Hong Kong’s time-honored delicacies in the streets

Hong Kong’s time-honored delicacies in the streets

It’s a once-in-a-thousand year trip to Hong Kong. Why not try Hong Kong’s time-honored delicacies? Try Hong Kong’s authentic snacks and have a full meal. ?Hong Kong’s time-honored restaurants are famous both at home and abroad. They have accumulated history for decades or hundreds of years and can definitely withstand your picky requirements for food!

1. Sang Kee Porridge Expert

Foodie Chua Lam once praised Sang Kee as my favorite porridge restaurant. Its porridge is the best in Hong Kong. Only when you sit down and try it for yourself can you realize that Cai Sheng has absolutely no bad reputation. The soup base is boiled for four hours with lean pork bones and scallops, and Thai fragrant rice and yuba are added for three hours to create a soft and sweet porridge base. You can choose from a variety of fresh porridge ingredients and order them to order. Now cooked, the skill of the 40-year-old restaurant is undoubtedly reflected in a small bowl of porridge.

Recommended: Highly recommend the meatballs, beef maw and sashimi porridge, Youshengji’s homemade pork balls, and the limited supply of fish maw every day. It has a rich taste and is extremely sweet. Even Chua Lam also likes it. Don't stop talking.

Transportation: Sheng Kee is located on Bi Street in Sheung Wan. It’s hard to find the place. It’s an old shop in an alley. Take the MTR to Exit A2 of Sheung Wan Station, turn right and walk for about 5 minutes.

2. Yung Kee

It opened as a siu mei stall in the 1940s and has remained standing for more than 60 years. The restaurant has been repeatedly praised as the most representative restaurant in Hong Kong by Chinese and foreign food critics. The famous roast goose in Guangdong and Hong Kong is called "Flying Roast Goose" and is even listed as one of the top ten souvenirs in Hong Kong. The charcoal-roasted goose is plump and plump, with thin and crispy skin, a color like red dates, and a sweet but not greasy taste.

Yong Kee also sells stir-fried glutinous rice that is only available in autumn and winter. It is truly stir-fried. It takes more than 30 minutes to go from raw glutinous rice to stir-frying, which is a test of the skill of the chef.

Recommendation: When dining at Yong Kee, in addition to the must-order roast goose, the soft-boiled egg with sour ginger and Prince Edward noodles are also must-order dishes for those who know how to eat.

Reference price: HKD 250/person

Transportation: The shop is on Wellington Street in Central. Take the MTR to Exit D2 of Central Station and walk along D'Aguilar Street for about three minutes. Arriving soon.

3. Lu Yu Tea Room

It is a time-honored tea restaurant full of classical style. Both the production of traditional dim sum and the store decoration highlight the traditional and elegant features. The teahouse has three floors. Here you can taste special snacks that are difficult to eat in other restaurants. They are all decades old.

Lu Yu Tea Room has always maintained the style of an old Hong Kong restaurant, from the vigorous calligraphy on the wall, the antique ceiling fan on the ceiling to the old waiter who still wears a white shirt and black clothes, carrying a hot water bottle and going around refilling tea for guests. , all exuding a light traditional atmosphere.

Due to its increasing reputation, the quality may gradually be different from the past, but the praise is still overwhelming and it is still worth recommending. < /p>

4. Lan Fong Yuen

It is a time-honored tea restaurant in Hong Kong. This small shop may not look like much at first glance, but it is famous throughout Hong Kong for its delicious silk stocking milk tea. It has been prosperous for many years.

Known as the most delicious tea restaurant in Hong Kong, although the shop is simple, the food quality is superb. It’s no wonder that many gourmets say harsh words, “If you haven’t eaten at Lan Fong Yuen, you haven’t eaten at a Hong Kong tea restaurant.” ?

Recommendations: mellow and delicious stockings milk tea, cold and refreshing salted lemongrass, tender and juicy pork chop buns, creative diced chicken chop with scallion oil (drained with 1 diced noodles before cooking) , West Toast with unique sauce, and almost all dishes are the signature dishes of Lan Fong Yuen, a long-established Hong Kong-style tea restaurant.

