Hong Kong Must Eat, Where to Eat, What to Eat & Best Restaurants. I’m always getting hit up with emails about WHERE TO EAT in Hong Kong.
I’ve worked up quite the list over the last couple of years and figured it would be worth sharing with the world. This list is compiled almost all on places I’ve eaten at, and those I haven’t eaten at are on the list because of some LEGIT co-signs from people I trust. There are a ton of places I’m yet to check out in Hong Kong, so if I’m missing any MUST EATS or if you have any recommendations, please let me know or leave a comment below! This list is also a work in progress and will be updated as I eat my way through Hong Kong so come back and check for updates. Have fun stuffing your faces ya’ll =) Dim Sum Tim Ho Wan 添好運點心專門店 (Sham Shui Po, Olympic and Central) Cheap, dericious and also happens to be the cheapest Michelin star restaurant in the world!
One Dim Sum 一點心 (Prince Edward) A hidden gem recognized and recommended by a lot of peeps (Michelin included). Read Reviews of Hong Kong Restaurants – Your Essential Guide to Eating at Hong Kong. Chiu Chow Mansion lives up to its name. It’s a massive restaurant that resides in Domain, a new shopping mall built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority. With high ceilings, exposed light bulbs and colourful seating, the space is modern and inviting.
We can’t tell whether its main patrons are local Yau Tong residents or ones who have travelled from further afield for good food but either way, every seat inside the restaurant is occupied. Over three pages of the menu offer cold starters, a main component of chiu chow cuisine. The cold grey mullet ($88) marks an incredible start to the meal. We adore the deep-fried duck with taro ($58). Many of the other dishes, such as stir-fried diced pigeon served with lettuce leaves ($82) or green beans with pickled vegetables and minced meat ($55) are also fairly similar to Cantonese food, yet the emphasis is on the freshness and delicacy of the ingredients, so less oil is used and the flavour is a lot milder. HK Magazine Online. Spear Season We may be more familiar with its more famous green counterpart, but May and June is white asparagus season, and there’s no better (or other) time to indulge.
This vampiric veggie is a spring delicacy, and a food connoisseur’s dream. It’s prized throughout Europe, and... It’s hot, it’s wet, it’s humid. You don’t really want to wade into a hearty stew, do you? Help yourself to a salad and you’ll feel better for the rest of the day. Watch Out For… Chef Esther Sham of private kitchen Ta Pantry has moved her digs from Wan Chai to North Point in a collaboration project with wine retailer and storage experts Hip Cellar. Central Fresh For a quick, tasty bite, stop by Fresh in Lan Kwai Fong for sandwiches, salads, pizzas and more. Watch Out For… We just had a live demonstration today from the folks behind Something Fresh (www.somethingfresh.com.hk), a new vegetarian food service that prepares ready-to-cook meals that then get delivered straight to your door. Extra: SS's Favorite Hong Kong Based Food Bloggers. Even though I’ve been away from Hong Kong, I’m always curious to read about or come across Hong Kong based food bloggers.
After poking around, it’s time to share some of my favorites. But before I jumped into my findings. I want to first share with you an overview of what I’ve observed over the past couple of years here in the States. Food blogging in the States has been developing into something that everyone is familiar with these days. Well, I guess blogging itself really have taken off quite tremendously. While some are so well-known that they take advertisers, others are running just like a personal journal.
Hong Kong, however, it’s just not like it. Understanding that after all, most Hong Kong people just don’t have the time and the space to cook. E*ting the world: e_ting in Hong Kong. If you've ever called/emailed/tweeted me about where to eat in Hong Kong, here's more or less the list you would've seen.
I've copied and pasted it here, with a little more detail added. I'll try to update as often as possible/relevant. Note that I've tried to keep my notes short to keep it an easy to read 'list', but if you want more details, just ask. Links will take you to addresses either in Openrice, one of my previous posts, or to my Facebook photos (usually with notes of some sort). (And I haven't had time to link everything, so please do a search on Openrice). As this list is intended for visitors, most places are easy to get to, though not all are on an average visitor's trail. For the hot spanking new (but not necessarily wow), you might also like to check out the Heat Maps I did for Eater in January, April and December 2012, and July 2013. To reiterate: this is a work in progress. Traditional CantoneseSeventh Son - top Fook Lam Moon alumni. BCN - also tapas. Site off-line.
Hong Kong Fashion Geek. Sassy Hong Kong. ChopstixFix.