Gourmet Traveller

Come on strong

My wine and Chinese food-matching epiphany came during yum cha one bleary Sunday morning in Golden Century, the big, bustling institution of a restaurant in Sydney’s Chinatown. I think I might have been mildly hungover – but I’ve always maintained this is a prerequisite for fully enjoying the succession of crunchy, gelatinous, steamed and fried treats that make up a proper yum cha experience.

Even though it’s a Cantonese tradition to drink tea with yum cha, Golden Century also boasts an enormous wine

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