Reference price: HKD 40/person

Transportation: Exit D2 of Central Station of the Hong Kong Island Line, cross Queen's Road Central, walk to Kowloon Street and turn right to Jie Chi Street.

5. Lamma Island? Rainbow Seafood Restaurant

This seafood restaurant has won the Hong Kong Food Awards many times. It has opened three stores in this small street. Chow Yun-fat, Joey Yung, Simon Yam, Shu Qi, Wu Jianhao, etc. have all come here to enjoy their meals.

Recommendation: Butter lobster is so delicious that many tourists come here just to have a taste. Steamed scallops with garlic vermicelli is also a must-have dish.

Transportation: Walk from the exit of Hong Kong MTR Station to Central Pier 4, take a boat to Sok* Wan, Lamma Island, and walk to First Street to find it.

6. Xiyuan Restaurant

Xiyuan Restaurant has been practicing MSG-free cooking since the 1980s and specializes in traditional Cantonese cuisine. The fried Hsinchu rice noodles with crab meat is a must-try. After the customer orders, the waiter will roll out the dining car and bring the red crab meat, fresh shrimps, Jinhua ham shreds and other ingredients in front of the customer, and put them in a casserole to stir-fry the rice noodles. The texture is distinct and the dryness is refreshing.

Recommendation: From the long-established classic honey barbecued pork buns with soft and pine skin, juicy and thick sauce, to the must-order barbecued pork buns at every table, to the noble barbecued pork buns. Jazz soup made from snail meat, honeydew melon, chicken feet and other ingredients, makes customers like me feel grateful to eat and drink all the way?

Business hours: Monday to Friday 11;00-24:00 < /p>

Saturday and Sunday 10:00-24:00

Transportation: Xiyuan Restaurant is located on Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay. Take the MTR to Exit F of Causeway Bay Station and walk for three minutes on Yan Enping Road. Arriving soon.

7. Chiji

The famous wonton noodles in the store, the wonton wrapping method is traditional and authentic, one bite, from the noodles, soup base to wonton fillings, everything is matched meticulously, try it After a while, you will know that Chi Ji, who comes like a cloud, is by no means a wasted reputation.

Recommendation: The swimming shrimp wonton, which is available in limited quantities every day, is the store’s signature dish and is very popular with customers. It is usually sold out by noon. So if you want to have a full meal, you should visit early.

Recommendation: Wonton noodles are of course a must, but beef brisket noodles and black pepper pork chop rice are also very good.

Reference price: HKD 40/person

Transportation: Chi Kee is located on Percival Street, Causeway Bay, Exit A of Causeway Bay MTR Station, turn right along Russell Street, and walk for about 3 minutes.

8. Kung Ho Tong Turtle Ointment

Kung Ho Tong was founded in 1904. It is a time-honored traditional Chinese medicine drink shop in Hong Kong. It is famous throughout Hong Kong for its Guiling Ointment.

Gonghetang’s Guiling Paste adopts the health-preserving formula of the Qing Dynasty palace. All precious medicinal materials are used to refine the Guiling Paste, including 5-10 years old medicinal tortoise shell, Smilax cocos, and Sichuan Ninja Grass. , licorice, etc. It is said to have miraculous effects on treating skin diseases, regulating gastrointestinal conditions, and beautifying the skin.

In addition to Guiling Gao, there are also many teas that are beneficial to the body, so you might as well try them.

Recommended: Guiling Gao

Reference price: HKD 39

Transportation: Exit A of Causeway Bay Station on the Hong Kong Island Line, head towards Percival Street, about 10 minutes minutes to go.

