Amazing, they call it the best closest thing to Taiwanese food here in HK! it's a bit hard to find…read morethis place as it's in a ware house but take the first elevator up (you might find it a bit sketchy) and then take a right and then go down the hallway to find the entrance to the place. Get some of the beef with rice and some dong gua cha! You have to go up and order, but once you place your order the food comes out pretty fast! I'm just drooling thinking about this place. Tip: It's a short walk from the MTR.

I have been traveling back and forth Taiwan so frequently that I almost see myself as half a…read moreTaiwanese; one of the things that they pride themselves in has to be the food. Indeed, why would they not? Whether it is the street food found in street markets or proper meals such as beef noodles or taiwanese bento, Taiwan has it all. Having said that I have a secret rule of thumb when it comes to food, that is, I will never eat Taiwanese food in Hong Kong and the same applies to the Hong Kong food in Taiwan. It might be a preconception on mine that the authenticity would very much be lost when the cuisine is introduced to a foreign piece of land; adding to that would be the fact that I have been let down for too many times and have gradually lose faith in it. It wasn't until I have come to this shop coincidentally that I gradually restore hope in Taiwanese cuisines in Hong Kong. I think the best way to tell whether a restaurant is good or not is to try out the basics; beef noodle soup is a staple of Taiwan and it would very well be a good indicator in how well a restaurant prepare their foods. The broth is quintessential in a bowl of noodles and 程班長 does it like no others. Traditional taiwanese beef noodle broth is rich and seasoned with soy sauce, behind the mellow fullness a punch of heat will catch you by surprise, and this is exactly how the broth is like in 程班長; going against the slightly broad and substantial noddles, the two matches perfectly. Whereas for the priced jewel, the meats, which could either be brisket, tendon or tripe or all 3 of them, are all very well braised and are melt in your mouth tender. Last but not least, the pickles that add to the noodle soup play an important role in spicing up the flavors as well as freshen up the mouthful. Thank to this restaurant, may be it is not a bad idea to give a little try on taiwanese restaurants in Hong Kong; a leap of faith is indeed called for nonetheless.

Known for fun gor (粉粿) and steamed chicken feet & pork ribs with rice (鳳爪排骨飯), they make dozens and…read moredozens per hour. Plus dim sum and other steamed rice varieties. It's so full!! But people eat fast and leave fast, so you never have to wait too long to sit. However you can order to-go because the rice and dim sum dishes come in small size. Take to the nearby park and eat under the sun. I'm not a big fan of fun gor dumplings, to me they taste like water and are super bland. But I love them here!!! And they're huge! Packed full of meat and so flavourful. They also drizzle them with spicy soy sauce but the fun gor taste super good with/without any sauce.

This place has been here for many years and i love the steamed rice with pork spare ribs and black…read morebeans accompanied by there famous steamed pork dumpling, or simply "FUN GOR" in Cantonese. I seldomly dine in and most of the times i will grab it togo and this price is very reasonable. As i had time to kill and was near by, so decided to to dine in. Taste is good as usual but cant say the iced lemon tea was good. I asked for a iced lemon tea and asked them to make it less sweet. After it arrived and I tasted it, it was really sweet. So i asked the staff that took my order to double check if this was the less sweet and she replied yet. Instead of sending it back and face a possibility of them adding a "secret ingredient" into my drink i consumed less then a 1/4 of it and left it. Would recommend this place as they somehow have mastered the nice texture of the steamed rice to my liking every time. How can you complain of marinated pork that has been placed atop of the rice and steamed together. As it is being steamed, the juices from the marinated penetrates the rice making every bit so delicious. Will definitely be back again, but no so sure if i want to dine in again as personal space can be very tight.

Booked marked this place after my first taste of the congee. I have a game at the near by sports…read morecenter and came up to Tai Po early to eat before the game. Found this congee place on Open Rice. Did the Congee / Cheung fun 艇仔粥/蝦米腸粉 set for HK$50. A little pricy for way out here. I pay $47 on HK Island for the same set. But it is very high quality with tasty ingredients. Good 腸粉 is hard to make and they do a crazy good job. No drink as part of the set so I ponyed up $17 for the milk tea. $67 for a very tasty but not large lunch. Can't beat it.

