This is probably my favorite mai seen (noodle) place in Hong Kong because everything is really…read morecustomizable. You can pick how spicy/sour the soup is, if you want more/less/none of the bean sprouts/leeks/cilantro/noodles etc. Lastly, of course, you can pick the ingredients in it. They also give you a fair amount of everything for a reasonable price. The food comes kind of slowly for Hong Kong standards, but I think it's worth the wait. If you're into this kind of noodle, definitely check this place out!

A friend of mine recommend this restaurant, and I fell in love! Ate at this restaurant 2 days in a…read morerow because it was THAT good! It is a rice noodle restaurant were you can customize what sides you want to add, level of spiciness, and type of soup broth. My friend ordered the sweet and spicy soup broth for me and it was bombbb! I had the schezuan broth the first time and it was way to spicy for me to handle! So, if you like mala (numbing spice) then go with schezuan! As for my sides, I added beef, pickles, minced pork, and chicken. You can add as many sides as you want for only 5rmb which is less than $1usd. If I can recall, I believe each bowl was around 19rmb ($3usd) which is so incredibly cheap! Be sure to arrive before dinner time because it tends to get packed here, so you will be waiting at least 20 minutes for a seat. Also, don't be alarmed if the waitress seats you with other parties. I learned that it's normal to share tables!

At a lively section of eastern TST, there's a large restaurant on the second floor of Windsor…read moreMansion. Tai Fung Lau specializes in cuisine from Beijing. Bring a large group to try a variety of dishes. Mixed Cold Appetizer: This starter dish has thin cold cut slices of beef, pork knuckle, squid, and smashed cucumber pickles Peking Duck: The duck meat and skin are artistically arranged on a large circular plate. They bring out a tall stack of pancakes, so this is a huge win. The thin pancakes are wonderfully chewy and elastic. With spring onion, cucumber, and sweet bean sauce, the crispy duck skin combines the ultimate crispy and crunchy textures with rich flavors. The meat is very flavorful and juicy. Leung Boon Fun Pay (Better than Crab): This dish is not crab. It's better than crab. Egg whites have been carefully cooked so they are soft and succulent like crab meat. When you add some of the black vinegar and ginger, it really changes the flavor so that it seems like you're eating crab! Sliced Fish with Wine Sauce: The big and thin slices of fish are in a sweet wine sauce. The wood ear mushrooms are tender and slippery. Sizzling Rice and Ham: Grab a chunk of the crispy sizzling rice and the ham and place it in the soft bun. The crunch of the rice and the thick glazed ham is extremely satisfying. Xiao Bing with Meat: The flaky sesame-covered flatbread is the perfect pocket for the savory minced pork meat and mustard greens. Xiao Long Bao: The soup dumplings are hot and juicy with thin skins. Fried Noodles with Assorted Meat: The hand pulled noodles are soft and thin. The flavorful fried noodles contain tasty morsels of chicken and shrimp. Wonton Soup: They serve everyone a bowl with a rich white milky broth. The wonton is filled with pork and the bowl is overflowing with napa cabbage. The soup is delicious and really creamy. Red Bean Pancake: A thin pancake is wrapped around red bean and then deep-fried.

the usual authentic peking dishes. quality been consistent, very attentive service. best to come in…read morebigger group so you can more to taste and share.

Brought to you by the same group who operates Morihachi Yakiniku, the Shabu Shabu counterpart is…read morelocated on Ladies Market. I came here on the last day to redeem a groupon, so it was pretty full! It's a spacious area, however some of the two seaters are annoying because there's only one exit from the booth. There are different tiers you can choose from: A. U.S.A. Beef & Sashimi Course ($178) B. Premium U.S.A. Beef & Sashimi Course ($198) C. Australian Wagyu & Sashimi Course ($298) D. Japanese Wagyu & Sashimi Course ($378) I got the All You Can Eat Japanese Wagyu beef & sashimi Course. (90 minutes time limit) The beef was pretty good quality, somewhat melt in your mouth. Sliced rather thin, so I would dump the whole blob in. They also came with pork which was also sliced rather thin, A-OK. They gave us chicken as well but I didn't have any. It looked juicy and tender which is rare in hotpot. There's also a number of soup base you can choose from and I picked the Garlic Pork Bone Broth. I didn't think the flavour was particularly strong and the refill was just with water. The sauce was your typical Chinese hotpot sauce with soy sauce, seasame, spring onion, coriander, garlic, chilli, etc. It did come with a "plum" sour sauce, which was NOT ponzu. This was rather disappointing, however I have yet to come across a Shabu Shabu which has good ponzu in HK. But this sour sauce was just unacceptable. The soy sauce was extra salty too. I usually don't have to mix it with broth but this time i did. Also they're supposed to provide shredded daikon in Shabu which was missing :( There were a variety of vegetables (bok choy, wintermelon, squash, tofu, fungus, corn, mushroom etc) and some beef/fish/squid balls, etc, noodles. Although I did not try any of the balls or sashimi so I did not comment on those. However I wouldn't have high hopes for it. There are canned and boxed drinks available (even beer!) Wide variety of dessert looked and tasted mediocre. The Green Tea mousse lacked green tea flavour, the green tea ice cream was OK but you can tell it was low quality ice cream, the milk pudding was OK. There was also chocolate fondue and various cakes. I also didn't like how they didn't provide a stock simmer to scoop up the fat. Although I did not specifically request for one, but most Hotpot/shabu places usually give it to you. Decor was new/nice and toilet was clean too! Not sure how long that would last though. *** Tip: Come hungry! They have "happy hour" before 7pm which is something like 20% off! The meat is better than the other food, don't come if you're not a beef-lover Favourites: Good quality meat. decent price to get you filled Meh: desserts and sauce. No ponzu (proper) and no daikon Last words: Good Meat, Bad Sauce. 3.5 stars. Easy fixes though.

