Dim Sum Duck

Dim Sum Duck

I think Cantonese speakers would be tickled by this London restaurant’s cleverly mischievous play with its name

点都得

Spoken in Cantonese, phonetically it sounds almost like

Dim Too Dark

Spoken to a Cantonese speaker, he hears it to mean

Anything goes

For the full story, go to

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3259618/how-british-chinese-restaurants-chinese-names-can-hide-witty-messages-and-clever-wordplay

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