Cafe de Coral is one of the rare places that provide you with one (better than none) napkin. This…read morepopular chain location is inside the KCP mall and has LED menus in the front that changes depending on breakfast/lunch/dinner hours. You order and pay by the entrance first and then head to the counter/kitchen in the back. Make sure to give them your receipt so they know what you ordered. We tried their imitation shark fin soup and red bean milk for afternoon tea, honey glazed chicken and scrambled eggs for breakfast. The eggs were a little too buttery for me but they were all scrumptious and finger licking good! The breakfast also came with a toast, which I found to be too dry. I loved their lemon tea, it has the perfect amount of sugar for a refreshing drink. No need to bus your trays afterwards. The ladies here are amazingly quick in cleaning the tables.

Cool spot in Central Hong Kong to get some computer work done. Lots of outlets. Lots of table…read morespace. Clean! Casual and yummy cafe food; great for breakfast. Oh, extremely dog friendly!

This was my go-to cafe when I was staying in Hong Kong in August. The space is open, airy, which is…read morepretty rare for a HKG cafe. There are sockets at every seat, and it's the perfect place to either get work done or catch up with friends. The coffee is good, and solid food. I'm a big fan of the yogurt bowl and fish sandwich especially.

Aji Ichiban is a fun place. It's more than just a sweet shop as its category suggests. They sell…read moreall sorts of snacks and I think it really caters towards the Asian fan base. We really do enjoy our small treats and this shop feeds into that addiction. From your favorite childhood candies that are often displayed prominently on your coffee tables at home for guests to more unusual treats that are treasures from other countries, they have it all here. When you walk in, you'll be overwhelmed with the choices around you. At this branch, I'd say it's a smaller one than some of the others that you can find around here. On the walls are the prepackaged mass quantity treats that you can take and bring home to treasure for a while. In the middle are the treats that are scooped out and paid for by weight. Some of the interesting things that I think are awesome here are the Hawthorn (think of it as a fruity cookie) and the dried squid. If you're adventurous, you can buy the individually packaged duck tongues which are more delicious than you think. They also have gummies and other fruit candies for those who are looking for something familiar. This place is surprisingly busy but I guess that's because its in the epicenter of all the shops downtown. There's a lot of foot traffic! These treats serve as great gifts as well so if you're having trouble finding something for a friend, I suggest picking up some stuff here!

This branch is always busy and service is brisk and professional…read more This shop has all the local snacks you ever wanted or needed in individual packets or in bulk. Melon seeds? In all kinds of exotic flavours, even wasabe! Seaweed? Small snack sized packs to giant Korean style SHEETS of seaweed. Candy? Gummy candies in mystery shapes and colours. Suspicious and made-in-China. Buyer beware! Chocolates from strange and mysterious places, too! Dried fruits? Longans, lychees, canteloupes, mangos! Chicken wings? Individually packed chicken wings, ready to eat. That's right. Ready-to-eat. No cooking required. I'm afraid. Hard boiled eggs? Yup, cooked, shelled and shrink wrapped. Great for your mid-night cravings for hard-boiled eggs. Just open a packet and eat. Erm, goes well with pre-cooked shrink-wrapped chicken wings. (See above) I come here usually to get my favourite savoury snack: Isoyaki Scallop. Individually packed scallops, ready to eat. Salty like hell, mouth watering UMAMI-ness. Price comparison: 2 packets of approx 250g Isoyaki Scallops are HK$400 here. BUT at the Hong Kong airport's branch, the same two packets go for HK$500. Might even be cheaper if I go to other branches! (Actually, I remember getting one packet for HK$180 from a branch near the Luk Kwok Hotel.) Conclusion: Don't buy from the branch at the airport. Shop around the different branches to compare prices. But if HK$20 to HK$100 price difference does not matter, then just grab what you want when you see it and enjoy your snacks!

Choux Creme is recognizable from about a mile away from the red block letters that the words 'choux…read morecreme' are written in and the sweet, wafting smell. As its name suggests, Choux Creme sells cream puffs. I always walk past it when I'm at the Sha Tin station, and it seems that there is permanently a line of people plus groups huddled over the displays and deciding which flavor to get. The temptation is hard to resist and I find myself gravitating towards the end of the line more often than I'd like to admit. The cream puffs here come in a variety of flavors - there's original, of course, and there's Hokkaido milk, tiramisu and strawberry yogurt flavors, to name a few. In keeping up with the matcha trend, there's an uji matcha green tea flavor too. My favorite of them all is the original - there's just something refreshing about sticking with the classic that I really like. The cream is nice and cold, and the puff is a little crisp on the outside but soft on the inside. I've also tried the crispy chocolate cream puff, which I didn't like as much because the chocolate taste was overwhelming and the puff was messy to eat. I had to go wash the chocolate sauce that had clung onto my hands afterwards! The matcha cream puff is not bad too though the matcha flavor is quite sweet. I would definitely recommend giving Choux Creme a go. The puffs start at $16 which isn't too expensive (they've increased in price though; last year I had an original and it was $15), but I would say that they are slightly smaller than the ones at Beard Papa.

