6 AMAZING LOCAL FOOD PLACES in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (and exactly WHERE to find them)
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- HONG KONG is one of the most exciting food cities on the planet. Here are six local (and surprisingly affordable) places that are absolutely worth checking out. Curated for me by a Hong Kong native and professional guide, Angel.
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Addresses and names of restaurants mentioned:
LIN HUN KUI | Dim Sum
2-3/F, No.46-50 Des Voeux Road West, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong China
HING KEE CLAYPOT RICE | Claypot Rice Dishes
15號 Temple St, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
KAI KAI DESSERT | Chinese Sweet Soups
G/F, 121-123 Parkes Street, Jordan, Hong Kong China
COOKED FOOD CENTER | Macaroni Beef Soup
Shop 1 & 5, Cooked Food Centre, 2/F, Wong Nai Chung Municipal Services Building, 2 Yuk Sau Street, Happy Valley, Hong Kong China
CHEUNG HING COFFEE SHOP | Milk Tea, Egg Tart, Pineapple Bun
G/F, 9-11 Yik Yam Street, Happy Valley, Hong Kong China
WING FAT SEAFOOD | Roast Pigeon, Fried Duckfish, Chinese Broccoli, Razor Clams
Shop 6-8, G/F, Temporary Cooked Food Hawker Bazaar, 29-39 Woosung Street, Jordan, Hong Kong China
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Lin Heung Kui (Dim Sum)
3:43 - Hing Kee Restaurant (Claypot Rice)
6:22 - Kai Kai Dessert (Sweet Chinese Soups)
8:13 - Cooked Food Center (Macaroni and Beef Soup)
10:23 - Cheung Hing Coffee Shop (Milk Tea, Egg Tart, Pineapple Bun)
12:27 - Wing Fat Seafood
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Angel’s here! 👋🏻 Absolute fun time making this video 😊 6 restaurants in 19mins, well done mate!! Btw feel free to shoot your questions here🙌🏻
You're the best, thank you 🙏🏼
Would love some more dinner spots for dim sum/outdoor food like wing fat. Around Tai Hang, CWB, Wan chai :)
I loved the video! 🤍
@@-SarahElizabeth-Thank you, Sarah 😃
Great video! Where could you recommend getting a traditional breakfast in the Central area?
Yo Eric is here, thanks for coming and you'll always have a bottle of beer waiting for you in my place. Hope to see you again soon.
You rock, thank you man. I wish I could go to Wing Fat tonight! See you when I come back 💪🏼
Me as a Hong Konger, this is the MOST LEGIT video to show authentic Hong Kong foods. Nice job!!
Wow thanks so much for saying this! Really means a lot.
How do we.get Angel's food tour service?
The video accurately captures the culture and spirit of the citizens of Hong Kong!
Job very well done!!!!!
Thank you so much!! It was fun to make 😃
Food looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!
dude love this so much!! great storytelling, amazing food, and love the recs.
Thanks so much bro! Looking forward to being back soon.
Great video Anthony!!!
Megs!! Thank you so much 😃
You had a great tour guide Angel, these are some real solid picks
I completely agree. She knocked it out of the park.
GREAT VID. chilled narration. Cool places. Awesome vib. I'm a fan!
Thank you! That means a lot 😀👍🏻
Well done bro great video 🙌🏻
Thanks so much! 🙌🏼
Great video. This makes we want to visit ASAP. Subscribed.
Thanks so much! It’s a special city, for sure.
Great video, made me miss HK!
Thanks man! Yeah I definitely miss it too 🇭🇰
thanks for your lists
Thanks for watching!
Great video!!
Thanks so much!
the egg tarts look so yummy!!!! love to visit HK soon.
Haha they were really amazing! I hope you do!
Love it!!!
Thank you so much! 👍🏻😃
VERY AUTHENTIC! It s actually informative even for Hong Kongers like myself !
Ah thanks so much for watching! Really means a lot.
Thanks. Now i have to bookmark these
You got it! Thanks for watching 👍🏻👍🏻
Lovely lady, we always enjoyed the different foods when we went to Hong Kong. It never disappoints. Great video.
Thank you! Agreed, Angel is wonderful.
Thank you for sharing. ❤
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
All authentic, very good video
Thank you so much! 😃
Food paradise 👍. Thank you for the information 🙏
My pleasure! Thanks so much for watching!
14:48 I like Eric…He’s quite articulate, in what I’m assuming is his second language. Congratulations to Angel! She’s clearly an excellent Guide. I’m your newest Sub! Nice job! 👊🏽 Carry on!!!
He’s a great dude. Was super happy to have met him 👍🏻
Going to try all the places!
Amazing! Have fun and eat well 😃
Great video, I saved the locations and definitely will visit some of them (that pigeon looked great!) on my upcoming trip to HK at the end of month 🤩
Thank you! That’s awesome, I’m glad it was helpful. Have a fantastic trip!
“It’s pigeon time”. You were channeling your inner Bourdain bringing Eric to the table. I found his candor refreshing.
