Personal Project, Dim Sum Girls: The Illustrated Dim Sum Guide. 
An A to Z Menu Dictionary from Siu Mai to Zhaliang. Turning iconic dim sums dishes into stylish fashion illustrations. 

What is dim sum? Think of them as Chinese tapas! A Cantonese traditional, originating from teahouses serving tiny delicious dishes to complement tea, 
There are over 2000 types of dim sum across China, The project imagines 24 most iconic yum cha dishes into fashion illustrations with each one representing a letter from the alphabet. 
Hong Kong culture inspired illustration featuring cartoon girl in a red dress inspired by dim sum chicken feet fung zaau
F for Fung Zaau / 鳳爪. 
Inspired by the iconic love it or hate it yum cha dish, Chicken Feet! A green chilli pepper hat and adorned with black bean sauce. She's a flapper who loves to dance. 
Hong Kong food inspired illustration with fashion girl wearing a lotus rice dim sum costume.
L for Lor Mai Gai / 糯米雞  
Delicious parcels of glutinous rice, preserved Chinese sausage, shitake mushroom and tender pieces of chicken. All wrapped up in a fragrant lotus leaf and steamed.
Hong Kong food inspired fashion illustration by HK illustrator Kitty N. Wong for with girl wearing football uniform carrying a giant taro puff dim sum.
T for Taro Puff / 芋角.
Deep fried to perfect, filled with meats and vegetables, mashed taro forms this dumpling's distinctive American Football shape. 

Each Dim Sum Girl with the dishes that inspired her look. 
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