Hong Kong is a foodies paradise but with so many options it can be a bit
overwhelming choosing a place to eat in this video I'll be sharing some of my
favorite things to eat every time I'm in Hong Kong. First up: Yum Cha. Yum cha
is more than just about the food it's a social gathering place where family and
friends can hang out or catch up over tea and a wide selection of dim sums
since everything is shared I like going to yum cha in a bigger group because
then I can eat a wider variety of dishes some of my favorites include fung jau
ngau tou, fu pei goon and cherng fun next street food now Hong Kong has
some of the best street food in the world a good thing is because the food
is on display even if you don't know what something's called you can just point
to what you want I got the curry fish balls to me this is the number one
street food that you have to eat here and also I have stinky tofu if you're
game enough try this. You can smell it from a mile away but it tastes so good
with these Street food vendors they're usually located on street corners like really
busy areas with lots of foot traffic so what usually happens you order, buy the
food and then you stand to the side and eat your food on the side of the road
it's all part of the charm speaking of street food you can forget
gai daan zai. this is one of my number one things to get every time I'm back in
Hong Kong whenever we gai daan zai my sister always order gaak zai beng too so if
you haven't already tried it why not give it a go
number four by Dai Pai Dong. Dai pai dong literally means big license stalls these
are open air food stores and there are actually few official ones left in Hong
Kong we went to a famous one in central called sing heung yuen to have their popular
tomato soup base macaroni
Next, cha chaan teng. Found everywhere in Hong Kong
cha chaan tengs are known for their quick and affordable meals. with so much
competition getting a certain drink or dish right can really help a restaurant
to stand out from the rest for example take lan fong yuen in central lan fong yuen
is famous for their see mud lai cha which translates to stocking milk tea and it gets
its name from bag they use to make the milk tea
because it looks like a stocking. another popular cha chaan teng is the
Australia dairy company known for their scrambled eggs scrambled eggs is one of
the standard menu items in cha chaan tengs as well as sai dor see, tung fun and your
standard tea, coffee and yin yerng just to name a few
congee shops congee is a rice porridge that is a popular breakfast option my
go-to congee is pei daan sau yook jook one thing I really like about pei daan
suw yook jook is the pei daan. It has this really interesting texture it's kind of like
jelly but it doesn't...
I dunno, it's just this got this really interesting taste to it i just really like
usually people pair congee with other items such as stir-fry
noodles and my sister's favorite jar leung deep fried dough stick wrapped in rice
noodle roll. Noodle shops we've come to on lee at sau kei wan to have
noodles for lunch at these places you can choose your own toppings and noodles
like rice noodle, egg noodles, vermicelli my personal favourite is to have yu daan hor
and specifically the thin type of rice noodle another specific
combination I like having at noodle stores is ngau larm chou min - beef brisket with
thick noodles and it has to be thick I love these noodles they're so good
there is also a tsim chai kee in central this store has been recommended by the
Michelin Guide and is known for their delicious generously filled wontons and
now a special one teng zai fun another Hong Kong experience is to get teng zai
fun which is a bowl of noodles from one of these sampans here they can be a
little bit hard to find but that there just happened to be one here along aberdeen
pier today these sampans move around a lot so you never know where they're
going to be my sister and i spent the first years of our childhood in aberdeen
which is also home to the famous jumbo floating restaurant and though we've
been back many times since this was our first time having teng zai fun so it was
very exciting number eight clay pot rice though it is
eaten all year round clay pot rice is especially popular during colder seasons
you can choose from a wide variety of toppings such as chinese sausage spare
ribs and chicken feet all served on a steaming hot bed of rice
siw larp pou. Siw larp pou are a big part of Hong Kong's food culture. often served with
rice at lunch, roast meat is also a popular take home dinner option as part
of the shared dishes or 'sung' as we call it in Cantonese
next bakeries one thing I love is the smell of bakeries in Hong Kong there are
many bread stores everywhere with a wide selection of bread to choose from my
personal favorites are the bor lor bau, gai mei bao, cherng zai bao, and sai beng. They
look good and they taste good too speaking of baked goods the iconic egg
tart daan taat. there are two main types the shortcrust pastry type like the one
sold at tai cheong bakery so tai cheong is popular and famous for their short crust
egg tarts and they have branches all over Hong Kong but this one here in central
is the main one and theres the flaky crust one which is my favorite
fast food chains there are many fast food chains in Hong
Kong such as dai ga lok and dai fai wood which offer things from Western cuisine
to Chinese and even Japanese dishes also international chain stores like
McDonald's offer many items that appeal to local taste buds some of which
are only available for a limited time like the sweet potato ice cream for
example last but not least desserts there is no shortage of yummy desserts
to choose from in Hong Kong some of my favorites are the typical Hong Kong
classics such as hung dau bing, dau fu faa, zi maa wu, mong gwo bou din and buut zai gou
so, buut zai gou, zi ma gou. this is a pudding with red bean it's sweet and I always
get the brown one and this is a black sesame cake
it's like a thick jelly texture
we're at yee sun milk company in Causeway Bay this place is
really busy all the time it's great for desserts and they're famous for their
double skin steamed milk as well as this is their most famous and I we also got
a ginger flavour steamed milk so we're gonna try that I've got a
cold one of the regular steamed milk and a hot one of the ginger steamed milk. mmm it's really nice. this is made from
milk sugar and egg white i believe.
The texture's a bit like tofu fa but a little bit firmer.
i think this trip we've been quite lucky in terms of not having
to wait in queues for our food cause the trick is we've been going to all
these places that we want to eat at at non regular meal
hours so we've been going to different places at like 3:00 for lunch and like 5
o'clock dinner so it's not the peak hours maybe that's the trick