From foods to fashion, everything in Hong Kong is all about being trendy and popular, out the window with traditions and in with the new & innovative, and on top of that, when your restaurants are competing with a dozen of other Wonton noodles places, one has to be a tough cookie like Mak Siu Kee to survive for 30+ years to stand out from the rest.
The history of Wonton noodles goes way back, it originated in Guangzhou, China in the Ching Dynasty, it came to Hong Kong after the World War II. It is one of the oldest and simplest dish to prepare, yet perfecting it is a different story.
The dish is served in a hot broth, garnished with leafy vegetables, and along with shrimps wonton dumplings. What attracted me the most was their soup, it was not too heavy or too bland. Their shrimps were very fresh too, it was crunchy, and the noodles is chewy and not soaky. read more