Before I start, can I start by saying how much I was taken by the name of this place (both Chinese…read moreand English). I mean, picture this: "Hey, what did you have for lunch yesterday?", "Hmm, I went to Regal Terrace". I do not know how you feel about this but I already feel like a winner having been to a place called Regal Terrace. Also, its Chinese name means it is a place for billionaires, who came up with this name actually? Anyway, I could not make any judgment before I finally gave it a try. So my friends and I were craving for some dim sum and since we were just cycling in Shatin, stopping by the Regal Riverside Hotel seemed like a nice idea. And as it was one normal weekday, it was not so packed and we were seated right away. To start with the décor of this place, it wasn't as regal as it claimed... actually it looked awfully similar to other Chinese restaurants, (but I like its logo design). As for the menu, you would expect everything that a Chinese restaurant would serve. Nothing surprising. Time to make orders. Who would not order Siu Mai and Shrimp dumplings whenever you go to Yum Cha to be honest? As you can easily tell if it is a nice restaurant or not by these two simple dishes. It took around 20 minutes before we got the food and the shrimp dumplings were much better than the Siu Mai probably because of the thin wrappings, (I hate those with super thick skin and you feel like you are chewing rubber sometimes). So I was very pleased with the dumplings. As for the Siu Mai, I actually think Siu Mai tastes the same wherever I am so it was all right. As for the staff they refilled water and tea pretty fast and they seemed rather nice as well. Unlike those rude waiters/waitresses you may come across at a dim sum place. Anyway, I enjoyed this place a lot and if you happen to be around, give it a try.

We enjoyed dim sum twice at the Regal Terrace while staying in the hotel. The hotel offered an…read moreincredible deal for hotel guests that we absolutely had to take advantage of twice during our stay. For HKD$60 per person, we each got 4 dim sum choices, a noodle dish, congee, and tea. What a great deal! When looking at the regular menu, prices were much higher. The restaurant has an extensive menu of other choices as well. The atmosphere is cruise ship tacky. We found it quite awful and garish, but were grateful for a table by the window so we could look out over the river and not be blinded by the horrible decor. However, we truly enjoyed the dim sum and the great deal offered as a part of this special for hotel guests. We are quite sure we would not visit the restaurant to pay full price from the regular menu, though.

Come for breakfast/ brunch: Really good classic HK breakfast! Your typical A/ B/ C meal ;)…read more My default is almost always the macaroni with ham in soup + with or without eggs + HK milk tea. I know, I know... but hey, it's my comfort food eh!!! ;) Their stir fry dishes (小炒) for lunch or dinner are also really good. So whether you come for bfast / lunch / or dinner... you'll always find good food here with good prices. Thumbs up!

Hanging out in Kennedy Town with my sister on a whim, we desperately craved coffee. Turning to…read moreYelp, we searched for good coffee in the area. Thank god for Yelp because we never would have found Cofftea. We would have ended up at one of those generic coffee shops or worst...Starbucks! We both had an iced Americano and it was one of the best coffee I've had in a while. The coffee was hand pressed and they even asked if you wanted it extra strong. Note, this shop is a while in the wall, there isn't really much seating and you might miss it because it's a bit dinky...but aren't all dinky things hip now?

It's a little place on the corner that could go unnoticed. But, I'd say that it's definitely…read moreKennedy Town's little coffee gem. I had ordered a latte there and I was not disappointed. Service was also quick and great!

AH-mazing tofu products at this old & traditional style store in the middle of a wet market street…read morein HK! Many neighbors will stop by this place to buy their daily-freshly-made tofu products; fresh tofu "bricks", fried tofu skin, stuffed tofu, soft tofu, at super reasonable prices. We came today for their dine in experience! Don't be afraid as you walk by this store -- they are very busy and you just need to make yourself known that you're there for dine-in, then proceed to walk to the back to of the store to find yourself a seat (yes, and sharing tables will be necessary). Come for for their soy milk drinks (hot or cold are both super yum!! and flavored just perfectly and not too sweet). Then we had a couple of bowls of the sweet tofu, and also their pan-fried stuffed tofu... OMG ... everything is SUPER YUM, SUPER FRESH, and just AH-mazing!! It's harder and harder to find places like these nowadays -- where merchants just do one thing and one right super right. All their soy-bean products are super fresh and tastes amazing!! On the way out, I can't help but also bought a few jars of their said bean paste, and their spicy fermented bean curds. You will not find this amazing authentic and old-style flavors anywhere!!! SUPER SUPER YUM!!

