HONG KONG RESTAURANTS

Someone asked about eating in the Special Administrative Region.
I had a few suggestions to offer.

In no particular order:

車仔麵之家
灣仔, 晏頓街1號 , A店。
CHE CHAI MIN JI KAA
Anton Street 1, shop A, Wanchai
Telephone: 2529 6313
Facsimile: 2520 1305
["Little cart noodles."]

新興食家
西環, 堅尼地城, 士美菲路, 8號, 地下, C號舖。
SUN HING RESTAURANT ('SAN-HING SIK-GAA')
Shop C, Ground floor, 8 Smithfield Road, Kennedy Town.
[Runny custard buns, siu mai, hargau.]

永興豆漿王
觀塘, 裕民坊40A號, 地下。
WING HING SOY MILK SHOP
Kwuntong, Yueman Square No. 40, Ground Floor.
[Fresh beancurd with syrup.]

金華冰廳
香港, 太子弼街47號, 地下。
KAM WAH BAKERY CAFE
47 Bute Street, ground floor,
Prince Edward (Mongkok), Kowloon, Hong Kong.
[Baked goods, toasted buns (both "pineapple" buns AND little piggy buns!).]

妹記生滾粥品
旺角, 花園街市政大廈4樓熟食中心11-12舖。
MUI KEE CONGEE
["Younger Sister's Freshly Boiled Congee Products"]
Shop no. 11-12, Fa Yuen Street Market, Municipal Services Building, Fourth Floor, Cooked Foods Centre
Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
[Crispy fish skin rice porridge.]

彩龍酒樓
荃灣, 荃錦公路, 川龍村, 2號。
CHOI LUNG RESTAURANT
[In Tsuen Wan, along a hillside road overlooking everything. A bosky dimsum place.]

蓮香樓
中環, 威靈頓街160-164號。
LIN HEUNG TEA HOUSE
160-164 Wellington Street,
Central District.
[A raucous and totally excellent dim sum restaurant.]

勝香園
中環, 美輪街2號。
SING HEUNG YUEN
2 Mei Lun Street, Central District.
[Cheap, a neighborhood eatery, wonderful tomato soup. Expect outdoor seating, it's barely one step removed from being a street stall.]

肥姐小食店
香港, 九龍, 旺角, 登打士街 55號, 4A舖。
FAT SISTER SMALL EATS SHOP
Unit 4A, 55 Dundas Street, Mong Kok.
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
[Marinated offal on a stick. Add a squeeze of yellow mustard.]

鏞記酒家
中環, 威靈頓街 32-40 號。
YUNG KEE JAU KA
32-40 Wellington Street, Central
Hong Kong Island
[Famous, and famously expensive, roast goose.]

裕記大飯店
新界, 深井, 深康路 9號。
YUE KEE TAAI FAN DIEM
9 Sham Hong Road, Sham Tseng
New Territories, Hong Kong.
[Extremely good roast goose. Very affordable.]

深井陳記燒鵝酒家
新界, 深井, 青山公路, 深井村 63號, 地下。
SHAM TSENG CHAN KEE SIU NGOH JAU KA
Ground floor, 63 Sham Tseng Village, Castle Peak Road, Sham Tseng
New Territories, Hong Kong.
[Also extremely good roast goose. And likewise very affordable.]

沾仔記
中環, 威靈頓街 98號, 地下。
TSIM CHAI KEE NOODLE
Shop B, G/F Jade Centre, 98 Wellington Street, Central
[Beef brisket house special wonton noodles.]

群記清湯腩
大埔, 大明里 26號。
KWON KEE TSING TONG NAAM
No. 26 Dai Ming Lane, Taipo.
Tel: 2638 3071
In Taipo, centre of town, between Tai Gwong Lane (大光里) and Kwong Fuk Lane (廣福里).
[Beef brisket stock, soup noodles.]

大榮華酒樓
元朗, 安寧路2-6號, 2樓。
TAAI WING WAA RESTAURANT
2/F, Koon Wong Mansion, 2-6 On Ning Road, Yuen Long.
[Dim sum, poon choi (盤菜 or 盆菜), and old wife cakes from the bakery (老婆餅 'lo poh beng'). This time of year, famous mooncakes (月餅)]

唯珍上海麵家
佐敦, 白加士街125號, 地下。
WAI-TSAN SEUNGHOI MIEN KAA
125 Parkes Street, Ground Floor, Jordan, Kowloon.
Telephone: 2770 4763
[Pan-fried pork cutlets - either with noodles or rice, or on top of soup - and most especially the garlic chives pork dumplings.]


And most heartily recommended:

上海榮華川菜館
觀塘, 崇仁街 15號, 地下。
SEUNG HOI WING WAH CHUEN TSOI KOON
The Shanghai Wing Wah Szechuan Restaurant
Ground Floor, 15 Shung Yan Street, Kwun Tong.

Recommended dishes at Wing Wah:

豆沙窩餅 Fried Sweet Bean-paste Fold-overs. Very Shanghainese!
東坡肉 Tung-Po Pork (slow cooked long and fragrant, served over tender fresh baby bokchoi).
回鍋肉 Twice-cooked Pork - a superior version.
砂鍋雲吞雞 Clay Pot Wonton Chicken.
擔擔麵 Tan Tan Noodles. Superior, but something I'm particularly fond of.
酸辣湯 Hot and Sour Soup - extremely popular here.
紅燒獅子頭 Savoury Braised Large Meat Balls.
乾扁四季豆 Spicy Dry-fried Stringbeans.
八寶茶 Eight Treasure Tea (hot) - very popular.
糖醋魚柳 Sweet and Sour Willow-fish.
糖醋排骨 Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs.
紅油抄手 Red Oil Dumplings - a famous Szechuanese variation on wonton.
口水雞 Poached & Sauced Chicken.
花雕醉雞 Drunken Chicken (made with Fa Diu ricewine) - very highly recommended.
蒜泥白肉 Garlic Sauce Poached Pork (cold) - very old-fashioned and delicious.
奶油津白 Tientsin Cabbage in Cream Sauce garnished with Chinhua Ham - old school, excellent.
糖醋魚塊 Sweet and Sour Fish Chunks.
麻婆豆腐 Ma Po Toufu - an old stand-by.
雞絲粉皮 Chicken Shred Pale Ribbon Noodle.
宮保雞丁 Kung Pao Chicken - a safe standard.



ADDENDUM

What could be more Hong Kong than eating shrimp wonton noodle soup?
Especially in the world's highest commercial rent zone.
Simple, earthy, soul-satisfying.
Comfort food.

池記
銅鑼灣, 波斯富街84號, 地下。
CHEE KEI
84 Percival Street, Causeway Bay, Wanchai District.
[Beef noodle soup, "Swiss" wings, and the freshest thinnest skin shrimp wonton anywhere, with noodle soup (牛腩撈麵，瑞士雞翼，鮮蝦雲吞麵)。
Plus congee (粥). Plus other stuff -- oyster sauce stalky mustard (灼芥蘭), red oil three precious, suei gaau ... ]




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