Tai Ping Koon was always my Grandma's favorite and I return occasionally for the comfort food. I…read moredon't think everything in the menu is good here but I usually order the same few items and those have been good. Inside, the restaurant has an old classic feel. FOOD - I like the curry beef, borscht soup, and the baked, stuffed crab shell. The baked seafood dish didn't seem to have enough flavor SERVICE - good service with an old school feel

Tai Ping Koon est 1860 and the menu style has not changed. I'm unclear if everyone in HK feels this…read moreis what "western" food taste like, as if it was frozen in time in a jello mold & served as a terrine. $205 HKD 8 pc swiss wings $168 HKD Baked Portugese style chicken with rice $143 HKD TPK style fried flat noodles with beef $134 HKD Grilled pork chops with black pepper The swiss wings is one of their signature dishes and although I enjoyed the savory sauce reminiscent of sweet soy sauce, the wings in them selves were just braised in the liquid resulting in a gummy skin. I would've loved it if they were deep fried and tossed in the sauce! Pork chops were overcooked but the sauce and caramelized onions were very tasty. The Portugese style chicken had a curry sauce and more bones than chicken. Both dishes worth skipping IMO & I would've loved not recommend. TPK style fried flat noodles with beef was the best dish. Very tasty but similar to a saucy beef chow fun but twice the price. Random 1.5" thick slices of potatoes in the dishes made me smile. Do Westerners eat a lot of potatoes? They were just boiled & not seasoned. My youngest went to town on them so they didn't go to waste! I'm glad we tried it & had the experience because they've been around so long but was a little bummed one of our most expensive dinners was regrettably one of the worst. $100 USD after tipping (we did in cash & quickly on the sly as I don't believe they share). Restaurant was slightly worn around the edges but it was nice to have a spacious area to eat that was quiet and not have to share tables with random patrons. Waiters were quick to refill water and anything else we needed.

This establishment serves halal food and everything tasted great. The lamb racks were fried well…read moreand accompanied with mustard. The beef tripe in xo sauce was somewhat spicy. The lamb goulash was filled with liquid and nice flavor. The samosas were also good.

Ma's Restaurant is unique because it serve halal Chinese food. Although not the most fancy…read morerestaurant, the food it serves is top notch. We had their sesame pancake, which was delicious. It was perfectly crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. I loved how fragrant the sesame was. We also had their lamb wrap, and we were pleasantly surprised at how crispy the wrap was and with the sweet hoisen sauce inside. Next, we had their beef goulash which is like a pan fried bun with beef inside. The goulash was super juicy and the beef was well seasoned. Lastly, we had a dan dan noodle with ox tongue. The soup base wasn't too spicy and noodles were al dente. The ox tongue was also fresh. Above anything else, all of the servers at the restaurant were really friendly and helpful. They proactively advised us on things we should order and ways to eat it. If you're in this area, I would give this place a try.

I love this restaurant. It is on the border with Admiralty and close to the pacific place…read more The poeple serve very good cantonese food. At lunch time you can get tasty lunch menus. Ming Garden have two menus. One in cantonese language and the other one in english. The cantonese one includes more dishes. Sad for me :-(, I dont like westernized meals. But the poeple was so kind and serve me always what I want. I saw dishes - at other tables - show it and thats it. I got it :-). The dishes are not expensive and the food was always fresh and good flavored. For example: I love the classical Hainan Chicken Rise Dish. The soup is tasty and the chicken is cooked very gently. The sauces are perfect. Try it! You can get this dish also at the lunch time. The restaurant is very busy at the rush hours like lunch and dinner time, which is a good sign. But you can reserve a table. Most visitors are from Hong Kong. Sometimes I was the only european person. This restaurant was one of my favourites. It was close to my home - 3 minutes - it was always tasty and they serve the dishes very quick and the people was nice to me. TRY IT!!! Thank you Ming Garden for the good food and time!

If there are two things I love in life, it's 24 hour restaurants and Shanghainese cuisine. Put…read morethose two things together and now we have Shanghai Hong Kong Noodle Shop (上海香港麵家). In addition to having a strong local following, it is also conveniently located near the F1 exit on the MTR in Causeway Bay. I am 100% in favor of any major city offering a late night Shanghainese option, let alone one that is open at all hours. While the awning looks like it would be an entrance to a proper restaurant, this is like any typical noodle shop in HK: small, cramped, and a liability for 3 or more people at a time. I love that the staff is constantly doing food prep which makes sense if they're feeding people non-stop at all hours. The smell of the cooking makes me appreciate the family business feel of the place. Overall, I like the food. It reminds me a lot of the NYC Chinatown Shanghainese scene, which is also good, but sometimes tastes like Shanghainese food if it were cooked by Canto folks. This is really not that different since it doesn't really remind me of the flavors that one would get in Shanghai (#2). That doesn't make the food worse, but it takes a slight ding on the authenticity bit. I still am enamored with the concept of this place. They offer a lot of my go-to items: salty / sweet soymilk (咸和甜豆漿), stuffed rice sticky rolls (粢飯), lion's head meatball (獅子頭), vegetable rice (菜飯), dan dan noodles (擔擔麵) and dumpling classics like soup dumplings (小籠包) and shengjian pan fried buns (生煎包). The former are frequent items for practically diners here (especially the salty soymilk with fried bread sticks), but the latter two are a tough sell for me. It's not that I don't love the meat or broth in the XLB or SJB, but that it's just a little too doughy for my tastes. I was pleasantly surprised with their mackeral noodle soup (醺魚上海麵), which was hearty and simple. I think the service pulls no punches. They're not the warmest folks, but hardly anyone is here for the service. One can only rock Canto fare for so long, so having a Shanghainese inspired spot that is open all day and night is a concept I'm happy to support. ____________ (#1) At least in Causeway Bay. (#2) Which if you're curious dear reader, is one of the foremost greatest culinary cities in the world.

