Amazing fresh seafood experience! Check out their impressive seafood tank outside and this…read morerestaurant stands out from all the others in the area. Service was attentive, with helpful recommendations on portion size and style of cooking. We received also two complementary dishes: fried tofu appetizer and two desserts. The mantis shrimp is our highlight of the meal, don't miss it! Meal is on the pricier side.

I don't understand how this place has such low ratings on yelp, when it was arguably one of the…read morebest banquet style/ Chinese seafood restaurant I've ever been to. Firstly, I want to call out the amazing service here. I was sitting outside but there is indoor seating and an upstairs. A boy came here with crutches and his table was upstairs. unfortunately they don't have an elevator but the host offered to piggy back him up which I thought was amazing. The host also kept giving people a heads up whenever the nearby lot had a cop giving out parking tickets. You can just tell that the staff was very customer first by the type of personal and unconventional service they provided which I, myself have never seen anywhere else before (literally in the world). Location wise, it's right on the water front on sai Kung, so the view is quite pleasant while you're enjoying your meal. After you order your dishes, you can go over to the giant fish tanks to pick out the fresh and live seafood. Literally every dish I had was absolutely amazing in flavor and super fresh. There's a few other Michelin Star rated seafood restaurants within walking distance but I've been told that the flavors here are unparalleled to. Here are some of the things we ordered in no particular order and hopefully somewhat correct names: Fish soup (5/5): surprisingly my favorite most memorable dish. Strong flavors without being overwhelming Fried squid cake (3.5/5): not as special as other items but great texture, crispy on the outside, similar to a deep fried fish ball Geoduck sashimi (5/5): super fresh ! Fried tofu (4.5/5): on the house and probably one of the best fried tofu I ever had. Crispy on the outside and the softest tofu ever inside. Fried abalone (4/5): great deep fried flavor. My only complaint was it was a little chewy but that might also be the natural texture of abalone Fried bigass shrimp whose English name I don't know but directly translated to "pee itself shrimp" (5/5): one of my top dishes, as large as a lobster. Tasted like lobster, deep fried flavor to perfection, but difficult to remove the shell from *update: mantis shrimp is the name* Uni fried rice (4/5): fried rice was cooked to perfection but I had to knock off a star just because it didn't really capture the uni flavor Crispy chicken (5/5): full of meat and flavor was on point, I was amazing at how they were able to make the skin on chicken so crispy as if it was Peking duck Red striped crab cooked in egg white (4/5): a little bland for my liking but the crab meat resembled the middle ground of king crab and singleness crab. Very simple flavors for those who like that Stir fried surf clams in black bean sauce (4/5): good flavor, cooked perfectly, but very similar to regular stir fried clam I would totally come back again on my next visit to Hong Kong! It's a shame that it is a bit of a journey and the best way there is if you know someone with a car, but worth it!

Only because I am a dumpling hoarder, this place is a 5 for me! If homemade dumplings made by Hong…read moreKong locals that don't speak English is not your thing, then this will not be a 5 star spot for you. To each his own. Located into the Queen's Street Cooked Food Market in the corner, this place makes flat pancake-like dumplings that you would purchase then take home and fry up in your own kitchen. They have different flavors (one can often be full of cooked cabbage & onions, another might be sweet rice, another might have meat. My cantonese speaking husband is nice to the staff and owners there and they are kind enough to quickly fry them up in the back for us and we eat right there or take them home. Eat might not be the right word...GOBBLE! We gobble these delicious things up! Regretfully, nobody at this tiny mom and pop operation is going to speak English. Often, there dumplings and buns are sold from tables out front of their actual shop. The dumplings themselves are about the size of a drink coaster and an inch thick. The pan frying makes them warm and crisp on the outside and just the perfect taste.

I've had the great congee here. Some times 2 at a time. Would eat here more often (cross the…read morestreet from my office) if they had some milk tea, esp iced. Congee makes me real hot in the summer. My favorites are 免戰牛肉粥 & 豬紅粥. The seating is on the foldout tables and little stools so if you are large person it might be tough. But it is typical of restaurants like this in Hong Kong so if you want a local experience, it is what it is. Between the three or four places that I go for congee, this is the best. But because of the seating and the lack of milk tea, I don't go there more than once every two weeks.