Haha. That was super nice of Eric to stop by the table like he did. Great guy.
Pigeon sounds nasty. It was actually squab. It's a young bird raised for food only.
I agree - great storytelling! So much fun to watch. The food looked incredible. Love that Angel took you to her favorite places to eat as a local. The comments about cultural changes from childhood experiences were really interesting! I am curious how common are vegetarian meals in Hong Kong?
Would be a little bit difficult to be a vegetarian in HK but there’s a lot of Chinese Vegetarian restaurants as options 😊
Thank you!! Angel knows her stuff ;)
For a vega, I suggest you to go to a temple and to enjoy a meal there. It is the best vegetarian food in Hong Kong, far better than any vegetarian restaurants in the city.
HONG Kong still have some good Vegetarian restaurants. And they have a big population of East Indians live there, not too hard to find good Vegetarian restaurants.
not too hard actually,... just search Vegetarian restaurant in google map, you'll find hundreds of 4/5 star
Your presentation is highly interesting to watch. Thank you very much and take care. Incidentally I observe your expertise with chopsticks! 😊
Thank you so much for watching! That means a lot.
I love the Chinese Restaurant 蓮香居. I have been there for twice. I miss the food in HK very much. I can’t find any authentic HK food in London. 😢. I lived in Happy Valley and loved to go to the food centre at the wet market. Love it!!
Thanks for loving Hong Kong ❤
It’s an amazing city that deserves to be loved!
The food centre seems like such a local gem!!! I wouldn't have put it on my list for next month if it weren't for this :)
Ah I’m so glad this helped! Thanks for watching. Hope you have a nice trip!
This video is amazing! Showing the most simple yet the most valuable aspect of Hong Kong...Lucky enough we still have some of them remaining now...But I'm afraid as the time pass, all these good vibe will be gone...😥
Thank you so much! I hope these types of places stick around for a long time.
I am sitting there now (Wing Fat seafood) Having a beer and some food with my wife and son. Actually out in the pavement near the street stalls. Awesome. Login’ it.
Love it! That’s so awesome. Super happy you all had a great time there. It’s a special place.
Glad to see someone appreciating the most important parts of Hong Kong 😄
Sago pudding is fantastic. Angel really knows how to eat!
(Not so) fun fact: QR code prevalence is a recent addition due to COVID times. Previously we had physical menus like the rest of the world.
A tip for cooked food centers: They're usually found above wet markets, so if you're looking for one, keep an eye out for wet markets. I'll say though, that going downstairs where I used to live and getting a similar breakfast at a cha chaan teng usually costs like 5 to 6 USD, comparatively Hong Kong Island is a lot more expensive.
Definitely feeling what Eric's saying. Us 90s kids really had it the best.
Thank you so much for the insight here! That’s really interesting. I wonder why they were paired together. The business environment maybe?
And agreed. Angel is truly fantastic, was lucky to have her.
@@thebuccilist One more recommendation if you ever come back again: Australia Dairy Company in Jordan. Does an amazing steamed egg custard.
@@vampyricon7026 I’ll check that out right now! Sounds amazing.
@@thebuccilist --- I wonder why they were paired together. The business environment maybe? ---
It's true.
Most of the restaurants inside the wet market food court were former Dai Pai Dong (Big Licence Food Stall) located on the street before late '70s & '80s. Since the population were getting much more, lots of old buildings were demolished for redeveloping, busier traffic, complaints from street surface shop owners/renters for business competition, environment & hygiene issues...etc. That's why the government intentionally encourage Dai Pai Dong runners either hand back their licences or move into the food court for continuing their business. Of course they would have to pay higher rent than on the street when they moved into the food court.
Hk is changing but I still luv my hometown , thx for coming and see you soon again my fd
My pleasure! It was a wonderful time, and I hope to be back soon. Fantastic city.
@@thebuccilist always welcome
Love the last restaurant❤
Me too! The owner is a great guy, and the food is 👌🏻
Wow I love to become a eating tour guide too 😂… I think she did a great job showing you around for great food that I want to try if I go to Hong Kong …The only thing I’ll do differently when eating calms is to slurp it of the shell 😂😂😂
Haha. I’ll have to try that too next time. I agree, Angel did an amazing job! 😀
Oh I ❤️ ed your video. I would love to remain in touch with you whenever we happen to be in Hongkong.
Highly recommend this video to visitors. I am a very local HongKongers. All restaurants represent Hong Kong completely.😊
Thanks so much!! That really means a lot.
welcome to HK! 😍
👍👍Good produce
Thank you so much!!
You can easily make that bowl of green at home if you ever come across canned 豆豉鯪魚 (Black Bean oil Fried Dace fish) in Asia supermarket, it’s exactly what the restaurant uses! I’m from Hong Kong and it’s one of my favorite dishes too.
Awesome, that’s great info to know! Thank you for the tip here, it’s definitely something i want to eat again.
if it‘s any help the label is like yellow and red with a fish picture in a oval tin😊
That’s great! Thank you for the tip.
