What to eat in Hong Kong

Eating in Hong Kong can be a disaster for us if we do not know where to eat or what to eat.

How to eat econimicaly in Hong Kong
Food in Hong Kong is very expensive, but you can still spend wisely.

• In Hong Kong, 90% of their restaurants or cafe served special set for tea break or supper, tea break set start between 2pm to 5pm, and supper set start after 9pm.
• Packages during these 2 session are usually served in smaller portion with drinks and it cost around HKD18 to HKD25 per set, normally this amount of food is sufficient for our eating portion.
• They have many fast food chain store which also serving food in package (main course plus drink or soup), there are lots of selection in the store and their price range for breakfast wil be HKD20 to HKD25, Lunch - HKD25 to HKD35, Dinner - HKD28 to HKD45.
• The lunch & dinner set especially the dinner set is quite big portion, usually 2 ladies can share 1 set.

What to eat (what is the specialty for tourist to try in Hong Kong?)

• Roasted Goose (烧鹅)
• Yam Cha (饮茶)
• Fish Soup Noodle (鱼米汤)
• Teochew Fish Ball Noodle / 潮州鱼蛋粉
• Yun Nan Mi Xian / 云南米线 （酸辣/麻辣）
• Mini Sharksfin / 碗仔翅
• White Carrot or Internal Organs of Cow / 萝卜/牛杂 (Roadside Store)
• Durian PanCake / 榴莲Pancake
• 杨枝金露 (a mango juice with pamelo sacs)
• Egg Tart (蛋挞-港式/葡式)
• Chicken Tail Bun （鸡尾包)

Where to eat

• For Fast Food Chain Store or Cha Chan Teng/茶餐厅 (Average cost per set = HKD20 to HKD40)
• Maxims (美心)
• 乐园牛肉丸
• 麦奀记云吞面
• 鸡记潮州麺食 (尖沙嘴加拿芬道15号C地下)
• 香港仔潮州鱼蛋粉 (Many branches - few in Mongkok)
• Cafe De Coral (大家乐)
• Fairwood (大快活)
• Ocean Empire (海皇粥店) 

• For Mid Range Cafe (茶餐厅) - About HKD28 to HKD50 per person
• Tsui Wah / 翠华餐厅　(I reccommend the one at Central-behind Coach)
• Chan Kee / 陈记烧鹅 (main shop in ShamJieng /深井，2 branches in Mongkok) 
• Macau Restaurant/澳门茶餐厅 (I recommend the one next to Kowloon Park)
• Satay King/沙爹王  (I recommend the one in Ladies Street)

• For Dessert Shop (average HKD20 to HKD50 per person)
• Honeymoon Dessert / 满记
• Hui Lau Shan / 许留山

There are too many to recommend, i will update above info when i have more time....

                                                                                                                                to be continue.....

Macau Restsurant/澳門茶餐廳

Macau Restaurant/澳門茶餐廳

This is a famous chain store restaurant having many branches around Hong Kong. The one i visited is just at the adjacent road near Hoi Pong Road/海防道 of Tsim Sha Tsui. If u travel by MTR, u should come out from exit A1 of Tsim Sha Tsui Station n make a right U-turn after exit.

As per the name of the shop, they sell mainly the Macau Cuisine, I have not try any of their main course meals as i usually eats their tea lunch set which taste good.

We tried below food....

Macau Egg Tart

Toasted Bun with Butter &
Peanut Butter

Pork Steak Bun (猪趴包)

Fried Kailan (清炒芥蓝)

The above dishes are all very delicious, it depends on your favorite taste, like my sister whom prefer to eat dryer or harsh food like chicken breast meat, she likes the Pork Chop Bun very much, whereas our friend likes Macau Egg Tart, then she enjoy the egg tart as well.

As for me, whom never like any of the 2 above, i think the Toasted bun is one of the best i ever tried in so many restaurants in Hong Kong. (of course there are still many for me to explore)

This shop serving Roast Duck too, but i think you can find many more other restaurants which serve better taste than this.

Average spending in this shop is about HKD30/pax for tea time and HKD40/pax for lunch or dinner time.

This price range is for you to order their package meals (which include main course and a drink), if you prefer to order side dish or individual dish outside the package meals, the budget / pax will be higher than what i mentioned earlier.

Snack From Thailand- Banana Chips with Tamarind

Delicous Snack from Thailand : Banana Chips with Tamarind

Received 2 packets of souvenir from my sister in law whom is currently residing in Thailand due to brother in law's company assignment, it is banana chips with Tamarind.

Being a Malaysian whom had been eating banana chips since i was a kid, it is nothing special to take banana chips and in fact i don't like it, then until some years ago, those businessman invented dried fruits chips which became quite popular among the tourists' "Must Buy" list.But i also take it for just a short time before i got bored with it due to the plain taste.

Lately, i came across this delicious snack called : Banana chips with Tamarind through my sister in law, it struck me when i first tasting it. the combination of the 2 (banana & tamarind) is perfect! The sweetness of the banana blend well with the sour taste of the tamarind and it increase the appetite of a person, at least it is for me.

I can't stop eating it once i started, hence i want to share this with you guys through this blog.

When you visit Thailand the next time, do not forget to look for this snack to bring home...