Chan Hon Kee came up on my IG feed as a local HKer posted a pic of the boh jai fan. It looked so…read moredamn good that I asked a good friend if we could eat there during my short stay in September. Little did I know how destructive and disruptive Mangkhut would end up being so I had to postpone the visit. Little did I know that Chan Hon Kee was literally down the street from where my friend lives. Only issue was that it takes around 45 mins to get from the island out to Tai Po. We arrived shortly before 1830 to find a hella busy restaurant with a fairly long line. Luckily, the line moved quickly and we jumped the line as we had 5 in our party. As typical with most old school HK restaurants, the workers here don't have patience with patrons that are indecisive so don't take it personally when they give you attitude. Be sure you know what you want to order before they seat you and all will be good. We started off with two bowls of 皮蛋瘦肉粥 and damn was it tasty. The 粥 had the perfect consistency which I only remember my grandmas making. I have yet to find a place in LA or SF that is as good. Only other place similar that I can think of was at a place my Uncle took me to in 光州. Next came out was the 炸兩 and the 牛肉腸粉. Both were super tasty but the 炸兩 took home the gold medal. The last two dishes that came out were the 煲仔飯. Was a bit too eager to dig into them as the rice was still a bit on the wet side but damn were they still good! Was stuffed or else I would've scraped the sides to eat all of the crispy rice. This place was worth the long trek out to Tai Po and am looking forward to going back next year. Do save room for the 煲仔飯 as they were delicious.i

A local favorite and a must try on my list while in Hong Kong. You are greeted with a line once you…read morearrive and that's how you'll know you are at the right place. Once you reach the front of the line you'll see the chef preparing noodles at the window. Service is a bit rude but that's Hong Kong for y'all! We ordered the beef stew and fish ball rice noodles and got it within minutes after ordering. Make sure you add the beef stew sauce if you are ordering the fish ball noodle soup!! It was delicious and the noodles were cooked to perfection. Beef stew was perfectly cook and was not tough. The restaurant consist of big tables so prepare to share your table with other people!

Been coming here as far as I can remember. Menu has been the same and has never changed…read more Basic menu that is consist of braised beef briskets, fish balls, fish cake or fried fish skins accompany by your choice of noodles. Noodles such as egg noodles, thick egg noodles, flat rice noodles and rice vermicelli. For the daring foodie enthusiast, they also have other beefs items such as beef tendon, intestines and stomach. For some that are not acquired to these type of food, you gotta try it if you wanna be one of the "local" people. Beware, there is a lot of MSG in the soup broth, but then again, not many noodles places in Hong Kong that does not put MSG in there soup broth. Please be patient as you will expect long waits during morning peak periods. They even have this mentioned in Chinese that is posted on the walls.

Much talked about Fishballs are very ordinary and we got diahrrea due to the curry sauce. Service…read morewas good and efficient. Beef brisket was not soft The ambiance is as expected. But clean.

Yum yum. This is one of my favourite street food places, and they sell a variety of classic street…read morefood. One of the staples is always the cheung fun (rice rolls), lathered in soy sauce, peanut sauce and sweet sauce, with a sprinkle of sesame. Their stuffed "3 treasures" are good as well. That is another classic dish consisting of green bell pepper, eggplant and tofu, each stuffed with a generous amount of fish paste. It's a difficult dish to get right. If not floured well the fish paste will not stick to the vegetables, and the veggies can get overly soggy due to the deep frying. But not here! They are generous with the amount of fish paste, and the vegetables were fried to decent crispiness. This is food that seems like they should be everywhere but is slowly getting replaced by trendy foods. It's also very difficult to get decent versions of these outside of Hong Kong. I highly recommend just stopping by and trying a few things as breakfast or afternoon snack.

Heritage Tea House is my rainy day happy place. As a cozy, tucked away haven Heritage Tea House…read moreoffers an ambiance that calls for a large comfy chair and a good book you just can't put down - but instead you will find yourself seated at a wooden table gazing at Asian art surrounding you. There's something tranquil about this place as each table has its own tea kettle heater, the staff are always ready to take your order, and once the food comes out you will think you have found your way to heaven. I typically go for lunch and get the lunch set - a steal at HK$40 - including tea and dumplings with noodles. I often get the butterfly cookies (2 for HK$10) just to top off this delightful experience. Something about this magical place on a rainy day makes for the perfect relaxation during lunch to get me recharged to make it through the rest of the day. Come early or late though as there is limited seating to be had!

