Jenny Bakery is an incredibly famous Hong Kong bakery specialising in butter cookies. They are so good that counterfeits and knock-offs can be found everywhere in Hong Kong. You have to queue for hours at their Hong Kong stores and they have expanded to China and Singapore. The outlets in […]
Hong Kong Food
Lou Dim Dim Sum 老點點心竹筒飯 is, by international tourist standards, quite unknown. However, they also sport one of the highest ratings on OpenRice, with 117 thumbs up and 9 thumbs down. That kind of ratio is simply insane. As we did not have any Dim Sum places lined up […]
Lou Dim Dim Sum – 老點點心竹筒飯
Green Waffle Diner @ Causeway Bay A visit to a bustling metropolis like Hong Kong is never complete without dropping by one of their hipster cafes. Given the limited time that we had, we selected one place and it was the Green Waffle Diner – because well, I love waffles. […]
Green Waffle Diner @ Causeway Bay
Tsui Wah is the largest and most famous cha chaan teng chain in Hong Kong. They have 35 branches in Hong Kong, 2 branches in Macau and 22 branches in mainland China. They are so big that their holding company Tsui Holdings Limited is listed publicly on the Hong Kong […]
Tsui Wah Restaurant 翠華餐廳
Tim Ho Wan at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, is one of two Tim Ho Wan restaurants with Michelin stars in Hong Kong, with the other being their North Point outlet. We have seen the ridiculously long queues outside the Tim Ho Wan branches in Singapore, and while they […]
Tim Ho Wan at Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong 添好運點心專門店
Joy Hing Roasted Meat is a famous 烧腊 (shāo là) stall in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. They are well known for their barbecued pork (or char siew 叉烧 chā shāo), roast duck (烧鸭 shāo yā) and their soy sauce chicken (豉油鸡 chǐ yóu jī). Well, we did our research – according to OpenRice reviews […]
Joy Hing Roasted Meat 再興燒臘飯店
Sun Wah Cafe serves up a marvelous rendition of ham omelette and satay beef instant noodles. While they are not as well known amongst international audiences as say the Australia Dairy Company, Kam Wah Cafe or even the Capital Cafe, the food quality at Sun Wah is really top […]
Sun Wah Cafe 新華茶餐廳 – Satay Beef Instant Noodles
Lee Keung Kee North Point Egg Waffles, also known as eggettes or gai daan zai in Cantonese, is the most famous egg waffle chain in Hong Kong. As we were passing by one of their branches on our way to Tsim Sha Tsui, we had to try it. The origins of the […]
Lee Keung Kee North Point Egg Waffles 利強記北角雞蛋仔
This is the first Din Tai Fung branch ever to receive a Michelin star in November 2009. No doubt their main outlet in Taiwan would probably receive a couple of stars if there was ever a Michelin Guide for Taiwan. Din Tai Fung was after all named one of the […]
Din Tai Fung Tsim Sha Tsui @ Silvercord, Hong Kong
This is Capital Cafe 華星冰室, one of the top rated cha chaan tengs in Hong Kong right after the Australia Dairy Company. They are known for their scrambled eggs on toast, condensed milk bun and milk tea. We went on a Sunday morning, and yes, you can see the queue […]
Capital Cafe – Scrambled Eggs & Condensed Milk Bun
Hong Kong is famous for its pork chop. There are fanatical pork chop stalls that specialize in this delicious and sinful meat dish. As someone from Singapore I was quite astounded by this, and delightful at the same time. I love meat and pork chop or pork cutlet in particular. […]
For Kee 科記咖啡餐室 – Pork Chop
The best polo buns in Hong Kong? Australia Dairy Company was unfortunately closed on Thursday, the day we landed. So for our first food stop in Hong Kong, we selected Kam Wah Cafe instead, given that our exhaustive research had thrown up Kam Wah as having the best polo buns in Hong Kong. […]
Kam Wah Cafe 金華冰廳 – Polo Bun, Egg Tarts & ...
If you are a pastry lover you must try the egg tarts at Honolulu Coffee Shop on your trip to Hong Kong. Based on our exhaustive research, Honolulu Coffee Shop serves up one of the best egg tarts in Hong Kong. They are in the top 2, together with […]
Egg Tarts at Honolulu Coffee Shop 檀島咖啡餅店
When we were doing our research on delicious food in Hong Kong, we came across Kau Kee’s beef brisket noodles. I can’t say I’m a big fan of beef brisket, but the reviews on OpenRice were nuts. Kau Kee is somewhere between 60 to 90 years old, and the current owner Mr […]
Kau Kee 九記牛腩 – Beef Brisket Noodles
We stumbled into this establishment on a hot Saturday afternoon. We were sightseeing around Wan Chai neighbourhood and a stop at the famous Kam Fung cha chaan teng was high on the agenda. Kam Fung is one of the highest rated cha chaan tengs in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. […]