I found this place by walking the streets near my hotel looking for a good place to eat. Nearly…read morewalked by this place because it was dark inside and the restaurant seemed closed until I looked inside the window to see lots of diners inside. I'm very glad we found it though as it was a pleasant change from the typical Cantonese types of places around this area. The following were the standout dishes we had: Stir-fried purple cabbage with raisins & honey in Urumqi style---this was recommended by our server and it was outstanding. Savory, slighty sweet, complex, slight crunchy, light tasting. Roasted mutton ribs with Xinjiang herbs---there were 4 perfectly medium rare ribs with lots of meat. A container of mixed herbs (cumin was the main one I could discern) and ground red chili pepper. Sprinkling this on the ribs really elevated the flavor. Sauced spicy chili diced chicken in Xinjiang style---nice big chunks of thigh meat in a complex sauce with mixed vegetables (green & red bell peppers, onion, potato). The sauce had a subtle curry essence to it. It was good but it didn't rock my world. And lastly being in this area of Kowloon for the last few days I have found very little in the way of decent better beers. As much as I had hankered for a nice craft IPA, I settled for a Belgian Tripel. The wonderful thing is it was served in a bowl instead of a glass. Very rustic & old school---I loved it. Btw, this place was Halal in case that's a preference. Best meal I've had in Kowloon so far in my short stay!

Wing Nin was recommended to me by a colleague and she said that it's really famous and popular…read moreamongst students so I thought I would go check it out. This noodle shop used to be a convenient shop and then it converted to serving noodles. When I arrived shortly before noon, there was already a short line waiting for the shop to open. The menu is posted outside so I had time to think about what ingredients I wanted in my noodles. Like most other "cart" noodles (車仔麵), you're able to pick which type of noodle you want. They have thick egg noodles, thin egg noodles, udon, vermicelli and 油麵 (I don't know the English translation of this). Then you get to pick 3 ingredients, all for the affordable price of $29. I thought their ingredients were good and the soup base was fine. I just wasn't anything spectacular. It was just a-ok.

We stopped by this place to have a little something to eat before we went up to the Hong Kong…read moreMuseum of Coastal Defense. This place makes some pretty good dumplings from scratch and you must also try their dau fu fa (bean curd dessert), It was very fresh, smooth and tasty. The pan-fried pork and beef buns were good as well. Their soy bean drink wasn't bad but I just prefer a stronger taste of soy beans. Their service is fast. Will definitely come back to try some other of their menu items.