Now, how can I not dedicate a post to some of the yummy and fondly remembered food that we had in Hong Kong 🙂
The three food places that top my list (and I’m pretty sure the crew as well) – not in order;
Lan Fong Yuen
I was so happy that the crew made it here, especially the ones on their virgin trip to Hong Kong. This ‘Cha Chan Teng'( 茶餐厅, loosely translated ‘tea food hall’) or tea restaurant is the epitome of Hong Kong’s food and tea culture. Lan Fong Yuen has been around for 50 years and the originator of the ‘pantyhose’ tea milk – and no, the tea is not filter through a pantyhose *rolls eyes* but through a sack bag which smooths the texture when combined with milk, and with that you are presented with a creamy, velvety tea milk with a lingering tea flavour. My Dad claims the hot version brings out the flavour best, but in Indian summer heat, cold version is the way to go!
The good thing about communal eating is being able to share calories – and thank god we had the good mind too or I’m sure we’ll pack 5 kg each on this trip. With that in mind, we opt for a plate of their popular dishes and each had a nice spoonful (and some of us had more than a spoonful hehe).
The highlight was the pork bun (no doubt!) – the bun was lightly toasted with a piece of marinated pork bringing on a flavourful, juicy linger on the taste bud. The popular dried nissin noodles was not amiss at all and I can pretty much declare at the end of the trip, we were nissin noodle-ed out!
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| Pics courtesy of Kev |
Ho Hung Kee ( 1 star Michelin in 2011)
This place was a coincidental find for us – and there was no way we would give up having a bowl of traditional congee and wanton/dumpling noodle soup even when dinner was just a mere hour or two away. So with some good strategic planning, 3 shared a bowl each *genius, aren’t we*.
The traditional congee was smooth, silky and ingredients seasoned to perfection. Wonderful on the palate and truly a comfort food that I don’t mind having everyday. The wantons were made of shrimp and pork mixture with dash of pepper, simple and alluring, especially if the next spoonful into the mouth was the yellow noodle (or otherwise known as ‘Hong Kong noodle) and broth.
Not a beef eater but been told the fried beef noodles is a must have. Calls for a re-visit!
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| Pics courtesy of Kev (again) |
Tsui Wah
No trip to Hong Kong is complete without a meal at Tsui Wah for me.
On our last night and before heading on to Lan Kwai Fong, we filled our bellies with local diner grub and boy, did we eat :). The table was filled with fishball soup, buttered buns, hot plate noodles, baked rice, hot dog and of course yuan yang (coffee and tea milk drink).
Simple, fulfilling and most precious of it all – the whole group was able to sit down for a meal together on the last day.
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| Pics courtesy of Kev (again, again) |
No meal is complete if there ain’t laughter and funny conversational topics, and we sure had loads of that including – ” do not eat, let me take a pic first” too *followed by death stares*.
I’m missing our meals in Hong Kong, Crew ( and if we ever go back, we have to do the private kitchen dining)
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