I have been in Hong Kong countless of times, there are always so many eateries yet to discover. I am glad that our friends in Hong Kong are always bringing us to makan places or introducing us to some good ones. To be honest, I wasn’t as hardworking as I was in Bangkok. The purpose of coming to Hong Kong is always about shopping and taking a break, so I wasn’t really combing the streets to hunt for the best street food. Here, I usually eat at places near our hotel or shopping area, which is good enough. In this post, I am sharing with you some of the eateries I visited in Hong Kong. You probably want to read till the end as I have an awesome giveaway in the blogpost. *wink*

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Capital Cafe 華星冰室

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We are always visiting Australia Dairy Company when we visit Hong Kong, so this time we went for a change! After a few hours of crazy shopping, I pop by Capital Cafe (華星冰室) for an afternoon tea. Such a modern interior with a white board full of celebrities’ signatures. The usual egg and toast costs HK$20, we went for something different – the black truffle version egg and toast (HK$38). It’s the usual creamy scrambled egg with a few slices of truffle.

You need lots of skills to get scrambled egg right. I prefer Capital Cafe’s version as Australia Dairy Company because it moist and well seasoned. We also had the typical breakfast food – Piglet Bun with Condense Milk and Butter (奶油豬仔包). Labelled as “toasted french bun”, it was nowhere similar but you can’t go wrong with hot toasted bun and semi-melted butter right?

Capital Cafe 華星冰室

Address: Shop B1, G/F Kwong Sang Hong Building, 6 Heard Street, Wan Chai 灣仔克街6號廣生行大廈地下B1號舖
Opening hours: Mon – Sun 7am to 11pm

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Cheung Fat 長發麵家

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Cheung Fat (長發麵家) is the only stall we really took an effort to hunt it down because it is one of the few remaining licenced dai pai dongs in town. Hidden in a suburban side street in Sham Shui Po, with wet markets and car workshops nearby, it is quite easy to miss it as the signboard if not very obvious. Their popular offering is the 秘製豉油撈麵 – which is a thin egg noodles tossed simply with soy sauce and lard oil. To the locals, this wasn’t probably the best. To us, people who seldom have the chance to enjoy lard oil with noodles, this is actually very tasty and aromatic.

The noodles were cooked perfectly & tossed in this marvelous house blended sweet soy sauce. I love the chewy wanton noodles with fat dumpling, and the alkaline taste is not as strong as some other more famous wanton mee stalls. They also pounds its own cuttlefish balls, so we ordered a soup to share. Heard their Braised Brisket Dry Noodles are worth a try, so I need to come back here again next time.

Cheung Fat 長發麵家

Address: G/F, 1 Yiu Tung Street, Sham Shui Po 深水埗耀東街1號地下
Opening hours: Mon-Sun 11am -4am

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Hing Kee 避風塘興記

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Kelvin, who blogged at HK Epicurus, brought us to Hing Kee (避風塘興記) to eat the typhoon shelter crab. It’s on the first floor of a building on Nathan Road with little signage, so it is quite easy to miss it and we had to take a very small lift to go up. This celebrity haunt is run by a fisherman’s daughter who’s known for her brilliant dishes prepared the way they were on sampans. We made reservation earlier because the place is very crowded, even though their service is almost non-existent.

The appetizers have nothing much to shout about, just some poached vegetables, crunchy cuttlefish and innards. The highlight of the meal is definitely the Typhoon Sheltering Crab, stir-fried with a mix of fried garlic and black beans. It is incredibly delicious. Using the same ingredients, they also stir-fried the spices with clams, so if you don’t want to get your hands dirty, you can go for that. Surprisingly, their roast duck soup with hand cut noodles is an excellent dish with very tasty soup, tender meat and slippery noodles. I was slurping away even though I was already quite full from the meal.

Hing Kee 避風塘興記

Address: 180 Nathan Rd, 1st fl Bowa House, Tsim Sha Tsui 尖沙咀彌敦道180號寶華商業大廈2樓
Opening hours: 6pm – 5am daily

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Four Season Claypot Rice 四季煲仔飯

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On the first night of arrival, we were craving very much for claypot rice. Wanted to go Hing Kee but was drawn by the crowd at Four Season Claypot Rice (四季煲仔飯) and the aroma of the oyster omelette (okay, it is more like the oily atmosphere rather than aroma -_-), so we went for the latter. First, we ordered the oyster omelette (細鴨蛋蠔餅, HK$20) because the aunty who has been constantly deep-frying it looks very pro. And the whole combination of duck eggs with spring onions and oysters taste crunchy and not too oily.

We went quite late at night, so some of the items were already sold out. Safest option was the chicken and salted fish claypot rice. All the claypot rice at Four Seasons are cooked from scratch- raw rice grains and fresh ingredients cooked above a charcoal flamed stove. It looks pale, but once you drizzle dark soya sauce and give it a good mix, you will be surprised by the flavours it can bring out. Trust me, the salted fish plays an important part. Here, the salted fish is solid. P/S don’t forget the charred crust at the bottom.

Four Season Claypot Rice 四季煲仔飯

Address: 46-58, Arthur Street, Yau Ma Tei 油麻地鴉打街46-58號
Opening Hours: 5.30pm – 12am daily

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Jia Jia Desserts 佳佳甜品

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I am so glad that the hotel I stayed in during my recent trip is so near to a great supper place – Jia Jia Desserts 佳佳甜品. Believe it or not, we came here 4 times (almost everyday) just to have desserts. And we have tried almost everything in the menu – red bean, sweet potato, sesame, fuchook etc.

Their sesame paste is made from scratch, where they roast the sesame seeds, blend them before cooking in a soup pot. It is very velvety smooth and fragrant. We are a huge fan of their fuchook (dried beancurd with ginko nuts). This soup tastes very like soy bean milk yet it also has a unique sweetness from the ginkgo nuts. Only 16 HKD per bowl, opens from 12pm to 4am.

Jia Jia Desserts 佳佳甜品

Address: 27A Ning Po Street, Jordan, 香港佐敦寧波街27號A
Opening hours: Mon – Sun 1.30pm to 3am

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