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About
Their famous Macau-style sandwhiches are very tasty, and their curries are excellent. Everything I have tried here has been very good and authentic. You MUST have a pou taat (egg custard tart) for dessert here
Directions
This is inside the Shun Tak Centre. I think on the first floor - towards the western side of the centre. If you enter the centre from the MTR you need to pass the Starbucks and keep going. The restaurant has a Po Tat (Macau egg tart stand just outside).
Cost
Around HK $50-80 per person
Notes
Monday, December 29, 2008
Xiao Nan Guo
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[/caption]About
My favorite Shanghai restaurant in HK and a really outstanding opportunity to try some of China's most interesting and distinctive dished. Good value, good service, and consistently excellent food. Some of the things to try here include:
- Huhng siu yuhk - Supposedly Chairman Mao's favourite dish, this is cubes of pork with alternate layers of meat and fat, slow cooked until the meat is so soft that it melts in your mouth. The meat jusice, wine, sugar and anise together form this beautifully flavoured thick black sauce which coats the meat and the long, fibrous mushrooms. This dish is a must have.
- The siu luhng baau here are wonderful. These are dumplings with soft meat, or crap in the centre, surrounded by a soup that is held inside the soft wrapper. When you eat bite into them the warm soup pours through your mouth releasing its flavours. The siu lung bao here are the best I've had outside of shanghai, with a very flavoursome soup and nice frail wrapper.
- The crispy sesame bread pockets and minced pork is another Shanghai specialty. It is very tasty here, with the bread nicely crisp on the outside but still softer on the inside. The meat filling is well cooked so that it isn't too oily. This dish is definitely worth having, but takes second place to those above.
- The sichuan beef dish here is excellent - using the same long, fibrous mushrooms as the huhng siu yuk which have a texture that goes well with the meat and the slight spice of the chili's in this dish. It is brought to you in a little black cauldren and left to cook on the table, so that the ingredients slowly soften and blend with the sauce.
- The begger´s chicken here is also supposed to be really good, though I'm yet to try it myself. This is chicken cooked by packing it around with earth and baking it slowly. When the dish is brought to the table, the earth is broken open and the chicken taken from inside.
DirectionsWalk along Des Voeux road from the mid-level escalators to Central. The restaurant is in a shopping centre on the left hand side that has lots of mirrored metal. An escalator leads up to the first floor, where there is a Starbucks coffee shop. The restaurant is on the third level. There is a Japanese restaurant on the floor below.
Xiao Nan Guo Cuisine Level 3 Man Yee Building, 68 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong Central
Cost
Around HK $150-200 per person
Notes
Closes at 11:30pm Tel: 2258 9393
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Arun Rung
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About
Some of the cheapest and most authentic food in all of HK. This restaurant is tucked away in the back of a tiny Thai grocery store. They don´t have a huge selection of dishes here, but everything is DELICIOUS. All of the dishes are cooked to order. Try the basil pork, which has the most intense basil flavor I've had almost anywhere. The people who run this place are also super nice and friendly.
Directions
Stone Nullah Rd, Wanchai. You have to really look out for this one. Coming from the road with the tram its on your right hand side. You are looking for a shop selling thai products with a space at the back. The name is painted on the sign, but its easy to miss.
Cost
Around HK $30 to 50 a dish
Time and Notes
Not open late. But you can call in almost any time of the day and they will prepare things for you.
About
Some of the cheapest and most authentic food in all of HK. This restaurant is tucked away in the back of a tiny Thai grocery store. They don´t have a huge selection of dishes here, but everything is DELICIOUS. All of the dishes are cooked to order. Try the basil pork, which has the most intense basil flavor I've had almost anywhere. The people who run this place are also super nice and friendly.
Directions
Stone Nullah Rd, Wanchai. You have to really look out for this one. Coming from the road with the tram its on your right hand side. You are looking for a shop selling thai products with a space at the back. The name is painted on the sign, but its easy to miss.
Cost
Around HK $30 to 50 a dish
Time and Notes
Not open late. But you can call in almost any time of the day and they will prepare things for you.
Sorabol
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About
This is one of the best Korean restaurants in all of HK. Try their spareribs marinated to perfection and their bul kolgi, which is thinly sliced and served in quite a unique way from the bul kolgi at other Korean bbq. One of the best things on the menu are the hand-made noodles, which you can get with either seafood or thinly sliced beef. All of the Korean pancakes ( e.g. kimchi pancake) are also quite good and worth trying
Directions
This is at 99 Pecival street. See directions for above restaurant to get there. Then go into Lee Theatre Building (a centre with a few restaurants in) and go to 17th floor.
Cost
Around HK $150-200 for the barbeque dishes, and $100 for some of the smaller dishes.
Time and Notes
Closes at midnight. There is also a branch in TST on Nathan Road.
About
This is one of the best Korean restaurants in all of HK. Try their spareribs marinated to perfection and their bul kolgi, which is thinly sliced and served in quite a unique way from the bul kolgi at other Korean bbq. One of the best things on the menu are the hand-made noodles, which you can get with either seafood or thinly sliced beef. All of the Korean pancakes ( e.g. kimchi pancake) are also quite good and worth trying
Directions
This is at 99 Pecival street. See directions for above restaurant to get there. Then go into Lee Theatre Building (a centre with a few restaurants in) and go to 17th floor.