Right across the street from Yue Hing (dai pai dong) is Wai Kee 威記…read more Very nice that not all of Central are high end pricey or overpriced eateries that leave your wallet drained and your conscience filled with some guilt. Don't want to wait 30 to 40 minutes for a HK style sandwich and tea/coffee (done right by the way)? Well then Wai Kee is your answer! Carby Comfort Goodness! Plain congee - Many will argue that plain congee is only for sick people to eat, but in reality is one of the very few ways you can actually taste the texture. Particularly if it is cooked with some dried scallops (conpoy) which you can taste. While the jook here isn't the same as Mui Kee in Mongkok, it hits the spot. Congee with other condiments may be MSG enhanced (Law Fu Kee is definitely a prime example, despite it being more famous). The fried carby stuff here (fried dough sticks) are pretty solid. But why not get the cheung fun skin wrapped around it (ja leung)? I think I enjoyed it a tad more than Tasty at the airport. And their house made turnip pudding/cake? Very respectable rendition, although it's less hearty than those Chinese New Year versions. The steamed version is the way to go here, if you prefer that classic daikon/turnip flavor. A little soy sauce is already enough. All three of these items will fill you up nicely. Not gourmet by any means, but very comforting and fulfilling. You may not look like royalty afterwards, but you will feel quite at home.

@abc_kitchen_hk Loved it here. I've only been here twice so…read morefar and have thoroughly enjoyed. I'm a huge fan of its ambiance, food, service. It is unique, surprisingly it's at the local cooked food market, where is like Dai Pai Dongs. Best of all there's no corkage fee!! And the food was outstanding. I'll always come back here to enjoy wines and food with friends!! Price: $300hkd~ per person ------------------------------------ Service 5/5 Ambience 5/5 Food 5/5 ------------------------------------ CF7, 1/F, 38 Des Voeux Road West . . . #香港好去處 #香港美食 #香港餐廳 #上環美食 #上環好去處 #hkfoodie #hkig #hkgirl #hkfood #hknightlife #hkitalianfood #italianfood #foodiehk #food #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodstagram #foodporn #foodpics #hkphotography #cookedfoodmarket #ribeyesteak #roastedsucklingpig #foiegras #nocorkage #hkrestaurant #duckleg

Surely there should be an old Chinese proverb that says, "Don't judge a dai pai dong by its dingy…read morerestaurant facade." ABC...stands for A Better Cooking kitchen. This name is lame compared to what we discovered when we dined there this week. We had heard the the hype around our Sheung Wan hood, but ABC was against the grain of what were expecting. I felt my mind was being challenged against my expectation of what I would experience and also being BLOWN at every turn. If you told a Hong Konger that you had the greatest Italian restaurant experience inside a dai pai dong, they would look at you and say "you are wrong...dai pai dong's don't have Italian food" They would be thinking, "silly white girl, she does not know what she is talking about." And when you say again, "no really, red and white checker table clothes, wine list, pastas, etc", they would probably look at you again like you had things confused in your mind on what a dai pai doing was. Now granted that the popular suckling pig ($178HKD) is not really an Italian item to be found on most Italian restaurant menus, the remaining items on the menu are really quite nice and might apply authentically to a true Italian dinner table. Pesto pasta ($148HKD), pan-fried foie gras w/chutney ($128HKD), beef carpaccio ($88HKD) , creme brulee ($48HKD). My husband had the suckling pig and said it was different than your standard Chinese version of suckling pig. He indicated that the meat was more tender, like almost a pulled port consistency. We enjoyed the foie gras as an appetizer and were almost left speechless..."am I really eating foie gras of this caliber in a dai pai dong?" MIND BLOWN! I had the pesto pasta and the pasta was cooked perfectly and was really a surprise to my palette. Good quality noodle, good preparation, steaming hot to the table. MIND BLOWN! The restaurant itself is in a dai pai dong setting, with tables butting up against tables for a Chinese place, a dumpling spot, a Vietnamese place and an Indian restaurant. The environment is clean, but clustered. The red and white table clothes will give it away on where you are going once you ascend the moving escalator from the street (across from the 7-11 on that corner) up to the dai pai dong. My head keeps thinking, how is the local gem (really kind of a hot spot, for it was really busy) even here in this chaotic dai pai dong environment. MIND BLOWN! The wine list kind of sucks, but the fact that you are sitting in a dai pai dong and there is actually a wine list, your head is still kind of spinning and I did not care that I was drinking at sub-par chianti. MIND BLOWN! They even have a larger liquor license with Gordon's Gin and Absolut Vodka on their menu! MIND BLOWN! We were greeted by the most friendly, older host/waiter. He was happy to serve us. No turn and burn mentality of a dining experience here. MIND BLOWN! They are speaking decent English and it was easy to communicate, even when my husband was not chiming in with Cantonese. They take reservations. WHAT? This is a wolf in sheeps clothing for certain. What dai pai dong setting takes a resy? MIND BLOWN! Now I am just being picky, but I think I would like to see something like a calamari appetizer or fresh breadsticks...my horrible pre-conceived ideas of the Olive Garden are my influence...I am a victim of bad US Italian food chain restaurants. Calamari though is a staple on every Italian restaurant menu...right? Sometimes a 5 star Yelp experience is not a flawless experience served in a 5-star Beard rated restaurant. Great restaurants are not without some error, but ABC gets a 5 because they blew my mind on what to expect from a dai pai dong experience and it is a solid Italian restaurant experience.

