The spread of our favourite roast meats — roast duck with delicately crispy skin, the salty crunch of siew yoke, the savoury-sweet candied nuggets of cha siu — promise a meal to remember.

Did you even have yum cha if you didn’t order char siu bao? When it comes to these delicious pockets of steaming hot, sweet meat, we love both the classic steamed buns and the baked variety with ...