Delicious. Tasty. Beautiful presentation…read more Tried Dim Sum Library in Pacific Place again, since I raved about it 2 yrs ago) AND Yum Cha in Central days before. Social Place is so much better than the 2 all around. Spacious seating. Intricacy of each dish was so on point. The flavors were so well balanced down to a science. Definitely would come here in my next visit. See all the pics. Getting hungry writing this

Had dim sum lunch here with a couple of friends. The place was vibrant and was quite busy for a…read moreweekday lunch. Service was average especially since the place was quite full. Their dim sum is very innovative. We ordered: Shrimp Dumplings, Siu Mai with Scallops and Black Garlic, Shrimp Toasts, Deep Fried Glutinous Puffs with Wagyu and Black Pepper, Pea Leaves and Crab Meat in Soy Milk, Norwegian Smoked Salmon Crispy Sticky Rice Rolls, Spring Rolls with Spicy Fish Fillets, and the "Mangosteen" which are Deep Fried Glutinous Puffs with Lobster Sauce and Crab Meat. Food was mostly quite delicious and nicely presented. Overall it was a very pleasant lunch experience.

Came here at the suggestion of a good friend, and this was easily one of the best hits for cheap…read morebut good and fresh seafood. We had the oysters, shrimp, scallops, and A choi. Very reasonable prices, and decent service for a Hong Kong dai pai dong. I love that they go overboard with garlic and scallions as a seasoning, it brought out the freshness of the seafood. I would definitely recommend for other visitors.

Came back for dinner, just found out at this pai dong there is another restaurant on the other half…read moreof this pai dong, not one big pai dong restaurant. We ordered snails in spicy sauce, nice spice good snails, clams black beans sauce also good, sweet and sour pork found it to be on the sour side, meat was tender, bitter melon with spare ribs, bitter melon lack taste, ribs was good.

Food: This was my first time trying out this style of restaurant. You order various seafood (or do…read morethe set - makes it easier!) and before any seafood starts cooking, they put a congee base down with pork bones and squash. Then they come and cook each round of seafood (timing it and serving you). The seafood were really fresh and definitely great variety. We did the set for $398 per person so each person gets some of each seafood (and some non seafood, too). It included sashimi (as an appetizer), clams (including North Korean clams), American oysters (the size of my palm), clam with vermicelli and garlic, abalone, shrimp, fish, pork, vegetable (you can pick 1 of 3 types), sponge cake, fruit, and dessert (ours was coconut jelly topped with a flower jelly). Service: Great! They come and cook the various rounds of seafood for you. Without asking, they also helped us take a group photo. They were friendly and answered the questions we had. Overall, very smooth/efficient experience.

Not sure why this restaurant is so hyped up when it's really so mid. The restaurant is in a dank…read morebasement that is absolutely freezing and everyone kept their jackets on. The bathroom was also super weird, narrow and awkward and so dark that you can't see anything. Of the 2 stalls only one of them had toilet paper in a little roll that wasn't even properly attached to the toilet paper holder. The overall vibe is loud, "club-like," and kind of ratchet, there was a table quite far away from us but the customers were so clearly drunk and loud that the entire restaurant could hear them. We haven't even gotten to the food-- which was below average all around. We had pre-ordered the typhoon crab in advance and it was very expensive, was so over-seasoned, and the crab was not fresh at all. The bbq roast pork (char siu) was okay but incredibly oily and we couldn't finish it. The only passable entree was the fish, but even that was just a steamed fish and nothing to write home about. The service was okay, nothing spectacular but polite enough. The other nice thing was that we got these cute little mah jong desserts and I liked that the outside wall of the restaurant was decorated in mah jong pieces. But overall, this restaurant was my least favorite during our Hong Kong trip and it's just overhyped.

Ho Lee Fook is a Cantonese fusion Michelin starred restaurant in Central. The place looks nice,…read morebut a bit gaudy. The bathrooms are cramped and kind of awkward. Service is friendly and relatively efficient. But for this price point and the coveted Michelin star, I would expect more. The food quality is so-so. The chicken wings were tender but lacking in depth of flavor. Just salt and a ton of chili peppers. The char shu roasted pork was ok. It wasn't as greasy as others but it was also a bit dry. It was really no better than any other roasted pork we found at random restaurants all over HK. The crispy cheong fan noodles were a bit greasy but flavorful and different. Let's talk about pricing. We went on a Sunday night and we booked early so we did not have a minimum spend. But it seems any bookings now have an 800HKD/pp minimum. They slap a 10% service charge on everything and they basically require you to buy an 88HKD bottle of water. Sorry, they're just not that good.

