Ordering Food? There’s a Pencil for that…
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.
The 101:
- 2010 – Bleistift: Chung Hwa Drawing Pencil 101
- 2019 – Polar Pencil Pusher: Pencil Review: Chung Hwa 101 2B
Other Chung Hwa Pencils:
- 2008 – Pencil Talk: Chung Hwa 6151 pencil
- 2018 – The Weekly Pencil: Chung Hwa 6610 HB