, and many of Hong Kong's expatriate communities relish the rivalry - German, Italian and French menus are plentiful. There are also restaurants specializing in Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Austrian, British, Mexican and American cuisines.