I am a huge fan of Japanese food and seafood, so when I heard about a Japanese Crab restaurant, I…read morewas beside myself. I know that sounds exaggerated, but my stomach is very influential upon my moods. The first time we tried to find this restaurant, we got lost and wound up getting there right when it closed. Disheartened, we almost gave up on it since Wan Chai was so far from Sha Tin (4 MTR lines to get there). On the very last day, we decided to try again and I am so glad we did! Despite the fact that we didn't have reservations, the staff very kindly let us dine in one of their private rooms upstairs. The private room was fantastic both for the overall experience and for the kids. Service was very attentive without being intrusive. The wait staff took great care in informing us how to cook and/or eat each item. We ordered 3 lunch sets (3 adults, 2 children). One executive set ($500(?) HKD) including crab tempura, crab shabu shabu, grilled edamame, chuwanmushi, and veggies, one Wagyu set ($150 HKD) including wagyu beef and udon, and one Crab Rice set ($180 HKD) with Matsuba crab / salmon roe and the crab tsukane. Each dish was beautifully presented, incredibly fresh, and oh so tasty. I would highly recommend this restaurant for the food, service, and experience.

I don't know about you, but crab is one of my favourite foods of ALL time. You name it, hairy…read morecrabs, steamed Dungeness crab, cold crab, spicy crab, I pretty much indulge in everything CRAB. You know how one gets the meat sweats? Well...if it were true, I would probably get Crab sweats! ....ew.. Moving on, my friends know what a huge crab fanatic I am so they were so nice to take me to a restaurant that was especially crab focused. This place is absolutely, most definitely, completely, TOTALLY, a heaven for crab lovers like myself. Kanizen is a Japanese restaurant that focuses on the different ways to eat Japanese horse-hair crab and mainly Tabara crab. We chose the pre-fixed dinner for two and it had about 7 courses. Just thinking about this meal has got me salivating at my laptop. (Metaphorically) Once you walk in the dimly lit restaurant, you see a pond with ENORMOUS crabs just chilling. The size of these things are quite shocking. I let my waitress know that I wasn't able to finish the whole thing and she assured me that I can, she was, of course, absolutely right. First came out cold crab meat with UNI and tempura fried egg on top. Heavenly, the egg yolk was runny and ran down my crab meat. The crab meat was sweet and perfect. Next came out the crab legs, which I love. Every course was spectacular. My favourite of all was the crab congee you make or can ask the staff to make for you. It was the perfect ending to my crab meal. I was so satiated and I cannot wait to go back.

Wah wah wah! Another hidden gem!…read more The food here is so good and there's quite a few unique dishes!! Seafood is very fresh and tasty. The deep fried tofu is bomb! Super silky and smooth, without a chewy skin. The salted egg yolk shrimps are coated evenly and the shells are edible! The mantis prawns are very juicy and fresh. I also loved the clams soup and the pork chops! Must haves: salted egg yolk shrimps, deep fried tofu, and mantis prawns. Prices are also very fair. Probably even cheaper than many other places that aren't as good! I saw a few michelin signs on the walls, but I'm not sure if it's referring to them or the alcohol they're promoting. But I do think their food is good enough to be Michelin!! It is quite a busy place so be sure to book a reservation!

On the track of looking into the sik siu culture in the university, similar cultures are also…read moreobserved in the dance community, but instead of going to places every time after rehearsals, the more legit reason for dancers to pig out would be after shows and performance. Also known as "Hing Gung" (慶功), it literally means to celebrate and to reward the hard work the crew put into the show. Much like sik siu, since the eaters are of high exertion, the food would most naturally be as trashy as can be~ Healthy eaters might want to hit the return button now as the foods may be despicably fattening. Deep fried is almost the golden rule for every trashy food, even in Hong Kong; the famous shrimp toast is actually minced shrimp smeared on a piece of bread and deep fried to crunchy perfection; and you got it, the piece of bread is soaked with grease. To make it even more damaging, mayonnaise is served on the side for you to dip the toast in. Damaging as it seems, but it is also very gratifying and is often the dish that is cleared the soonest. Hing Gung is often an event of the nights and there aren't a lot of joint cater to this batch of customers at this time of the day. I still remember walking into this shop with the waiter asking us to wait outside the shop at 11 in the evening, while they were trying hard to rearrange the tables to sit the 15 of us down. For a restaurant that is still crowded towards midnight, you know they must have done something right.