This is a local spot for dine-in or takeout…read more My favorite thing to get here, if they haven't run out yet, is their steamed fish that comes with rice and a drink ($44). The drink can be their soup of the day or a regular drink such as milk tea, lemon tea, etc. I've tried other things here that are good too, such as their BBQ pork. Be forewarned that if you dine in here, you may leave with a slight smell of oil on your clothing, so don't come here before any important meetings.

I recommend upper level for the Teppanyaki experience and sushi. Ground level for the robatayaki…read more(yakitori) they will bring you food from upstairs if you seat downstairs but not the other way around. So depending on what you want to eat, you will have to choose first where to seat. Not a problem but just spent 10min trying to understand the menu first in the lobby before choosing where to seat.(downstairs...) Now for the good stuff: - prices are not cheap but value is great. Tiger prawn, Japanese beef, etc. A lot of very premium items that they carry super fresh and delicious. Tenderloin beef melts in your mouth and the tiger prawn is just pure poetry. This little surf & turf got my bill north of $2000 but it was completely worth it. Many restaurants in HK will advertise on the menu the Japanese beef but when you want to order it, it is not available. This happens quite often and it is frustrating - grilled skewers were good but not great. Unlike yakitori-focused restaurant, it is not the only thing they do, so they are not amazing at it. The deboned stuffed chicken wing was excellent though. The vegetable skewers were just OK - 1 toro scallion roll was amazing - sake selection was good - cheesecake was good. not too sweet. - service was attentive Highly recommend this place and hope to return

Fast forward to 2024! I noticed the last review here was in 2018 or so and lots of changed since, I…read moreused to go to their other location in Tin Hau which was run by the son and his partner. Food there was much much more superior then this original shop! Since they closed down about 4 years ago due to economic downturn, the only one left is this original shop still managed by the Dad, "Mak Ming" as a special spot in our tummy as this is one of the most frequented wonton noodle shop whenever we are in HK, but I am sad to report that the "original" shop food quality has dropped! The wonton noodle still came pipping hot, but one sip of their soup I know something has changed, gone are the multi-dimensional flavour found in a classic wonton noodle, lacking is the "umami" and the depth we come to expect from a good wonton noodle soup stock. Then their wonton was also lacking in the texture, prawn and pork wonton has this complex texture from the seafood and the meat. But I found that the ones we were served seem pre-cooked and do not have that effect. Other items we ordered also lack in both flavour and freshness, sad to see a long time famous brand of Wonton Noodle house quality dropped so much! I still wish them good luck with their business and I do hope this was a one off ... it will be a long time before I would venture out to their shop again!!

We came on our first night in HK near our apartment. We enjoyed the beef brisket noodle soup and lo…read moremein and some congee. Friendly staff helped us re arrange the tables to sit our party of 6. It gets busy around 7pm.

Amazing food. This hole in the wall spot has the best tofu pudding/ tofu soup. Also great fried…read moretofu and excellent drinks. The owner is a favorite among local customers but you might miss this spot if you're not paying attention. Worth a trip to Sai Kung just to try the food here.