If you are looking for no-frills comfort food and a unique Hong Kong experience, you need to visit…read morea dai pai dong (big license stall, which is an open-air food stall). Sadly, the number of dai pai dong has declined over the years as licenses for them are no longer issued, but Sing Heung Yuen is one of the few remaining ones. I came to Sing Heung Yuen for lunch with my friend. There was a line, but it moved relatively quickly. I ordered a Hong Kong-style milk tea and a tomato noodle soup with sausage, luncheon meat, and egg. I was told by a few people that the soup is best with macaroni noodle, but I prefer instant noodle, so I got that instead. The food hit the spot. It was simple, delicious, and super filling. I was told by some local ladies that the toast is a must-try, but I was way too full, so I skipped it. Aside from being a unique experience, Sing Heung Yuen offers a quick and affordable meal to tourists and locals. Avoid though if you are not a fan of tomato soup or toast since the menu is as limited as the space.

This is a hole in the wall "dai pai dong", quick service restaurant. It's busy and there's always a…read moreline but it moves fast because you're basically squished together with other random people in a couple of long tables so you'll want to quickly finish your food and leave. They are known for their tomato soup base and you can choose the type of noodles and there's various toppings to choose from. I ordered their tomato macaroni soup with beef and spam. The soup is on the sour side and I would have liked it to be a little more savory and hearty. The macaroni was a little overcooked but that's basically Hong Kong cafe style. It came with 2 half pieces of spam, one of it was overcooked and dry, the other one seemed undercooked. The beef was decent texture wise but it didn't have much flavor. We also ordered their toast with condensed milk and the toast was over toasted and too crunchy to my liking. Overall, it's an unique experience but don't be expect the food to be superb. You also won't get over the top service but everyone was very courteous and friendly.

Very cheap food in one of the few Dai pai dong (street food market?) left in Hong Kong. It's in a…read moreshack built out of zinc fence next to the famous temple and a busy green mini bus terminal Food is so so. I'll come for the novelty less for the food. * Cheung fun (steamed rolled rice noodle) - they use the packaged Cheung fun and reheated it. At least it tastes like that. The sauces they put is very standard. * Noodle with beef brisket and cow intestines - a small bowl with small pieces. Good as a breakfast I think but might be a little too small for lunch / dinner for a guy.

If you want goose, duck, ribs or pork belly authentic Hong Kong style, come here. To go only, very…read moreinexpensive, fast, friendly and fun.

Really good siu mei (Cantonese for various roasted meats) that we happened upon. One parallel block…read moreover from the evening Temple Street night flea market. It looked more like a take out kind of place but we saw tables in the back and started to enter the shop, but the floor was so greasy, we were seriously thinking about making a 180° and skip this place. I don't know if it was the look on our faces or that we were a bit better dressed then the uncles in their white tanks with legs propped up on stools or what, but the kind lady proprietor suggested we eat at their "nicer atmosphere" dining room a few doors down. The dining room greeted us with nice A/C and floors our shoes had better grip on. The food is ordered here and they will prepare the soup, noodles, drinks, etc. but all the siu mei still comes over from the other shop. The roasted meats we're tender and tasty, no lie. I'd say even skip all those starchy fillers and go straight for the roasted proteins. The portions here are very generous and we felt a little guilty leaving some pieces uneaten. Hong Kong definitely has no shortage of siu me shops and I'm glad the tasties they offer remain classic and unchanged. Looking forward to finding new gems.

SUMMARY After a disastrous first few hours in HK, this was…read moreour first meal in HK and it was better than expected. It definitely cured the hangry in all of us! Would recommend, but don't expect great service here...or in HK for that matter. ATMOSPHERE (5/5) While I could look this up, I believe this is a licensed theme restaurant as evidenced from the cute, cartoon like atmosphere TeaWood restaurant. The place is adorned with cartoon characters in a woody setting. It's very well done and hat's off to the people who put this together. FOOD (5/5) Wife says this is a Taiwanese character that serves Taiwanese meals and maybe because of this, we were very happy with our meal---mostly because we had a really crappy time getting to our AirBnB and the general attitude of people who we encountered along the way (unhelpful and rude). I ordered a tripe based soup with noodles in a beef broth and it was a 5/5 for me. The broth was very clean, not oily. Noodles were perfectly good. Tripe was not over or undercooked. Vegetables still had a bit of snap to it. Really happy with my meal. My wife ordered a red bean dessert that I took a few bites as well. One of the things I liked about that was how perfectly cooked the mochi balls were. All around delicious. SERVICE (2/5) Perhaps this is a cultural thing, so HK people don't beat up on me too harshly for saying this: but even in a more pricier corporate type of restaurant like this, the service is not friendly was not friendly here and especially at smaller mom and pop shops ***anywhere*** we went in HK. Any time we asked a question, there was this sort of disbelief or umbrage that we would ask a question about what was in a dish, what a certain type of ingredient was, etc. RETURN VISIT? If we do return, we'd probably go back or at least I would. Sans the service, the restaurant is good and tourist friendly to a certain point.

Can someone say YUM up in here?!…read more View of the streets from high up and good food. Taiwanese Pork Chop bento was pretty darn good. They made the minced meat rice correctly. Milk tea was nicely flavored, though we forgot to request an iced one! Chocolate strawberry brick toast was not the best I've had but it was still good. Rocky road ice cream, slightly chewy and not so fried bread, whipped cream and strawberries! Yum! A cute place, food came out quickly and servers were polite (you may need to flag them down). Great for a date or catching up with a girl friend!