After the bowl of dan dan noodles, we headed straight for a fish soup noodles place called 魚鱻魚湯專門店…read morewe had seen while exploring what was offered in the area. This type of cuisine is my mom's territory. While I love the fish soup itself, my mom loves the stringy rice noodles. This place was packed with a constant stream of customers. You eat on these blue plastic stools and pay at the front cashier when you are done. One of the staff was so nice to carefully explain and simplify the menu and options down for us when she saw us struggling/taking a longer time to order than most others. My mom got a bowl of fish soup with rice noodles, 扎肉(Vietnamese sausage), and 魚鰾 (swim bladder). We also got a side of green steamed choi sum veggies. I haven't had fresh fish swim bladder like this in probably 10 years. We just don't eat this in Toronto anymore. It was sooo freshy, soft, tender, yet gooey at the same time. It was so good. The Vietnamese sausage was thicker and more fragrant than the ones I've had in Toronto. It was interesting but quite good. Appearance-wise, it looked very bland actually. The rice noodles were not to my liking at all since they were so hard in texture. The fish soup was amazing -- so flavourful and simple and clearly devoid of any MSG. A neighbouring diner was eating a bowl of fish noodles with the entire steamed fish in it! Tail, head, bones, and all. The rice noodles (or you could also choose rice) was served separately. It looked like such a wholesome and "ching" option. If we return again, I want to try the whole fish soup as well as their fried fish skin.

If you like fish cake, this is the place to be. It is one of their signature dishes. They make…read morethe fish cake fresh and the skin is pan fried to perfection, it is really crispy and flavorful. They are also well known for their fish with noodle soup. We ordered the whole fish and it tasted tender and juicy. They started to run out of fish after we ordered, so get their early if you can to get what you want. Also had the fried fish skin, tasted awesome too. None of the fish items were fishy. This is authentic food and you will not find many tourists here. We didn't have to wait long at all to get seated, we got there around 8:30 on a weekday. Don't bring your date here, the decor can use some work, and the kitchen is visible by others depend where you sit, and you can see them cleaning fish guts out. Prices are very reasonable and affordable.

If you can't rough it, can't speak Cantonese, or don't read Chinese, you might have a problem here…read more It is also not easily accessible by any public transportation, so you'll have to take the MTR out to the New Territories, then catch a cab to the spot. The restaurant is a "dai pai dong" style eatery. There is outside and inside seating, but it's not comfortable. You'll be sitting in a crowded atmosphere, often on stools, and things will be discombobulated. However, if you can get past this, you'll enjoy some delicious Chiu Chow food. I am a huge fan of Chiu Chow cuisine, especially since we don't get it in the US. Whenever I'm in HK, I make sure that I get my fill of it. At "Sang Cheong" -- direct translation of the Chinese name 生昌, you'll get authentic and traditional Chiu Chow dishes. My favorite is usually the crab and prawn balls which are fried to perfection and served with a sweet dipping sauce. Check out the mullet which is served at room temperature with a pungent bean paste dipping sauce. On the night of our visit, they had a soup laden with pickled sour mustard greens, pig intestines, pig ears and pork. There is an abundance of white pepper to kill the gamey taste from the innards. I don't mind the soup, but I can't eat the intestines. Fried Bombay Duck is a type of fish which has the texture of tofu. The flesh is soft and I absolutely love it. The Chinese name for this fish is "nine stomach fish" 九肚魚 and it is the first time I've ever eaten it. I'm hooked!! It is prepared salt & pepper style. Delicious! Roast Goose is the most typical of Chiu Chow dishes and the one here is decent. Dip into the vinegar! Food is good, and it's a great local experience!

Wow, if it weren't for the sign in the front -- nothing about this place (small restaurant, sticky…read moretables, lack of air conditioning, etc.) would really indicate that this is one of the best places around to go for Chiu Chow cuisine, especially deliciously prepared seafood (even better than most dishes you'll find at fancier banquet restaurants). This is all for unbelievably reasonable prices for the portion size and quality you're getting. The non-seafood dishes are also prepared deliciously as well, but definitely try all the different types of fish, shrimp, scallops, jellyfish, and other highly recommended items (from their advertisement in the front) first.