Hong Kong Famous Food!

DAY 1

We touched down in the evening around 2pm. We flew MAS and as always lunch was served but I guess the Malaysian caterer has much room for improvement as the food was not spectacular. 

By the time we reached Butterfly On Victoria, Hong Kong, it was almost 4pm (local time). So we unpacked a bit and washed up and headed out in search for food! 

We boarded the MTR from Tin Hau to Causeway Bay to stop at Man Fai's Teo Chew Noodle shop. MTR is very very efficient and so there is nothing to explicitly plan, just name the place you wanna go and most of the famous place is within reach via MTR.

This is a bowl of Man Fai Teo Chew noodles.
Personally, I cannot down such a big bowl of noodles.
There is a lot of seaweed in it and if you like food without MSG (monosodium glutamate/ ajinomoto),
you can give this a try. I am also not the biggest fan of fish balls and squid balls so to me I'd not frequent this place la. (Suddenly thinks whether I am really a Chinese or what coz I dont love mainstream chinese food like this- except for rice and dishes lah)

    

So, right after dinner we went to Jardine's Bazaar for an evening stroll.
We spotted these animated ankle socks and we thought the socks would serve as cute souvenirs for our friends and family. HKD 100 for 10. Cute ay?

We walked and walked and ended up in a mall called Lee Gardens? Or was it in Hysan's Place? Somewhere near to Jardine's Bazaar. Hong Kong loves these toy characters called Miffy. No idea what these are but had a quick photo with 'em nonetheless.

I also grabbed two of these Nature Republic aloe vera gel because it was way cheaper in HOng KOng compared to back home (RM8 Vs RM30) <3

And it was time for supper and we boarded the MTR to go to Yee Shun Dairy at Causeway Bay. Now THIS. IS. MY. KINDA. DESSERT. Mwahaha! I am a sweet tooth as you would know by now, AND.. I know that's not very healthy. But this steam milk dessert is to die for! Smooth, warm, and silky... it felt as if like I was being welcomed warmly by Hong Kong! Must-try.

DAY 2

 When we came to Hong Kong, we decided that we would try to be as leisurely as possible since that is the whole idea of getting out of the country for a breakaway from the hustling bustling working life back home. So, we did not wake up too early, around 7.30am and headed out around 8.30am. Boarded the MTR to Central Station for this...

Wah Xing Bing Shi
Left: Condensed milk and butter toasted bun
Right: HK Milk Tea
Quite a pleasant place to have your breakfast here as it is not the typical hong kong noisy rude coffee shop 

Wah Xing Menu. As you can probably tell, the prices are not cheap.

The main reason for being here is because of the bottom left dish: Truffle scramble egg. It was... OK. Nothing to shout about. The pork bun (non-halal) was better than most places though

After a hearty (and considreably expensive) breakfast, we then took the MTR back to Vctoria Park (Tin Hau) We figured we should do some morning walk before our next makan (malay word for food) stop.

A flower in Victoria Park near our hotel

After having adequate "fresh air" from strolling in the park, we adjourn to Harbour City (Tsim Tsa Tsui). Nothing much there for me, unless you are a branded goods shopper, then you can give this place a skip. They have Uniqlo, GAP, etc etc but nothing we can't find back home I guess? :P

Lunch Time! Took MTR to Central station to look for the infamous Mak's Wanton Noodle!

Srpingy noodles, generous prawn-filled wanton with soup that will warm your soul. Haha! MUST MUST TRY!

We ordered blanched Hong Kong Kai Lan here too in case we get constipation from overloading ourselves with meat and non-vege dishes!

Then, we went to take away Yat Lok Roasted Duck because we were going to Victoria peak right after. No photo of the shop because we were rudely welcomed by the busy woman shop owner. She practically shouted at us to line up, but this is not something to be surprised with because most Hong Kong restaurants owners and waiters have very little patience when it comes to serving customers.

Just have a photo of me carrying two packs of Yat Lok roasted duck rice, thanks to my tireless photographer.

So, we continued on our walking journey to Victoria peak.....

Finally got our tix
 Bought hkd 84/ pax: one return tram ticket + skydeck view.
We waited from bright to dusk to night! Here is the chronological sequence of the iew from the skydeck!

Ended up lining up for about an hour to buy tickets to board the tram up to the peak. We did not really mind because the weather was very comfortable. Not too cold, not too hot.

5pm

5.45pm

6.15pm

6.30pm

It was freezing cold as we waited because the wind kept blowing (duh, the skydeck is where the highest point is) and to make matters worse, it was drizzling unceasingly. Cis. Anyhow, just remember to wear thicker clothing and bring a warm jacket with you if you intend to wait though the evening! You'll be fine that way. 