A small dessert place in the middle HongKong Central heart…read more Atmosphere : clean and airy Service: very good Language : Chinese only Price: Moderate Payment : Cash only Sweet soups: Delicious, light sweetened soup, traditional homemade soups.

Yuen Kee 源記 serves Chinese desserts and Chinese desserts ONLY, with the exception of their fluffy…read morecake (HK$8 per slice) at the store front window. There is a reason why this place is so popular: it feels very home-y with the booths along the sides of the shop and round family-style tables. We arrived around 9:20pm on a Monday night, with little to no line. Just a short 5 minute wait for tables to clear up. In that time, we noticed dessert bowls served in pretty yellow Chinese-style porcelain bowls. Once seated, a Chinese menu peered up at us from under a glass-topped table. I quickly asked for an English menu and a lady kindly brought it to us. I was originally eyeing the walnut cream 合桃露 or the almond cream 杏仁露, but considering my slight cough, decided against anything nutty and heavy, and went for the red bean sweet soup with tangerine peel 陳皮紅豆沙, and boy am I GLAD that I did. It wasn't too dense or too watery. The red bean was blended quite smoothly into the soup with small chunks here and there. There were no visibly large red beans as you would see in other places. While I previously preferred the large chunky "hong dao sa", I think my tastes buds have changed, and have found my go-to place at Yuen Kee. In addition, what I liked best was the use of the tangerine peel - which gave the red bean soup a new uplifting citrus-y smell and taste, and provided a pleasant and natural sweetness to the soup (compared with overly and unnaturally sweet ones elsewhere). My friend's sesame soup 芝麻湖 was just as delicious! Like my red bean soup, it was perfectly blended, and not too grainy, nor too thick or goopy of a sesame mixture. I only wish ALL the desserts came in the yellow bowls - ours came in plain white bowls. You can be sure I'll be back once my health is fully restored.

Used to be a 5 star spot but quality have declined since the transfer of ownership. They're known…read morefor their stir fry dishes with tons of wok hei.

Our orders: bean curd and greens, deep fried pork chop…read more Pros + Taste + Pricing + Authenticity Cons - Atmosphere: I can't say that I'm a fan of waiting and staring at patrons as they finish their meals to stealthy grab seats. Our group divided across the restaurant for a solid thirty minutes so we could hawk around and scout for a table. The fans distributed across the location made the weather bearable. Plastic chairs, clear plastic table cloth. Definitely wash your dishes once more just to play it safe - Timing: because of the sheer popularity of this place, I was already full by the time they started bringing our 4th and 5th dishes as it took about 30+ minutes for it to come out. I had already filled up on the first 3. Don't be surprised if you have to wait 45+ min for a table on busy weekend evenings.

Vacationing in HK and one of the staff at the hotel recommeded it! Worth a stop couple location but…read morethis one was walking distance from our hotel ! I can definetly see why the seasoned potato and steak was a classic Fried egg yolk squid was full of flavored and the stir fried veggie yum ! Each dish elevated by that classic wok hey! Reasonable price and large portion

My taste buds have been blessed like never before…read more A hugely popular restaurant in Sham Shui Po, this local favorite has 3 locations on the same street that share the same kitchen. It's definitely beneficial to know the language and style of ordering before coming to one of the remaining restaurants in Hong Kong that will give you that old-school Hong Kong feel, where tables spill onto the street and extends down an alleyway. A friend of a friend brought us here on a Monday night after a long day of boating, so you can imagine how hungry we were! The moment we sat down (in a prime location: next to the where the butchers are slicing and dicing the freshly made roast pork, duck, etc.), our waiter, a older gentleman has tea and utensils ready and has a notepad out for our order. Now I can't tell you the actual name of each dish in Chinese, but please refer to my photos to reference the dish. (If need be, show your waiter the photo! You won't regret it.) Seasoned potatoes with steak: I believe this is the first thing on the menu, and with good reason! I don't know what kind of seasoning they used but the taste of these potatoes are out of this world. These are definitely not your run-of-the-mill sliced potatoes. I felt obligated to offer the last piece to my friends but breathed an internal sigh of relief when they declined and I was able to have it for myself. The steak was delicious as well, tender and just the right size to have with the potatoes! Seasoned crawfish with ginger and scallions: These are so fresh! You can walk right up the seafood market next door and ask for a pound of these crawfish to be cooked. There's a technique to eating these: rip off the head, then take the tail and pull lightly to separate the shell from the meat. Scallops with vermicelli: A giant scallop seasoned with cooked ginger and vermicelli. I practically inhaled this. The scallop and vermicelli both complemented each other; the subtle flavors of each mixed with the ginger. Roast Quail: Quail can be a bit difficult to eat, with many small bones, but it was worth it! The skin of the quail was flavorful and not too salty, and the meat tender. Battered Squid: I love seafood, particularly fried calamari, so if you're like me, you will love this dish! While similar to fried calamari, the batter for this squid is light and doesn't overwhelm the squid. The squid itself was perfectly chewy and not rubbery at all. Veggies with egg and preserved duck egg: Perfectly cooked veggies in a broth I would have loved some extra rice to pour into. The egg and preserved duck egg both add some extra kick to this dish. Fatty beef with broad noodles clay pot: I almost didn't think I could fit any more food into me, but I had to try it. The beef had just enough fat on it and was sliced thin enough to enjoy. The noodles and broth were delicious. 100% would recommend to a friend, a stranger, an enemy! The total came out to about 188 HKD each, between the 4 of us. Well worth it.

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.