This post finally brings my Hong Kong series to a close! Here’s a mishmash of all my other favourite food things I ate and came across while on holiday.
My first night in Hong Kong and M and S took me to a Sichuan barbecue place near their flat. It was a great start to the trip with our ordering a huge spread of lots of barbecued goodies – most topped with lots of chilli powder and a few grilled with garlic butter and cheese.
The egg tarts (dan tat) at Tai Cheong Bakery in Central are famous and rightly so. I loved the shortcrust pastry and rich, eggy filling.
Not something I tried but look! Fresh straw mushrooms! I’d only ever seen them canned.
One day, we lunched at Hay Hay Kitchen in Wan Chai, one of M’s favourite places for Cantonese roast meats. We had some incredibly soft and crisp skinned roast suckling pig, …
… impossibly delicious char siu, …
… and finally, a lean yet tender siu yoke (roast pork) with excellent crackling. Reviews do seem to indicate that Hay Hay Kitchen can be a bit inconsistent but luckily for us, it was all good that day.
Again, not something I ate but I saw this ad for a banana ice cream that had a jelly skin that you could peel!
This was seen at the flower market in Mongkok – a Ferrero Rocher bouquet. I wouldn’t mind receiving one of these.
One lazy night, we headed to the closeby shopping mall, Elements at Kowloon, and queued at Dondonya for a table at this Japanese restaurant. My tonkatsu set dinner really hit the spot that night – how can I say no to a crispy pork cutlet?
Westfield, I’m looking at you. You need restaurants like this.
Finally, this was at a dessert shop in Tin Hau called Auntie Sweet, recommended to me by a former colleague.
My Ah Wong Mango Iced Rice Ball was a bowlful of mango puree, chunks of mango, chunks of nata de coco and these sticky rice dumplings filled with mango, all topped with pomelo bits. It was mango madness.
Seriously though, why didn’t I go to Hong Kong before this?! What a fabulous city for eating and I can’t recommend it more. All of my Hong Kong photos (that’s the rest of the food and all the other things I saw) can be found in this Flickr photoset.
Tue, 14 Feb, 2012 at 02:37
what a yummy adventure!
Tue, 14 Feb, 2012 at 08:30
The trio of Cantonese BBQ pork dishes looks fab.
Tue, 14 Feb, 2012 at 10:30
I’ve really enjoyed these posts, Su Lin – thanks! Seems like you had a great time.
Tue, 14 Feb, 2012 at 17:01
Oh wow. Serious, serious food envy going on right now.
Tue, 14 Feb, 2012 at 21:31
That mango rice bowl sounds absolutely gorgeous! What a great dessert!
Wed, 15 Feb, 2012 at 00:29
Hong Kong is a food lovers paradise… The sheer variety allows you to have some great treats almost every meal !
Thu, 16 Feb, 2012 at 17:16
OMG! Hay Hay was right opposite our hotel in HK and we didn’t go! Food fail! So much food so little time tho hey. Completely loving the mango dessert, that with pomelo is divine! Glad you had an awesome trip:)
Fri, 17 Feb, 2012 at 10:39
My turn…am heading there now…=)
Sat, 25 Feb, 2012 at 16:51
kat: Thank you – it was a great trip!
Mr Noodles: They were really spot on that day.
hollowlegs: Thank you so much – I had a fabulous time in your hometown!
Tori: Go go go!
Alicia: I love their use of fruits – it’s all fresh and healthy.
Asia Travel Fan: There were loads of things I didn’t have a chance to try!
Hungry Female: There are just too many restaurants to try in HK!
Kay:
Hope you’re having a good time!
Mon, 27 Feb, 2012 at 15:00
The funny thing about that ice lolly is that even tho it looks like a banana, the jelly skin is grape-flavoured…
Wed, 21 Nov, 2012 at 14:44
Sorry to have missed this post :p
Having parents from HK – it IS one of the best places for eating :p
Bowls of steaming Wonton Noodles, slippery ho fun noodles with fish balls…
Street food at every corner (Love skewers of fish/cuttle balls simmered in curry sauce…
Soft fluffy buns that cost next to nothing… Oh my! Could get fat just thinking of it all
How HK girls stay rake thin I do not know