You Can Help Sydney Break Melbourne's Yum Cha World Record Next Week

Our humble harbour city is putting in a play for international dumpling glory, as it gears up to host one very impressive Guinness World Record attempt: a bid for the title of the World's Largest Yum Cha Meal.

At 11am on Tuesday, February 5, 1000 keen Sydneysiders will descend on Darling Harbour's Tumbalong Park to eat their way into the history books. They'll be aiming to dethrone southern rival and current title-holder Melbourne, which hosted its record-breaking 750-person yum cha feast back in 2013.

For Sydney's event to be in with a shot of smashing that earlier effort, participants will be served four dumplings each and need to polish off at least two. A whopping 4000 dumplings will be whipped up, to feed 100 tables full of dumpling aficionados, with dipping sauces available, too. If you're still hungry after your four dumplings (we suspect you might be), you can head around the corner to Sydney's new dumpling and beer 'stadium'.

Kimberley Low.

Fittingly, the record-attempt, which is hosted by City of Sydney, WSFM and My Kitchen Rules, will be taking place during Sydney's Lunar New Year celebrations. The local festivities run from February 1–10 and include everything from a night market in The Rocks to a culinary celebration at the Sydney Fish Market.

If you'd like the chance to be involved in a record-smashing yum cha feast (and to score a free dumpling lunch), you'll need to register via the WSFM website before 3pm on Monday, February 4.

The Guinness World Record attempt will take place at 11am on Tuesday, February 5 at Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour. You can register for the event here.

Images: Kimberley Low.