"One of the most frequent requests I get from out-of-town guests is to take them to a proper dim sum feast. While there are plenty of decent stalwarts in the city, I like to surprise them with a trip to Duen Kee, located at the base of Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong’s tallest mountain. This charming village teahouse is flanked by open watercress fields and fills up with elderly birdkeepers and hikers from the crack of dawn. The experience is two-fold as you’re able to witness Hong Kong’s underrated natural beauty while partaking in a centuries-old food tradition. It’s a hands-on restaurant, too—guests collect their own bowls and chopsticks, and help themselves to what they want from the towers of bamboo steamers hiding all manner of dim sum, from nostalgic steamed Chinese sausage buns to those with a heart of silky egg custard. It’s yum cha, but not as you know it."—Charmaine Mok, Editorial Director, Food & Wine