30 Jan

For breakfast mum and I planned to visit the oyster congee restaurant they visited on their last trip. On the way home from Itamae Sushi last night, we came across a branch of Ming Yuen Noodle Restaurant. This branch doesn’t sell claypot dishes, but it does have oyster congee. We were going to this restaurant instead of the other one so we did’t have to travel so far. When we ordered oyster and abalone congee at Ming Yuen we were told that the congee isn’t available until 3pm. We walked...

01:39 / Chinese / Food / Hong Kong / Restaurants / Travel
29 Jan

After spending some time in the Wing On shopping centre we proceeded to the yum cha restaurant on level 7, as recommended by one of the cosmetics salesgirls. Apparently it's quite famous and popular with locals. When we went up there was a queue, but we didn’t have to wait long. Most restaurants outside the shopping centre also had queues lining up outside. It seems like every mealtime we've had here is a waiting game. The dishes ordered were tofu/bok choy fish-based soup, wu kok, xiao long bao,...

23:55 / Chinese / Food / Golden Federal Restaurant / Hong Kong / Restaurants / Travel / Yum Cha
26 Jan

The parents brought us to this popular claypot restaurant that they ate at during their last visit to Hong Kong. We ordered fish ball soup and three claypot rice: chicken and mushroom, pork mince and salted fish and a sparerib claypot. All the claypots came with gai lan and there were plenty of lovely crunchy bits at the bottom. The sauce was given in a separate bowl so we added it to our own bowls after taking from the main dish. It seemed like the claypots and a...

23:15 / Chinese / Food / Hong Kong / Ming Yuen Noodle Restaurant / Restaurants / Travel
26 Jan

After our claypot dinner we walked through the flea market and tasted a mango and cream crepe from this rather popular stall. The next day I was passing through the same street and decided to try a meat mince/preserved vegetable bun, which they’re famous for (13HKD) and a red bean “teeth” pastry (6HKD). [gallery columns="2" link="none" type="rectangular" ids="1772,1774,1776,1778,1780,1782,1783,1785,1786"]...

17:37 / Chinese / Dessert/Sweets / Hong Kong / Misc. Snacks / Travel
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