Came here for lunch earlier today, around 1pm, party of 2. Our order was: pork wontons in spicy…read moresauce, and we did the 3 set meal with the fried eggplant, Beijing style minced pork noodles, and the XLB. Total cost was $194 HKD including the service charge. Pros: - really tasty food, a user-friendly menu especially if you're a tourist or expat, food comes out quickly and the tea is really good paired with the food. - fast and friendly service, English menu available - festive interior with lots of paintings, lanterns hanging from ceiling - great air conditioning , recommend you don't get a seat behind the fan units or else you won't feel it - decent portions for the price of a fancier sit down restaurant with tablecloths (but I'm writing this from the point of view of an American tourist , it might be considered more pricey if you're a local ) Cons: - Google maps isn't great when it comes to Asia and restaurants on different levels /floors - this place is under a few escalators - the 2 soup dumplings were squished into a tiny serving dish, so it was really hard to get them out without having the soup leak. But that's my only complaint Overall, I 10/10 would come back here for food if I'm in the mid-levels area. Delicious, fast service, good Chinese food. - May not be as "authentic" if you're looking for the really intense flavors of Szechuan cuisine etc, but I feel like it's pretty obvious from its appearance and location that this is for expats/tourists. There were definitely a few white people here, but there were also locals here , so that's promising to me. I really don't think it's fair to fault the place for being more westernized, it's in a neighborhood that serves a lot of international expats anyway.

One of the best restaurants in Hong Kong, as well as a very friendly and welcoming staff. Every…read moretime that I am in HK I always enjoy the dishes and ambiance of this restaurant. Most of the dishes are from Szechuan. I never have been disappointed. Dr. Erick J Mann, PhD Professor of History and Fulbright Scholar

What's NOT to love about this place?? If you're visiting Hong Kong and you're obsessed with seafood…read moreas much as I am, this is the place to go! Located by the pier in Sai Kung, this seafood restaurant has live catch of the day, in tanks, waiting for the next person to CHOOSE which seafood they want before cooking it! Call me a tourist, but I find this very cool!! The restaurant has one side that shows you all the seafood selections they have for the day. Once you've picked your selection, the fishermen bring it to the chef and cook it the way you want it to be cooked. Being that I ate with family, 8 of us chose a package that came with the selection of the seafood and certain ways to cook it. For example, our package selection can with a seafood cooked with certain noodles, and some seafood seasoned and paired a certain way with vegetables. While this place is VERY expensive, it was well worth the money to try this place at least once on your trip to Hong Kong. The dishes were cooked to perfection. I've never had seafood that big cooked in so many different ways before! Being a Hong Kong native, it's foods like this that bring back memories of growing up in Hong Kong and what REAL seafood should taste like. The bill in total, for 8 people and the choice of your own seafood cost over 5,000HKD, which is equivalent to about $700USD. I've NEVER spent this much on food alone and if you think about it, it really isn't so bad if you're splitting it between 8 people. The dishes fill you way more than you'd think! *Alternative option- if you're not into picking your own seafood, there are other items on the menu where you would order normally and get what the chef makes you (obviously no big lobster meat in this case!)

What an underwhelming experience, especially considering Sing Kee has been awarded a Michelin star…read more It's a Friday night and partying was the number one on the list for the night, so we treated ourselves to a nicer dinner before a long night out. Once we sat down, in come two guys in suits, I guess you can call them managers, giving us numerous recommendations. It was fine at first because we needed some recommendations given it's vast menu. However, the recommendations would not stop, it was constant hounding. One of them gave legitimate recommendations, while the other try to sell us on the most expensive items on the menu. We ended up ordering these special deep-fried shrimp, beef on veggies, salted fish fried rice, and fried bean curds. The shrimp was scrumptious and by far one of the best shrimp I've ever tasted, it was also grossly overpriced at about $50 USD, or $400+ HKD. The beef on veggies was bad, the beef was not tender and tasted bland. The salted fish fried rice was meh, I've tasted better here in Boston. The salted fish that they used simply was not aromatic and did not have the distinct salted fish taste. The fried bean curd was very tasty, perfectly crispy on the outside with a hint of saltiness while super smooth and silky on the inside. The food was not Michelin star grade in my opinion. Here's the catch: the service was very annoying, the guy in suits essentially rushed us into ordering and would not stop bothering us even while we were eating. When the check came, he stood there the entire time awaiting my signature. It was by far the most uncomfortable restaurant experience I have endured in a very long time. In my 10 days in HK, I would have to say that this was my most dismal meal, ironic because it was also amongst the most expensive one. Meh.