Chinese meal, say, much different without starter of soup (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
yum cha
'chinese meal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'much different without starter of soup' is the wordplay.
'different' is an anagram indicator (letters placed in a different order).
'without' is an insertion indicator (some letters go outside or 'without' others).
'starter of soup' becomes 'ya' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'much' anagrammed gives 'umch'.
'umch' going inside 'ya' is 'YUM CHA'.
'say' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for yum cha that I've seen is " Chinese meal".)