All tired out from the cold and adverse weather we quickly headed back to our hotel to rest. We decided to just take away beef brisket noodles from a famous restaurant nearby our hotel: SISTER WAH BEEF BRISKET AT TIN HAU! This was what we ordered and brought home to our hotel to pig out...

Dan Dan noodle with thick gravy. BF loved this but I did not enjoy it as much though. Worth a try because it is not a common noodle to be found back home.

This is the fried katsu chicken which comes with the noodles above.
Not bad tasting but without gravy here. Kinda dry.

And finally the food of the day... the beef brisket!!!! Too awesome to not give it a go! As we sank our teeth into these delicious thin slices of beef briskets, we went on and on eating this until the last drop of soup! Yummy yummy. The beef was very tender and the soup tasted well seasoned. Perfect for a tired, cold wintry night!

   

Day 3

Headed out around 9am and had no idea what breakfast to eat.  After doing a few rounds of searching for shops nearby our hotel, we decided to enter the nearby Mak’s wanton noodle (quality and taste very different to the original one in Central)

These two cups of chinese tea is not for drinking,
they are for dipping your chopsticks in them for washing.
Correct me I am wrong! 

I cannot remember the exact price but this dry wanton noodle
with a bowl of soup did cost me quite a bomb.
You see the red "topping" on top of the wanton mee?
That's pork strips (non-halal) and it is red because the gravy is similar to the
baked beans tomato gravy. I'll leave the taste to your imagination!

BF had this. Much nicer than the one I had in the photo above.
However, the soup is not the same as the Mak's Noodle outlet in Central.
The soup there tastes a bit more pepperish. Hence, if you really want a good bowl of noodle, suggest to go to the one in Central or the one at Victoria Peak. 

After breakfast, headed to Tin Hau  MTR to go to Central MTR. Interchange at Central MTR to Sunny Bay MTR.   Sunny Bay MTR interchange to Disneyland MTR. Reached disneyland around 11.30am!!! I would say the highlight of this trip was two main things: food and... DISNEYLAND! You may think you would wanna give it a pass as Disneyland is normally for kids esp if you know Hong Kong Disneyland is not big. Don't think like that! No matter what age you are, Disneyland caters to both young and the old! 

Funny caption: When you hear "do-do-do", please stop.

The infamous Disneyland MTR.

Our colourful Disneyland Toy Story theme ticketes!

Waiting in line for the Jungle Cruise

Things you see when on board the jungle cruise

Our tickets were inclusive of two free meals in any of the four cafe's in Disneyland.
We chose to eat at the Tahitian cafe in Adventure land and it was a right choice because the 
portion of food here is bigger. One thing we should have thought of prior to ordering was to share the 
food during lunch because the portion was big, and consequently save the other meal voucher 
for teatime so we did not have to pay for tea time.

The meal he ordered in the Tahitian Cafe, Adventureland.

The meal he ordered in the Tahitian Cafe, Adventureland.

This was the teatime we had after a long "gaming" day. Fish sandwich with chips and a drink.
This cost HKD95 (translates to about RM50 omg). Total rip off

We left Disneyland around 9pm and reached Fortress MTR around 9 something to grab

some snacks and tong yun (glutinous rice balls). 

This eggette was really really good and
 is a must try. Just alight the MTR and come down from the bridge and you will see this on your right
 (there is a Mc Donald's on your left)

Again, upon reaching the Tin Hau MTR, we quickly went to Sister Wah Beef Brisket to take

away some beef noodles for dinner.

Sister Wah Beef Brisket Noodles

Soup

This was something from the same shop. Dan dan Noodles in thick gravy.

So, the food highlight of the night ( and perhaps for the day too) was this: 

FOOK YUEN GLUTINOUS RICE BALL!!!

Look at this!!!! The "tong yun" were so huge and it was worth the money and
 worth the effort of getting this from opposite the Fortress MTR.

Black sesame glutinous rice balls are to die for.
I do not fancy the ginger soup but yes, the balls are something 
you have to try when in HK!

Day 4

The fourth day was souvenirs and walkabout-in-Mong Kok day. We travelled to Mong Kok district and alighted at the Prince Edward MTR and walked to this place: KAM WAH CAFE

Jin華冰廳

This is the toast. Delicious. Don't bother ordering the egg tart. See the other "pastry" sharing 
the same plate with the egg tart? That's ike a portion of the infamous "bolo pau" (pineapple bun). 
It doesn't contain pineapple but is named so mainly because of its crusted 
surface resembling a pineapple. See snapshot below:

 

The milk tea was good :)

       

So after a hearty breakfast, we roamed Mong Kok area in search for local things and souvenirs. Went to stroll at the market places like "lui yan kai (women's market)", goldfish street, etc. It was really tiring to be walking up and down as we gathered more and more souvenirs and when both our hands held plastic bags filled with our purchases. So, we decided to head back to Tin Hau to put our shopping down before going back again. So you see, it isn't the best of ideas to stay so far from Mong Kok if you really intend to shop there.