I do love that they are 24x7. Asides from the soy milk and tofu pudding, we ordered veggie pork…read morewonton, pork chop tan tan noodles and the Chi Faan. The soy milk and tofu pudding were good, the rest is just ok. I would not go out of my way to eat there.

Tsui King Lau is a traditional Hakka cuisine restaurant in Hong Kong. I have been to the other…read moreTsui King Lau at Jordon location almost 20 years ago. My relatives selected Heng Fa Chuen one for dinner. I didn't expect any fancy interior or great service in this restaurant. I guess they're really going downwards coz all the dishes size were so small and disappointing. Stir fried eel with garlic - Eel tasted a bit fishy and bony Steamed ground pork with egg - It was mediocre and salty, the egg definitely overcooked. Sweet and sour pork - It's so sweet and pork quite fatty. Stir fried beef with choy sum - it was ok. Tofu with chinese mushroom - It tasted like food court quality dish. Salt Baked Chicken - It's absolutely not ancient style salt baked chicken. The chicken was cold and dry. I definitely won't recommend Tsui King Lau if you're looking for authentic Hakka cuisine.

This is a local Cantonese breakfast spot where you can also get a decent omelet in the morning…read morebefore heading into the city via MTR. This place is dirty, doesn't accept credit cards, and has a no nonsense kind of attitude. Portions are perfect for on-the-go breakfast. I ordered the sautéed beef omelet with toast and an iced coffee, my girlfriend ordered the breakfast "A" noodle bowel with fish cake. Unfortunately the broth in her bowl was a bit bland because she opted to omit the cow juices, but my omelet was A-ok. the omelet didn't look appetizing but as soon as I bit into it I forgave it's vanity. The iced coffee was quit good, they even had a milk tea with coffee ground blend. If you're ordering the noodle bowl you can customize it to your liking. This method is the preferable way to order amongst the locals.

I love this place and always take visitors here for a real Hong Kong experience. Pretty much every…read moredish I have tried here is great

This place was a recommendation and it was a nice change of pace for me…read more Service- for the price, the service was great for HK standards. They were friendly, attentive and kind of checked back on us/cleared plates as we finished them. We ordered a little too much, but it was nice to try everything. XLBs were decent and so were the pork dumplings- the craftsmanship on those were great :). The shengjian baos weren't really shengjian baos per se lol, more like pork pan friend buns, literally. The noodles were a nice variety from our Shanghai style thick soy noodles to the spicy sesame noodles that had the numbing pepper taste to it. Surprisingly the pork and diced garlic dish had these interestingly cut noodles underneath. The pork was delicious while the noodles were... interesting. There was a sign that says before 7pm there is no service fee. It was about 10% for our check when we paid after 7pm. This place is close to the night market as well as eggettes so take a walk around Jordan!

A notch above the usual in cleanliness and great food!…read more Everything tasted great - I could be partial because dimsum is my favorite food - but the price is also decent. The wonton in chilli oil is 100%! The Tantanmen's noodles though was a bit overcooked and soggy. Easy to spot in the area.

Went to Yun Yan for hot spicy Szechuan food. They also offer some Shanghai dishes which have more…read moredelicate flavors. Dandan mian the signature Szechuan noodle dish was reasonably hot, but this is the home food version without the peanut sauce, it was ok. Their xiao long bao adds a wrinkle. The top has an opening and you can insert your vinegar using the plastic straw which they supply. The bao is also full of juice and you can manage to eat it from the porcelain spoon savoring all the juice. The fried small mantou (see pic) is also a desirable Shanghai dish. It doesn't have soup squirting from it as you bite, but the taste is ok. Cute they bring it out with one upside down so you can see the crisp bottom. The chicken in wine was good, as was the tofu skin stuffed with veggie. It was a lot for two Two other points of interest: the food is served in nice pottery dishes, very nice. I feel it tastes better. Yun Yan also uses rice bowls for drinking booze. This is an old Chinese practice. Their bowl is plastic with logo on the bottom, see pic. This is a busy place but with a very clean rest room. The entire decor is in dark wood (Szechuan) and appealing. In the mood for hot food? Worth a try here. I'm told they made the Michelin gourmand list this year.

Went there for lunch. We were pleased to see that they propose nice lunch sets you can combine the…read moreway you want with a large choice. One drink included. The items we took were really savourons. Lot of garlic!! The only disappointed dish was the dandan noodles which were ok but not so tasty as it should be. Otherwise service is good and friendly, we will go back