This was one of my favorite places to eat while in HK. The people here are extremely friendly and…read moreserve up food that the locals like to package and take to work for the day. This is a small street stall on the corner and they can set up a table and some chairs for you. I would grab a juice down the street or something from 7-11 because you might be burning up after some of this "ma-la" szechuan flavor. I would recommend the cold spicy noodles. The noodles are soooo good. Al-Dente. The spice is a "ma-la" type, which has some numbing and direct heat. I think the mild isn't very spicy at all. If you get the spicy, you'll probably be able to enjoy the bowl but you won't really enjoy the bowl when you're sitting on the bowl. You can win the battle but not the war ;). I also liked the spicy wontons as they're sitting in this delicious broth of ma-la flavoring. Be careful of this one, as the spice really warms up the belly. A must stop if you're in the neighborhood!

This is a review just for the dim sum at Loi Fat Koon restaurant located near the Tai Kok Tsui…read moredistrict in Hong Kong. My family came to this restaurant for a late breakfast dim sum meal. They have a good selection of various dim sum dishes, such as har gow, rice noodle rolls, porridge, steamed rice, etc. The highlights for me their rice noodle rolls (we got beef and bbq pork), and their pork spareribs rice.

Perfect beef noodles to warm you up on a cold cold night. If you're on the eastern side of HK,…read morethere's no need to trek over to the western side for Kau Kee. Just come here instead! We came in right before closing, around 9:30pm. There was plenty of seating still available. They told us they were out of lamb, but it's ok as I wanted beef. I'll come back for the lamb next time. The guys ordered the Tibetan-style dry beef noodles in garlic sauce (HK$42) and I opted for the beef noodle soup (HK$38). The food was served very promptly, within 5 mins of placing the order! And my my, was my noodle soup piping hot!! Mhmmm super warm and hearty, with a generous serving of coriander. WINNING. THAT BROTH THOUGH, HOLY COW. Very very flavorful. It reminds of the soup at the end of hot pot when everything's been cooked in it. Just like that. Full of beef flavor. I loveeeee. For the dry noodles with garlic sauce, it reminds me of tsukemen, where the broth came on the side. It's the same broth used for the noodle soup but a tad saltier. I saw the chili pepper next to this item on the menu so was hesitant about ordering it. But I tried a bit of my friend's and it wasn't too spicy at all! I'll definitely return for it! (And will need to return for the other skewers and cumin fried chicken wings!!) How much did we spend among four people? HK$205. What a STEAL! Around HK$50 per person. It doesn't get any better than that. Plus serving size is much bigger than that of Kau Kee, and for the same price, you're better off coming to Qinghai Tibetan Noodles. NOM AWAY!

I have never been to Tibet but some of my friends did and told me it is fascinating there: the…read morecultures, its people, its food. Too bad what is happening there now but when one of my friends who have been there told me he has found a place that reminds him of his trip to Tibet, I have to give it a try. I have never tried Tibetan food before so honestly I did not have any expectations whatsoever, I went with a open heart and let it surprise me. The place is really small with only a few tables (outdoor seating as well if you do not mind the heat). There is nothing fancy about the décor here but I have seen quite a lot of happy customers here so I think my friend has recommended a rather nice place. Since he has been to Tibet and (supposedly) knows more about its food, I just let me order. He ordered signature noodles with muttons and beef for me. After a while the food was served. One of the staff came to us (maybe I did look like I was not in my element) and told us before we ate, we should smell it first. And we did. I could not really describe that but it was rather special, in a good way. The staff told us that for Tibetan food, it is very common to use something called "Ground Cumin" that has a very distinct aroma to it. And then I had a bite of the mutton, which was not so chewy and it went so well with the soup. I enjoyed my very first Tibetan food very much and since I do not know when I can finally go to Tibet, I guess I will come here again.

I came here for lunch with a co-worker on a Wednesday…read more They have different set lunches and we ordered the 3 course one for $88. You get a soup, vegetable dish and a main. There are bout ten different mains to pick from, mostly heavy on carbs. I got the almond pig lung soup. It's pretty creamy and standard in quality. My e-noodle with dried shrimp powder is yummy. They can add a bit more mushrooms and chives to it though I thought. The veg dish that come with the set meal was quite small. You get about 5 branches. It tastes very good. Fresh and crispy. Food is pretty decent but the service is quite slow. The place was quite busy filled with older patrons. We saw people sitting nearby ordering a la carte dishes which look quite good. We might come back again to check out their dinner menus.

It's the second time I have come to this restaurant and I think many more to come whenever I get to…read morethe Yuen Long district. But of course there are many other restaurants to try out around that area. Back to the restaurant. It is highly-rated at openrice.com, an almost-exclusive HK restaurants site. So I guess that said a bit about the quality. I had the most famous beef noodles. The soup was beef soup of which it has been boiled for 16 hours and rested for three days before use to get the taste. Awesome. The noodles was chewy too. And the beef, although only 3 pieces, they were tender and had the best proportion of fat the meat. Kinda costly for this one though. $47 for a bowl of beef noodles. +$15 for an iced drink. The restaurant is small. So be expected to wait or sit outside or share table with other eaters.

Had the pork chop rice for lunch, $38, no drinks included. It's comes with a crispy fried pork…read morechop, side cabbage, and marinated minced meat on rice. The pork was slightly dry on the inside, but I'll overlook that because the outside batter was surprisingly crunchy. Besides this, the other popular item is the beef noodle.