5 stars for the variety of choices and generous portion. 4…read morestars for the taste. 3 stars for service. I had lunch here. The hot milk tea is close to decent. I ordered pork liver in fish soup and rice, huge portion that I barely finished half. Definitely recommend to try other items!

Went to Tuen Mun for a visit and ended up grabbing brunch with nine people. We were seated right…read moreaway and ordered a whole table full of dim sum because we were a hungry bunch. Besides having the typical hot tea served (which is typical of HK restaurants to charge per person), we wanted ice water to cool off in the summer heat. Apparently they didn't have any, not even bottled water for sale. The dim sum came out fairly quickly and stacked up on our table so fast that we had to eat from top to bottom. The steamed custard buns, spring rolls, fried turnip cake, fried shrimp pancakes, vegetable spring onion pancake, Malaysian sponge cake, shrimp dumplings, shumai, beef rice crepe rolls, rice noodles, beef tripe, spare ribs, fried taro dumplings, and fried glutinous rice dumplings were standard. Nothing really stood out to me but most of the items were steaming hot and fresh tasting. Safe to say that this place can cater to larger parties and does a good job on preparing the dim sum. Would consider another brunch here when in this side of town.

OVO Cafe is one of the many cafes and coffee shops I bookmarked in Wan Chai; it is also the closest…read moreone to our hotel. I initially bookmarked this cafe because the interior looks absolutely beautiful, it is inside a flower shop, and it is a vegan cafe! Decided to walk over when it opens at 12pm today (Boxing Day), and got a seat right away. You have to scan your vaccination pass (aka blue code) upon arrival, and you order via QR code at the table (physical menu is also available upon request). It is very spacious inside with high ceiling, beautiful floral and green decors, and very friendly staff. We ordered the Cheese Fondue Lunch Set for 2, and it comes with a fruit x greens salad, and 2 drinks (you can order the free drinks or add a bit of money and get other drink items for this lunch set). The cheese fondue is obviously vegan, and because it is vegan cheese, it does get a bit clumpy, so be sure to stir, stir, stir to get the cheese more smooth before dipping. The set comes with 3 mini trays of food for dipping: baby corn, cherry tomato, broccoli, mushroom, potato wedge, tofu dumpstick, and toasted bread. For the drinks, we had a rose theme going on lol. I ordered the Rock Salt Rose Latte (you can select decaffeinated and the type of milk), and my partner got a pot of the Rose & Osmanthus Tea. It was a lovely lunch :) I can't wait to come back again to try the Chinese desserts!

Food: I had the lunch special of laksa (shiitake mushrooms, snap peas, tomatoes, half of a…read morehard-boiled egg, bean sprout, veggies, noodles). I liked it a lot. It was subtly spicy and gave it a good kick. My only qualm was that the noodle quickly absorbed the soup, so it got thicker and thicker as I ate. The portion was quite large and I struggled to finish and needed to enlist the help of friends to help me. The lunch special came with a soup, salad, or hot beverage. I went with the black truffle soup with mushrooms. Definitely made no mistake there. It was so, so good. Super flavorful with bits of mushroom. My dining companions definitely loved it too. I wouldn't mind more of it...actually that sounds pretty good right about now. Price: $78 for the lunch special, so quite reasonable for fresh, good quality, and large portions Friends tried the all-day breakfast and vegetarian burger, and they all liked their food too. Repeat? Yes!

Imagine if Starbucks cared more about their product and less about their hipster store aesthetic…read more. Well this place focuses on the product above all else. The coffee is amazing! My favorite of the "quick and easy" main shops. I got a vanilla cappuccino and pesto something sandwich. Sandwich was high quality too. You pay more for less at this place but I'm ok with that. They only have 2 sizes of coffee which is good for the addict in us who wants the Trenti Grande with 2 extra caffeine shots and everything else. A simple, casual thing to have while relaxing for my flight. I drank it all before I got to my flight gate but that's my fault lol...

Found Illy in HK Airport near gate 32!! Skip the queue in Starbucks and get the coffee here…read moreinstead! No queue and better quality caffè!