Local friends always recommend people to go to the street market near Causeway Bay and the soybean product factory. "We often come here during lunch break to buy almond soy milk, or come after overtime to have a plate of fish and tofu." There are only a few dishes available, prices are handwritten on small pieces of paper. It's casual, relaxing, and delicious if you don't have to wait for a table.
Dutch syrup
No matter which district you live in Hong Kong, even if it's far from the bustling areas like Tuen Mun or Yuen Long, there are usually local dessert shops just a few hundred meters away. Items like beancurd sheets with chicken egg, almond soup, and ginger-flavored tofu pudding are affordable and delicious, without losing to the popular private dessert shops. For dishes like beef brisket noodles, cart noodles, and fish slice congee, you can easily find a place that suits your taste.
One of the famous Hong Kong-style dishes is clay pot rice. Usually, people would recommend going to Temple Street or the Sheung Wan area, but there is a small restaurant called Kun Kee clay pot dishes in the vicinity. The environment is average and the service is basic, so if you don't make a reservation, you may have to wait in line. However, Hong Kong food enthusiasts would choose to entertain their out-of-town friends here. To ensure consistent texture, Kun Kee's clay pot rice is cooked slowly over charcoal fire using a blend of three different types of rice. The most popular dishes include clay pot with white eel and frog, clay pot with smooth chicken, and clay pot with beef and nest eggs. The rice grains are distinct and the crust at the bottom is crispy and fragrant.
If it's for supper or dining with familiar friends, it's a different story. "Dongbao Small Restaurant", located on the second floor of the North Point street market, is a restaurant that locals particularly appreciate for its down-to-earth atmosphere, delicious food, sophistication, and openness. Ink-squid, salt and pepper pig intestines, braised bamboo shoots and mushroom with vegetable heart, and sandstorm chicken, each dish has a simple and authentic taste, "All dishes are 100% free of MSG and chicken powder!" Just like the restaurant's style, the dishes are generous and sincere, and as a diner, one can only admire and praise.
The Chairman Building
The Daban building embodies the style of a time-honored brand. Nestled beneath an unremarkable residential building, the red background with golden characters on the signboard exudes the charm of the 1970s. The Dragon Well chrysanthemum-smoked squab is extraordinary. Personally selected by Jiang Xianzhu, the granddaughter of gourmet Jiang Taishi, it has delicate meat and an elegant smoky flavor. Good taste, like good aesthetics, is not influenced by time. Even if it loses its Michelin stars, it cannot shake its position in the hearts of food connoisseurs.
Yue cuisine restaurant is known as the celebrity canteen. Wing's and Fook Lam Moon occupy prime locations on Hong Kong Island, luxurious and extravagant. They are considered high-end long-established restaurants in the eyes of Hong Kong people. It is necessary to book a good seat specifically before going to such restaurants.
The whole family gathered in the shop, and even the filter cloth for making milk tea with stockings turned tea-brown. After years of refinement and the test of time, how could the milk tea not taste good? It has maintained the environment of the 1950s to this day, and even magazines like to arrange celebrity interviews there.
