The Chung Hwa Drawing Pencil 101 is still the pencil of choice in Shanghainese Dim Sum Restaurants.
In the nicer dim sum places, like here in a branch of Sue Hsiao Liu, they are of course also nicely sharpened.
If you wonder where they come from or how many a restaurant would keep: here’s this branch’s ‘secret’ stash of sharpened Chung Hwas, ready for the customers.
If you want to read more about Chung Hwa pencils – here’s a selection of related blog posts form around the web.
- 2010 – Bleistift: Chung Hwa Drawing Pencil 101
- 2019 – Polar Pencil Pusher: Pencil Review: Chung Hwa 101 2B
Other Chung Hwa Pencils: