Mui Kee Congee @ Fa Yuen Street Wet Market, Hong Kong

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For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 1 – Street Snacks @ Dundas Street

Day 2:

Mui Kee Porridge, located inside Mongkok Municipal Bulding’s Food Court is famous for their fish belly congee and meatballs congee. It took us quite some time to get here from Nathan Road, with some wrong turns here and there. We reckoned that it is easier to go through Mongkok MTR and take exit B3. Go straight along MongKok Road until you see the Municipal Building on your right. Do not be surprised when you see a wet market, as you take the elevator up to level 3 (but 4th floor in chinese terms, confusing?), Mui Kee will appear right in front of your eyes.

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We watched the chef in action as he was busy preparing for our meals. First, he reheated the porridge in an aluminum pot, then the ingredients were placed into another dry pot on stove and the fire flare up around the pot!  In the blink of an eye, he poured the ingredients onto the porridge before it was being served to us.

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the very old school food court

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If you can’t read Chinese or you are not sure of what to order, point to these :)

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Front: Fish Belly Congee Back: Meat Ball & Century Egg Porridge

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Fish Belly Congee.魚腩粥

The Cantonese congee has a viscous and velvety smooth texture from the long hours of slow boiling. The fish belly fillets were fresh, juicy and a little oily (think Omega 3!). While it was delicious, but it can be a pain to eat because of some tiny little bones. Nevertheless, it’s still the best congee in my humble opinion.

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Meat Ball & Century Egg Porridge. 肉丸皮蛋粥

The hand made meatballs were really good! Rolled into bite size servings, the meatballs were juicy and full of flavor, with bits of dong coi as you chewed on it.

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Mui Kee Congee is highly recommended by KampungBoy who’s not really a big fans of porridge. Remember to drop by for the congee whenever you are around Mongkok area ok?

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After such a satisfying breakfast, we took a stroll along the morning wet market where locals do their daily shopping of groceries, food and other daily necessities.

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Duck’s Tongue Anyone?

Mui Kee Congee
3/F, Fa Yuen Street Municipal Services Building,
123A Fa Yuen Street,
Kowloon.

Open from 630 am to 3pm.

Comments

  1. allie says:

    yea.. the porridge there is very smooth!

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  2. J2Kfm says:

    wow, you’re posting quite fast. now i’ll have to catch up with the previous posts … hahah …
    reminds me of the lunch in Bowrington market food court. looks exactly the same!

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  3. cariso says:

    The congee really looks very zhaeng! Must mark down in the notebook! :)

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  4. Precious Pea says:

    Yoooo…I so so wanna visit HK again but my schedule is soooo tight leh. Don’t care..i must go to this place on my next visit. Now, more more more..show me more!!!

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  5. Bangsar-bAbE says:

    The meatball with century egg congee looks yummy! Since I’m a banana, I better print this post out and point to the porridge pics if I were to go HK! =P

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  6. mojojojo says:

    citygal.. how can you be a food blogger and remain so skinny??? :(
    tell me you secret can ahh..

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  7. xin says:

    i am a HUGE fan of porridge!!!! yum i wanna try the duck tongue too! i love to eat duck’s mouth, or…peak?

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  8. jason says:

    Can imagine how would the congee glide down the throat… it’s so fine!

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  9. i had a good porridge at nathan road too…yes n its crazy tryin to read the chinese menu!

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  10. mimid3vils says:

    So, did u try the duck tongue? :P

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  11. Simon Seow says:

    Too bad I don’t have RM 1800 for the business class ticket to HK. HKD 26 for a bowl of porridge, quite expensive wor even for HK standard.

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  12. Christine says:

    I’m also not a big fan of porridge ;P But it looks really smooth :)
    let’s go HK again dear!!

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  13. allie: hate to admit that, but its so true!

    james: haha trying to get rid of those hk posts, but theres still a loooong way to go

    cariso:It is! rmb to go ya

    pea: wow you ivy, travel non stop hehe! yeah whens our next trip?

    bangsarbabe: these neighbourhood eateries never have english menu la, a bit inconvenient.

    myjojo: because i walk a lot to hunt for food? i think its best to eat in moderation, we just indulge once in a while and eat our cold sandwich for the rest of the day

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  14. xin: yeah those in taiwan one tastes better i feel

    jason: yeah can we find this in msia?

    joe: haha i can feel you

    mimi: nah was too full for that hehe

    simon: but the fish belly is premium, totally worth it

    christine: serious??? can we go this year!?

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  15. fraulein says:

    Ho ho ho, I’m a porridge lover. Seeing this post, I’m looking forward for my HK trip in Sept. Definitely will try this one.

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  16. Fong says:

    Its remind me the taste of this Mui Kee Congee on my previuous trip on 2008, realy ‘Zhaeng’, Besides this Fish Belly Congee.魚腩粥, i do serve the congee with 生鱼片, yao zha guai 油, taste great.

    Highly recommended

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  17. Mike C says:

    I’ve been going to Mui’s for years! I’ve since moved out of HK but still go there every chance I get, when I’m back in town. I love this place. They have the best congee anywhere.

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  18. Lena Cheng says:

    This porridge is soooo good….. Will definitely go for it again when i next visit Hong Kong…. Real value for money…. also the food centre is spacious unlike those crampy teahouse in Hong Kong :)

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  19. Liliana Lim says:

    Hai dear, like your blog and really you are a good blog writer, it is so enjoyable……btw how to keep so skinny when you always eat all the good stuff…..all the time ….hehee

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    kampungboycitygal Reply:

    hi dear, that was a 2 years old pic that ur looking at. gained some weight now :(

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