Cost
Around HK $150-200 for the barbeque dishes, and $100 for some of the smaller dishes.
Time and Notes
Closes at midnight. There is also a branch in TST on Nathan Road.
Mala Restaurant
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About
Serves Malaysian and Indonesian food for really bargain prices. The sambal chicken/pork and tamarind fish are some of my favorites, but everything there is excellent. The soups are also very good and quite different (in a good way).
Directions
33 Peel Street, a small lane perpendicular to the lower side of Hollywood Rd, in Soho. From the Escalator, walk along Hollywood Rd, passing ‘Globe’ bar on your right, keep walking, passing a japanese restaurant with wooden walls. Once you have passed this, look down the alleys on your right, I think it is the third one along, but you can see the sign from the main road. The lane is opposite a shop with a pink neon cow in its window.
Cost
Around HK $50 a person
Times and Notes
About
Serves Malaysian and Indonesian food for really bargain prices. The sambal chicken/pork and tamarind fish are some of my favorites, but everything there is excellent. The soups are also very good and quite different (in a good way).
Directions
33 Peel Street, a small lane perpendicular to the lower side of Hollywood Rd, in Soho. From the Escalator, walk along Hollywood Rd, passing ‘Globe’ bar on your right, keep walking, passing a japanese restaurant with wooden walls. Once you have passed this, look down the alleys on your right, I think it is the third one along, but you can see the sign from the main road. The lane is opposite a shop with a pink neon cow in its window.
Cost
Around HK $50 a person
Times and Notes
Tel: 28181236 open until 11
Wang Fu
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About
Excellent, authentic and cheap Beijing food. One of my favorite places in HK. Really good, hearty, home-cooked-style food. No peking duck here, but the jing jiang rou si is probably the best I´ve ever had in either China or HK. Its doesn't come with many pancakes so ask for more beng if necessary.
The hot and sour soup is also excellent, a really thick mix of mushrooms and other chinese vegetables with just a hint of spice to it. It may however seem a bit strange to pallets that are not used to this dish.
Also recommended are the dumplings, which as freshly made by the restaurant each day. They sometimes also offer some special dumplings, so look out for those.
The vegetables taste beautifully fresh here and are not smothered with soy sauce and garlic in the way that some places do.
I have never ordered anything here that was not delicious. They dumplings are all handmade, fresh, and tasty. If you have a sweet tooth, try the banana fritters (pulled silk bananas) for dessert, a specialty Beijing dish.
Directions
On Wellington Street in Soho. Go up escalator and look out on your left hand side. Early on is a street with a yellow sign for ‘curry’ – Wang Fu is near to this place. It has a red sign on the front with three chinese characters.
Cost
Around HK $60-80 a dish
Time and Notes
Closes at 9:30
About
Excellent, authentic and cheap Beijing food. One of my favorite places in HK. Really good, hearty, home-cooked-style food. No peking duck here, but the jing jiang rou si is probably the best I´ve ever had in either China or HK. Its doesn't come with many pancakes so ask for more beng if necessary.
The hot and sour soup is also excellent, a really thick mix of mushrooms and other chinese vegetables with just a hint of spice to it. It may however seem a bit strange to pallets that are not used to this dish.
Also recommended are the dumplings, which as freshly made by the restaurant each day. They sometimes also offer some special dumplings, so look out for those.
The vegetables taste beautifully fresh here and are not smothered with soy sauce and garlic in the way that some places do.
I have never ordered anything here that was not delicious. They dumplings are all handmade, fresh, and tasty. If you have a sweet tooth, try the banana fritters (pulled silk bananas) for dessert, a specialty Beijing dish.
Directions
On Wellington Street in Soho. Go up escalator and look out on your left hand side. Early on is a street with a yellow sign for ‘curry’ – Wang Fu is near to this place. It has a red sign on the front with three chinese characters.
Cost
Around HK $60-80 a dish
Time and Notes
Closes at 9:30
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Bangkok Cuisine
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About
Very, very tasty Thai food that is also very cheap. The restaurant is really busy, so you sometimes have to wait outside a bit of time, but is open until 1am. Try the Tum Yum Goong soup, the Green Curry, the Steamed fish, or anything really.
Directions
Walking west away from SOGO, little lane after Percival. This is a small lane that leads round to the right, and round to a long row of restaurants. There are two Thai restaurants here – the better one is the second with two statues of ladies making a 'wai' (Thai hands together greeting) outside.
Cost
Around HK $60 a dish
About
Very, very tasty Thai food that is also very cheap. The restaurant is really busy, so you sometimes have to wait outside a bit of time, but is open until 1am. Try the Tum Yum Goong soup, the Green Curry, the Steamed fish, or anything really.
Directions
Walking west away from SOGO, little lane after Percival. This is a small lane that leads round to the right, and round to a long row of restaurants. There are two Thai restaurants here – the better one is the second with two statues of ladies making a 'wai' (Thai hands together greeting) outside.
Cost
Around HK $60 a dish
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