After leaving our stuff at the hotel, we just quickly settled for some quick lunch because it was already almost 4pm.  So we entered this nearby shop just behind Mc Donald's Tin Hau and to our amaze the food was not bad! Take a look..

    

This was good! Minced meat with rice. Tastes really great.

Carbonara with smoke duck. The portion was small coz it was
 meant to be teatime since we were there around 4pm.

        

We went back to the same restaurant 101 for dinner. Not bad food with nice drinks.

Day 5

Finally we managed to taste the infamous food at Australian Dairy Company in Jordan before we flew back home.

Steamed milk was awesome. Less sweet compared to Yee Shun.

The milk tea was good. The pasta with ham was actually good though it looks bland.

Digging in and enjoying. Thank God we sat at a corner so we were kind of shielded from the chaos of the entire restaurant. As many of you would have known by now, the shop is noisy, cramped and not to mention the waiters are rude to the max. Sometimes one will really wonder what's up with them, is it because of the stress or is it because they cannot handle popularity all that well? Sigh. You just have to bear with their rudeness if you want to try food here I suppose.

     

Scramble egg and toast was awesome. The eggs were really fluffy and soft.

OK This was at the airport. Savouring my final dish at the airport , 
not bad this wantan noodle. 

Adieu! Back to homeland. Time to get back to reality. But.. we will be back, Hong Kong!

1. Man Fai MAN FAI CHIU CHOW NOODLE

文輝墨魚丸大王 22-24 Jardine’s Bazaar, Causeway Bay

銅鑼灣渣甸街22-24號

Causeway Bay MTR – Exit F1

Opening Hours : Daily 8.00am to 2.00am

2. YEE SHUN DAIRY

義順牛奶公司: 506 Lockhard Road, Causeway Bay 銅鑼灣駱克道506號 –

Causeway Bay MTR – C Exit

Opening Hours : Daily 12.00pm to 12.00am

3. CAPITAL CAFE

HUA XING BING SHI 華星冰室: 

exit Wan Chai Station A4

Walk against traffic along Henessy Road (5 to 8min)

petrol station on your right. .

see Heard Street. Turn right. walk for about 30

seconds.

SHOP is on your left.

Shop B1, G/F Kwong Sang Hong Building, 6 Heard Street,

Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Opening hours: Mon – Sun 7.00am to 11.00pm

4. MAK’S NOODLE 麥奀雲吞麵世家: 77, Wellington Street, Central

中環蘭桂坊威靈頓街77號地下

Getting There : Central MTR – Exit D2. Walk towards

the Central Mid Level Escalator on Queens Street.

Less hassle this way.

Opening Hours : Daily 11am to 9pm

5. YAT LOK ROAST GOOSE

一乐烧鹅: 34-38 Stanley St, Hong Kong

地址 ：中環⼠丹利街34-38號地舖

Opening Hours : 7.30am to 9.00pm

Central D2 – From Queens St walk across the

road toward D’Aguilar Street and turn right

into Stanley Street. Walk past Luk Yu

restaurant

6. sister wah beef brisket 華姐清湯腩: :G/F, 13A Electric Road, Tin Hau

天后電氣道13號A地下

alight at Tin Hau Station

Come out from Exit A1

Walk towards Electric Road and Sister Wah is just

around the corner

Opening Hours: Mon to Sun: 11.00am – 11.00pm

7. FOOK YUEN GLUTINOUS RICE BALL 福元湯圓: Shop I-1, G/F, Lei Do Building, 7 Fuk Yuen Street North

Point

北⾓炮台⼭福元街7號利都樓地下I-1舖

It’s like just directly opposite the MTR exit of

Fortress Hill

Come out from Exit B of Fortress Hill

Look for an overhead bridge

Cross the bridge to the opposite side

Fook Yuen is directly below the bridge, on the right,

as shown in the photo at the conclusion section.

hours: 2.00pm to 1.00am Mon to Sun

8. kam wah cafe 金華冰廳: 47 Bute Street, Prince Edward

地址 ：太⼦弼街47號地下

Mongkok MTR – Exit B1 / Prince Edward MTR – Exit B2

Hours : Daily 6.30am to 11.30pm

9. 101肉燥飯專門店: Shop B, G/F, 1-5 Lau Sin St Tin Hau.

Tin Hau MTR. Alight at butterfly at victoria exit, turn left, and walk towards the bus stop. It is just before and behind the Thi Hau bus stop (behind Mc D's)

10. AUSTRALIAN DAIRY COMPANY (澳洲⽜奶公司): 47 Parkes Street,Jordan

佐敦⽩加⼠街47號地下

Jordon MTR – Exit C2 ( Right ). Walk ahead to

the junction and then turn right.

Hours : Friday to Wed 7.30am – 11.00pm

(Closed on Thursday)