9. Xu Liushan

The best thing is the various takeaways, that is, various pre-made cups of mango (because there is a very attractive promotional price if you buy two cups) ), but some things must be eaten alone. The one recommended here is Bird’s Nest Pudding. Don’t be tempted by its name. In fact, this is an authentic mango dessert. A white boat-shaped porcelain plate was brought up, with a large mango pudding filled with fruit pieces in the middle, a coconut ice cream ball covered on top, a spoonful of bird's nest sprinkled on top of the ball, and a mango ice cream placed on one end of the plate. The ball is surrounded by a few pieces of fresh mango pulp, so you can enjoy three types of mangoes in one dessert, coupled with the mellow coconut aroma and smooth bird's nest, it makes people have endless aftertaste.

Recommended: Mango sago (everything related to mango), bird's nest pudding, snow clam paste

Reference price: HKD 40/person

Transportation: Take Exit A of Causeway Bay MTR Station and walk for ten minutes in the direction of Wan Chai.

Note: There are often discounts for ID card numbers, such as ID cards with three digits and five characters. 40% off on Fridays at Hui Lau Shan.

10. Ming Court

It has won the Hong Kong Tourism Board’s highest award for gastronomy, the highest honor gold medal, and was selected as a first-class restaurant by the world’s top dining guide "Michelin Guide" Ming Court, located in Mong Kok, is a quiet place amidst the hustle and bustle. It is a rare high-end restaurant in the area. The executive chef has more than 30 years of experience as a chef, and the dishes he prepares are of high quality, both in appearance and taste.

Recommendation: The abalone slices are flavorful, while the noodles are tasteless. The braised noodles with fresh abalone slices are highly recommended by celebrity chef and gourmet Jacky Yu Jianzhi.

Transportation: Located on the 6th floor of Langham Place Hotel, Shanghai Street, Mong Kok, exit C3 of Mong Kok Station, and a three-minute walk from Langham Place Shopping Mall.

11. Liu Senji Noodle Shop

Cai Lam once said: The noodles made by Liu Senji have clear roots, moderate thickness and full of elasticity. ?Liu Senji Noodle House, founded in 1956, has insisted on using its own bamboo noodles for many years, making noodles for 4 hours a day. How can such carefully made noodles not be delicious?

Recommendation: Xiazilao Noodles are a must-try item. The Ginger, Scallion, Goose Intestine, Beef and Cypress Leaf was recommended by Cai Sheng after tasting it. It is crispy and has a special texture.

Transportation: Located on Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, take Exit D1 of Hung Hom MTR Station. Walk 2 minutes along the overpass to the ground level.

12. Manji Desserts

I read in a magazine that there is another dessert that is the most representative dessert in Hong Kong, Manji. I think it is good and sells the best. The food is very different from Hui Lau Shan, and the taste in the store is even different. Hui Lau Shan is an old-fashioned shop, but Manji has changed the simple decoration of a traditional dessert shop and adopted a modern Western style. It is precisely because of this that Man Kee, which started in Sai Kung, has become a well-known small store in Hong Kong, with chains everywhere.

Recommended: Poplar nectar, durian glutinous rice cake, mango pancake

Reference price: HKD 40/person

Transportation: Tsuen Wan Line Mong Kok Station Exit C3, 10th Floor, Langham Place, Ya Zi Lao Street, Mongkok, Kowloon.

11. Sugar Palace

The decoration of Sugar Palace is not only magnificent, but also the sugar water made with traditional techniques is also very exquisite. In terms of materials, the unique sweetness of the raw materials is used. As the protagonist, rock sugar and sucrose are the supporting roles in the coordination. It is okay to eat more, such as almond syrup, walnut syrup, tofu curd, etc. It also has better effects on health and beauty, and is suitable for all ages. Therefore, the emergence of the Tang Dynasty led the trend of eating sugar water, driving people's habit of eating sugar water and the real enjoyment of desserts.

Recommendation: If you want to choose the most traditional and classic dessert, then the wooden barrel tofu curd is the best one. In addition, almond dew and walnut dew are also quite good.

Reference price: HKD 80/person

Transportation: Take Exit A1 of Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the Tsuen Wan Line from Haiphong Road towards Canton Road and walk for about 15 minutes. ;