Sydney's Yum-cha

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Sydney's Yum-cha

Sydney’s Yum-cha is a two-part miniseries, celebrating the culture of yum-cha. Told by members of the Chinese migrant community, yum-cha to many feels nostalgic. It has always been messy and chaotic. But that’s the appeal. Trolleys rolling with steaming bamboo baskets, paper dockets stained with tea and rumbling lazy-susans, kids fighting for the last siu-mai. Through the lens of analogue film, this documentary is a nostalgic perspective into the beauty of yum-cha in Sydney. The episodes dive into: history and ubiquity of yum-cha in Sydney; and the tea etiquette between staff and patrons.

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Part 1: Australian Yum-cha

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Part 2: Tea Etiquette

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Props & Assets

Postcards and props such as the yum-cha docket were developed to further the branding and promote the documentary in a more physical setting.

For more about this project,
visit sydneysyumcha.com

This project was developed as part of the Visual Communications Honours program at the Design, Architecture and Built Environment Faculty at the University of Technology, Sydney. Special thanks to the support of the staff: Gabriel Clarke, Zoe Sadokierski, Monica Monin, Andrew Burrell, Jesse Andrews Stein and Jacquie Lorber-Kasunic. Credits to Lincoln Hui for assisting in transcribing and translating the footage, and thank you to Charles Chan for helping with the camera work.