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One of our write-ups on HK was linked by CNNGO, our favourite travel site. The article titled “45 Hong Kong sightseeing tips your guidebook won’t include” focuses on 45 local Hong Kong surprises you’ll only find if you wander off the beaten track.

One of it was “Dundas Street of sweets” and it went like this:

“Stay in Hong Kong long enough and it can feel like the streets are paved by snacks. Nearly every street corner houses a dispensary of food of some sort. The one street most preferred by sweet toothed foodies must be Dundas Street in Mongkok, which is home to the most popular streetside bubble tea and cupcakes, as well as other savory street snacks. Get stuck in the teeming, hungry crowds and test your patience waiting to be served by the snack stalls.

See blogger Kampungboycitygal’s visit”.

Thanks CNNGO!!

*For our HK travel itinerary, please click here*

Thanks to the economic crisis, Pui Gor, former dim sum chef of the Michelin three star Lung King Heen decided that it is the right time for him to open up a tiny and grungy dim sum restaurant in Mongkok. The piece de resistance, crispy cha siu bao is said to be the best seller (>750 in a day!). Most reviews have warned about the queue, so we got there at 10am sharp, just in time to join the already long queue.

After 20 minutes or so, we were seated at one very secluded corner with a table that can only fit two baskets of dim sum. The restaurant is really tiny, put in more than 20 people and it will literally burst.

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For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 3 -Lan Fong Yuen @ Central, HK

H&M which offers “fashion and quality at the best price” is all over Eastern Europe but if that is something beyond reach, you can always find a H&M store in Hong Kong.

I am a happy shopper!

H&M
68 Queen’s road Central, Central
Silvercod, 30 Canton Road, Kowloon, TST

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For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 3 – Lin Heung Tea House @ Central

After a rather disappointing dim sum meal in Hong Kong, we proceeded to our second stop – Tai Cheong Bakery. The store front was exceptionally quiet on a Saturday morning but we have no complaints. The thought of having to queue up and wait endlessly for food sends shivers down our spine.

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Hotels in Hong Kong

For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 2 – Four Seasons Claypot Rice @ Temple Street

Day 3:

Hilly slopes are everywhere in Central but there is an easier way to get to Wellington Street where the famous Mak’s Noodles, Yung Kee Roasted Goose and Lin Heung Tea House is located. Take the Exit C of Central MTR Station, turn left and walk straight a couple of lanes until Queen Victoria Street, turn left and walk to the start of the Central-Mid-Levels Escalator. The Central-Mid-Levels Escalator travels down from 6:00 am to 10:00 am but go up from 10:30 am to midnight.

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For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 2 – Kam Wah Cafe @ Prince Edward

After seeing the fireworks show at Disneyland, we headed to City Gate Outlet Mall (Tung Chung station) which houses outlets from esprit, crocs, mango, roxy, adidas, nike etc to do some shopping. It explains why we bought 3 pairs of crocs from HK huh? That would be another post on another day.

We then dragged our weary feet back to our hotel to drop our shopping bags before heading to temple street area for a late dinner.

Other than Hing Kee or Wai Kee (that precious pea tried), Four Seasons, which is just a street away, was doing a roaring trade with all things claypot too.

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For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 2 – Mui Kee Porridge @ Fa Yuen Street Wet Market

From Mui Kee Porridge, we walked to Bute Street, in search of Kam Wah Café to get a taste of the best Polo Bun in 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.

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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For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 1 – Mak Man Kee’s Noodles House.

Street snacks seem to grace every corner of Hong Kong. Just keep a hungry eye open and you can find all kinds of snacks only metres away from roaring traffic and cars exhaust fumes. Day or night, most snack stalls are filled with throngs of people.

With plenty of choices available, it was really hard for us to refrain from eating between meals. We reckon that the best street for snacking has to be Dundas Street at Mongkok, with three must try stalls. Please refer to the map labeled number 1 to 3. No. 4 is where you could find some very delicious fish belly porridge while No.5 is a very popular dim sum place. Will post about that later!

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1 貢茶 Gong Cha

A very popular milk tea stall at Dundas Street, hence we were asked to take a number and wait for our turn. Everyone is crazy about their best seller – 奶蓋系列 milk foam series, where a layer of milk foam is added onto the tea.

We love Gong Cha for the options given; one can choose the level of sweetness and amount of ice desired. We ordered 奶蓋綠茶 green tea with milk foam and bubbles – 50% sugar and less ice (HKD 14).

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For our travel itinerary, please click here. Continuing from Hong Kong Day 1 – Australia Dairy Co.

Every traveler must try wantan noodles 雲吞麵  in Hong Kong. Hong Kong people are so obsessed with it that the cooking process of wantan noodles must be strictly adhered to. Other than the oh-so-famous Tsim Tsai Kee and Mak Kee at Central, Mak Man Kee, situated next to Australia Dairy Co., seems like a good choice too. After our satisfying meal of scrambled eggs and steamed milk puddings, we hopped over to Mak Man Kee to justify how good is the highly rated wantan noodles. To kill two birds with one stone huh?

Upon stepping inside, there are the typical booth seats, which almost are the trademarks of all Cha Chan Teng or Meen Gar (noodles house) in Hong Kong. Famous for their predominantly prawn wantans and braised pork trotters, business is brisk even on a Thursday afternoon. Even though we had a heavy lunch earlier, we were still pretty much determined to devote every inch of our stomach space for these goodies.

