I have been to Lok Cha once and never want to return again. Lin Heung and Luk Yu are not that good either. They are just famous because of some publicity.
I like the idea of bringing one’s own tea to the restaurant so one can choose whichever restaurant one likes for the food. Although they never make it quite right in the restaurant, at least I have the freedom to the quality of the leaves.
@MEversbergII, cha chung and gaiwan are two different phrases basically meaning the same thing. There are subtle differences in Chinese linguistics, apart from the former being Cantonese and the latter Mandarin. Few people outside of Hong Kong even know the existence of the term cha chung. It is an old expression that is still alive only in Hong Kong.
