Local friends often recommend visiting Renhe Bean Products Factory near the Causeway Bay Market. 'We often come here during lunch breaks to buy almond soy milk, or after working overtime to eat a plate of fish and fried tofu.' The menu is simple, with prices handwritten on small pieces of paper. When there's no need to wait for a table, it's homely, relaxing, and delicious.
Holland Sweet Soup
No matter which area you live in Hong Kong, even in the quieter regions like Tuen Mun or Yuen Long, you can usually find a local sweet soup shop within a few hundred meters. Be it tofu skin with egg, almond paste, or ginger juice tofu pudding, they are affordable and delicious, not losing out to the famous Cong Sao Star Dessert. You can also find your favorite place for beef brisket noodles, cart noodles, or fish slice congee.
When it comes to one of the famous Hong Kong dishes, claypot rice, people usually recommend going to Temple Street. However, near Sheung Wan, there is a place called Kwan Kee Claypot Rice. The environment is quite ordinary, and there is basically no service. If you can't get a reservation, you have to queue up. Despite this, Hong Kong foodies often choose this place to entertain friends from out of town. To ensure consistent taste, Kwan Kee mixes three different types of rice and slowly cooks them over a charcoal fire. The most popular dishes are the eel and frog claypot, the chicken claypot, and the beef and egg claypot. Each grain of rice is distinct, and the crispy rice at the bottom is fragrant and delicious.
If it's for a late-night snack or a gathering of familiar friends, it's a different story. Located on the second floor of the North Point Market, the charismatic 'Dong Bao Restaurant' is a local favorite known for its down-to-earth vibe, delicious dishes, and stylish yet relaxed atmosphere. Dishes like squid in ink sauce, salt and pepper nine-belly fish, bamboo fungus and straw mushroom with choy sum, and crispy chicken are all simple yet authentic in flavor. 'All dishes are 100% free of MSG and chicken powder!' Just like the restaurant's style, the dishes are hearty and genuine, leaving diners thoroughly satisfied.
The Chairman 大班樓
The Chairman exudes the charm of an old brand, nestled under an inconspicuous residential building. Its red and gold signboard is full of 1970s style. The Longjing Chrysanthemum Smoked Pigeon is extraordinary, with the ingredients personally selected by Jiang Xianzhu, the granddaughter of gourmet Jiang Taishi. The meat is delicate, and the smoky flavor is elegant. Good taste, like good aesthetics, is timeless. Even losing a Michelin star cannot shake its status in the hearts of gourmets.
Known as the canteen of celebrities, Yung Kee and Fook Lam Moon occupy prime locations on Hong Kong Island, exuding luxury and grandeur. It is considered a high-end, long-established restaurant in the eyes of Hong Kong people, and such places require special reservations before visiting.
The whole family is dedicated to the shop, and the filter cloth for making silk-stocking milk tea has turned tea brown. After countless trials and the test of time, how could the milk tea not be delicious? It still preserves the environment of the 1950s intact, and even magazines prefer to conduct celebrity interviews there.