You can literally SMELL the fresh puffs right when you step inside the Sha Tin Station. After…read moregetting teased by the heavenly aroma for days, I finally decided to try the Tiramisu Puff ($20HKD). Let's just say they smell so much better than they taste. Most disappointing thing was that the puff wasn't crispy! It wasn't "stale", but it didn't have that airy crunch I was expecting. Also, the "tiramisu" flavoring was just simple cocoa powder/coffee powder on top of the cream. Definitely not worth $20 and probably won't be getting it again.. :( I'll just continue to admire the smell from afar.

First time in HK and our family wanted to take us to their favorite dim sum restaurant. It is…read morelocated in a ginormous mall which seemed like we had to take quite a few escalators. Like many restaurants that have long waits, you either check in with hostess or kiosk to get a ticket and wait for a table. We waited 20 minutes and then were seated. They have pushcarts with the dishes and signs in English and Chinese which is awesome! The dishes were very good and got to try some new ones you don't see in the states. The service on the other hand is another story. My BIL ordered a few dishes on the app and we waited and waited. The problem with the app is it doesn't confirm it went through. Then we flagged down a server and placed an order and waited some more. Then after we flagged another server and told them we were ready for the check and we didn't want the dishes anymore they came out. It is a nice spacious restaurant.

Jade Garden was underwhelming at best. Based on the influx…read moreof people around dinner time, I had high hopes that the restaurant would churn out some tasty, authentic Cantonese dishes. And while the sautéed chicken was flavorful, everything else was just...fine. Not terrible, but also far from memorable. Every dish seemed to need a bit more seasoning, and a lot more flavor. All in all, I'd recommend skipping this in favor of something else in the mall.

The chewiest of candies, and a Hong Kong institution for several years…read more While their stand is a thing of legend, their brick and mortar is spacious, organized and super welcoming, even with a cute timeline of their history featured as you enter. For expats or tourists visiting this part of town, these snacks don't break the bank for souvenirs. And they pack light to boot, without skimping on flavor!

Started out as a little street stall and now look at them. If you're a fan of chinese dried fruits,…read moremake sure you drop in and take a look. Individually vacuum packages or use order form for 10 or more packages. Dried fruits are excellent quality with nice balance of licorice and sweetness. I like how it doesn't make your mouth and lips pucker up *smack*.

This is a new Izumi Curry location on the 1/F of the Mira Mall. It's in a hidden corner attached to…read morea Beard Papa. It's actually not that easy to locate. I came here with a friend during lunch peak hours and we didn't have to wait at all. The food quality if very similar to other Izumi Curry locations. A good comparison is to CoCo Ichibanya. The tonkatsu is definitely better than CoCo, but I like the fact that you can choose the spicy level of your curry at CoCo. For fast food Japanese restaurant, it's worth a 4 star rating. However, this is not Tonkichi Tonkatsu, the price is quite different too.

Great little family owned bakery. Service is efficient and a little abrupt, but the quality of the…read morefood and tea is good.

My apologies if this review sounds rushed and hurried. As soon as I left the restaurant, I had an…read moreoverwhelming feeling to write a review. That's how good the food was. The curry, oh my god, the curry. It's a life changer. I don't normally order curry at a cha chaan teng, just because of my personal concern over the spice-level (which ended up being fairly mild). Maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit, given the fact that my friend and I just finished a 10K run in the exhausting 30 degree C HK heat and high humidity... But, we made it to this cha chaan teng, which is located behind Jardine's Bazaar and next to the Indonesian Embassy. It's overall appearance is very unassuming (a stark contrast against Tsui Wah's bright decorative colors), which I found very calming after a tiring run - walls decorated with classic American advertisements on coffee, drinks, Audrey Hepburn, and some reminiscent of the roaring 20s. Anyways, back to the food. The problem with me and cha chaan tengs is their extensive menu. I simply have a hard time making up my mind! Do I want noodles? Rice? Chinese-style "Western" dishes? A sizzling platter? My eyes studied the menu before settling on Rice with Brazilian Pork Chop and Fried Egg, in the "Western Dishes" section. You can pick the sauce and I chose a black pepper sauce - others include gravy or onion, tomato, etc. My friend went with Rice with Fish Curry. Both of our dishes came with hot tea/coffee - add HK$3 for a cold beverage. The fish curry arrived first. My friend took a spoonful of the curry and poured it over his rice. He took one bite and said, "Celine, you have GOT to try this. No joke, this is really REALLY good." I didn't want to be disrespectful for a taste since my order hadn't arrived yet. But I yielded, to his urging and took a stab at the curry (literally, the first thing I ate was a piece of potato). Then the fish. IT WAS SO GOOD! (Insert Emma Stone GIF of her saying "This is the best!!") The fish had a crunchy yet chewy battered exterior, similar to that of sweet and sour pork. I don't know what they put in the curry, but it is simply magic. (The NBA player Curry is also a magician on the court, I digress...) Then came my Brazilian Pork with Fried Egg. The pork was a bit tough to cut into (they didn't give me a knife, but gave my friend with the fish curry a knife..?), but upon biting into it, it was miraculously tender. The black pepper sauce was thick and peppery (as expected), and I enjoyed scooping it up to dress the fried egg, mmmm mmm! Ironically, there was also one large piece of bok choi - so much for being a "Western" dish! Seriously, I would go back for the curry any time. Milk tea is perfect. And as my friend said, "Everything they make, they make it so well!" So far, so good. Also, I am seriously in love with these cups. Does anyone know where can I get one that doesn't involve me buying a whole box of Black & White milk?