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YAUMAY Tokyo – Michelin Recommended Dim Sum in Marunouchi

A Counter for Dim Sum

In Tokyo’s Marunouchi district, YAUMAY reimagines the dim sum experience. The restaurant’s design – inspired by a sushi counter – seats guests in front of a long hinoki wood counter, directly facing the chefs. Here, you order your preferred dumplings one by one, as the kitchen prepares each piece to order. It is an intimate, immediate way to eat.

The Team Behind the Menu

YAUMAY was launched by restaurateur Alan Yau, the visionary behind London’s Hakkasan and Yauatcha. For this Tokyo outpost, he brought together four chefs who had previously served as head chefs at those Michelin-starred kitchens. Chef Soon Wah Cheong leads a team that includes Chef Lee and the Wai brothers, each with experience running top dim sum restaurants and hotel kitchens in London, Dubai, and Russia. Together, they created a menu of twenty signature dim sum pieces.

Global Hits, Japanese Accents

The dishes draw from the team’s global bestsellers – including the venison puff that became a cult favorite at Hakkasan – but are localized with Japanese ingredients. Kagoshima pork appears in several fillings. The result is dim sum that balances Cantonese tradition with a lighter, more precise approach suited to Tokyo palates. Beyond the counter, a selection of around twenty Chinese teas is imported directly from Hong Kong, with aged puer and hard-to-find Longjing among the offerings. The tea service, like the dim sum, follows rigorous training: servers are schooled by Hong Kong tea specialists to pour at the correct temperature, using high-grade ceramics.

A Michelin Recommended Address

YAUMAY earned a Michelin Recommended distinction in 2026, a nod to the precision of its dim sum and the calibre of its culinary team. For anyone seeking the highest standard of Chinese cuisine in Tokyo, this counter in Nijubashi Square delivers an experience that feels both globally refined and distinctly local.