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First Day in Hong Kong. We checked into 紅茶館酒店 Bridal Tea House at Yau Ma Tei, a small boutique hotel situated adjacent to the popular shopping district of Nathan Road and has many attractions close by such as the Temple Street Night Market and Jade Market. The Yaumatei MTR station (exit C) is just a stone’s throw away, which is very convenient because MTR is the easiest way to get around Hong Kong.

The room itself is very tiny which hardly leaves space for movement and luggage. We have no complaints because all we needed is a place to drop our belongings and rest our weary bones after a day’s out. Putting aside the matchbox-sized room, it’s quiet, clean, convenient and affordable. We managed to get a very good deal by booking through Hotels Combined – HKD 413 (RM 195) per night.

Right after we dropped off our luggage, we headed straight to Jordon for our late lunch. Yes, you got it right! We went to 澳洲牛奶公司  Australia Dairy Co., the no.1 restaurant in openrice.com’s best restaurant list, voted by the pickiest ever Hong Kie. It is so famous that there is a perpetual throng of people waiting outside its door just to get a taste of the famed scrambled eggss and steamed milk puddings. The turnover is super fast as we were seated shortly after.

“Kowloon Dairy” or Australian Dairy?

Luke warm diluted tea – to wash utensils or to drink? The answer is both!

Cups of tea were served once we were seated. Some patrons use the hot tea to wash their utensils but it is safe for consumption as well.

There were probably twenty waiters (only men!) in ADC. All of them were wearing this old school white shirt with ink stained pockets and carrying a small little notepad around. So cool! The restaurant is always chaotic and packed so it is mandatory to share a table with strangers.

I have to warn you if you’re a tourist and can’t read Chinese character. We asked for recommendations, the waiter pointed to the Chinese menu sandwiched under the glass table top impatiently and ask us to hurry up our order. The fastfood set (HKD 24) is available all day long, while the tea time set which costs HKD 28 is available from 12pm to 1030 pm and one can order the breakfast set at HKD 24 before 12pm. We went for the tea time set that consists of toasts with scrambled eggs and ham, macaroni with char siu and coffee/tea (HKD 28).

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We’re back from our trip finally! It was a very fruitful trip in terms of eating. We ate as much food as our stomach and hollow leg could hold, blame it on the makan list that we have put together based on some recommendations from openrice.com (Hong Kong no. 1 Food Forum). It’s no exaggeration to say that only another few hundreds hours of running drastically could work away the flab.

Here’s a round up of where we’ve been and what we have tried. Detailed posts will be coming up very soon.

Day 1: 紅茶館 Bridal Tea House Hotel, 澳洲牛奶公司 Australian Dairy Company @ Jordon, 麥文記麵家  Mak Man Kee Noodles House @ Jordon, The Peak, Ladies Street, 貢茶 Gong Cha Milk Tea @ Mongkok, 肥姐小食店 Fei Jie Snacks Shop @ Mongkok, 萬家燒餅皇 Siu Beng Wong @ Mongkok

Day 2: 妹記生滾粥品 Mui Kee Congee @ Mongkok, 金華冰廳 Kam Wah @ Prince Edward, Disneyland, Citygate Outlet Mall @ Tung Chung, 四季煲仔飯 Four Season Claypot Rice @ Yau Ma Tei, Temple Street

Day 3: 蓮香樓 Lin Heung Tea House @ Central, 陳意齋Chan Yi Zai @ Central, 泰昌餅家 Tai Cheong @ Central, 蘭芳園 Lan Fong Yuen @ Central, H&M @ Central, H&M @ Tsim Tsa Tsui, Honeymoon Dessert @ Harbour City Tsim Tsa Tsui, Avenue of Star @ Tsim Tsa Tsui, Symphony of Light @ Tsim Tsa Tsui, 鏞記酒家 Yung Kee @ Central, Lan Kwai Fong @ Central

Day 4: 添好運點心專門店 Tim Hou Wan Dim Sum Specialty Shop @ Mongkok, Race Course @ Shatin, Time Square @ Causeway Bay, Taiyaki Hot Sandwich @ Causeway Bay, 美都餐室 Mido Café @ Yau Ma Tei

Day 5: Macau Island - 義順牛奶 Leitaria I Son, Ruin of St. Paul, 潘榮記 減蛋金錢餅 Poon Weng Kee Biscuit, 祥記麵家 Cheung Kei, 添發碗仔翅美食 Tim Fatt Sharkfin, Senado Square, 黃枝記 Wong Chi Kee, Margaret’s Café e Nata 瑪嘉烈餅店, Grand Lisboa

Day 6: Taipa Village – Café Mun Kor, The Venetian, Four Face Buddha, 沙度娜 Serradura, 莫義記  Mok Yi Kee, 誠昌飯店 Seng Cheong Crab Porridge, 晃記餅家 Fong Kee Biscuits, 大利來記咖啡室 Tai Lei Loi Kee

DAY 1:

#1 Australian Dairy Company  that stays at the top on openrice.com’s best restaurant list. True to it’s name, the steamed milk and scramble egg is omfg-ly good!

#2 Mak Man Kee Noodles House. Famous for the fermented bean curd pork trotter (nam yu zhu sao)  noodles.

#3 Central – the financial and business hub of Hong Kong

#4 Walking down the red carpet at Madame Tussauds

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