I tried posting a link for the canned dice fish, but can’t 😢 anyway sent it to you on ig. Ranch 99 n many other local Asian markets carry them.
@@thebuccilist Yes, go to the Asian Supermarket to buy the veggie you ate in HK for which is called 油麥菜 (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) or called as Taiwanese A-Choy. If you cannot find any, you can either use the Chinese Lettuce or even Romaine Lettuce. If you like spicy, you can add up a little bit of slice chili pepper to stir the veggie & fried fish together to boast up the taste too.
I love clay pot rice. Especially the crispy rice.
Me too! I was so happy to finally try it.
@@thebuccilist Have you try "this this rice" ? The term came from Gregory May, the US Consul General in HK.
@@elizabethc7699 haha no I haven’t. What is that?
@@thebuccilist you've got the keywords for Googling. (Don't wanna spam your comment space with links)
Great
Thank you!
As a local of HK, really the pineapple bun in Cheung Hing is the best I have ever had ❤
I believe it! That was a special place to visit.
鳳梨包是什麼樣的包？
20至30年前，祥與，我無留意，有哩種凰梨包食？
香港人叫pineapple bun 做菠蘿包😅
Nice 😮
Thanks!!
Kai Kai is wonderful
I totally agree!
My family really needs to get to Jorden to eat - haven`t done that for an age!
Hope you do! It was a really fun place.
Try a dessert named "water buffalo milk crashing ginger sauce."
Coz you "can't" get it everywhere (globally) only if the local have access to water buffalo (Canton area, that's include HK)
Will do! I’ll be back in 2024, and I’ll try it for sure. Sounds delicious.
I appreciate the tip!
Shhhhhh....eat and don't talk, John Lee is listening and watching !🤫
there are so much more you should try in Hong Kong!
Any in particular stand out? I’d love to try!
2:56 baked tapioca pudding and the tapioca is made from cassava roots.
Amazing. That’s really interesting to know.
Those smaller traditional tea house is like a battle ground, you have to run to the food cart, fight with others to get the food, get the stamps and return to your table carrying all the food. Quite stressful. I like bigger dim sum restaurants that don’t push carts but you select from a sheet and get food deliver to your table.
I’ll have to try one of those next time to compare!
I'm going to be on a long layover in Hong Kong so I won't have enough room in my stomach to taste everything, what was your #1 must have food? Also curious what you're using to do the map animations?
To me, the last place (Eric’s seafood restaurant) was my favorite spot to eat. But if you only get to try one dish, I’d say claypot rice, or go find a char siu pork place in Sheung wan like Dragon State Kitchen.
I’m Hongkonger and I’m in Canada now❤ hope Hong Kong luck
It’s an amazing city! 🇭🇰
If you want to talk about unrefined, and rebellious, I think a seafood boil that gets served up on newspaper is more unrefined than clay pot rice. I think it'll hit. It's just that the process takes a long time and the methods are tiring. Come to Vancouver. We got the goods
Would love to try it sometime. You have a recommended place?
The egg tarts in Macao are actually not Pasteis de Nata. They're called Portuguese egg tarts but they use an English custard. The cooking and ingredients are different than a Pasteis de Nata. Some people refer to them as a Lord Stow's egg tart or a Macao egg tart. The term Portuguese egg tart was used by local Macanese to distinguish it from Hong Kong egg tarts.
Thank you for the clarification! Very interesting.
I've just had a terrible experience at Lin Heung Kui couple months ago when I took my kids (from Canada) to check out the early morning dim sum scene in HK..... we were just about to grab 4 open seats at a table ONLY to be yelled at by this old dude staff to find seats at the back (of course no other seats available at the tme!).... he was simply saving those seats for his buddy customers I'm pretty sure!! Anyhow.... my kids got scared and just as I was leaving the place in anger, this sweet guy (delivery of food supplies) went up to me to apologize and said "the staff here are assholes.... but hope you will have a better experience here in HK rest of your trip!!"
I’m sorry you had a bad experience there! It’s a pretty chaotic environment for sure.
Sorry for bringing you bad experience in hk. Lin heung is traditional and old style, but their dim sum should not be the best dim sum in hk. Emmm honestly, as a Hongkonger, I also feel our restaurant service and attitude are not good and polite enough, but some foods are nice.
@@Colabala2 thanks fellow HKer!! I didn't mean the paint the whole place with the same brush at all. I did meet lots of nice, helpful locals too. It just pains me to say the vibes in HK are just weird now. Most people look really down or bitter... For the sake of my kids, we are better off living in Canada.
Let me tell you... the whole restaurant is shady a f. They had been telling the whole world they were closing for good literally for couple years to drum up business. Then finally they closed ... for one day. Only to transfer the business to employees and then reopen. What a sham. You were not the only one got pissed off after visiting there. Foods there are OK. Nothing really special. Proper management and manner are what they lack of. Id never recommend that place to anyone, let alone tourists. It's just a very dated way to operate an eatery
Exactly Bro!!! I didn't mind a little bit of hectic scenes and not perfectly clean place... I just expected minimal respect and courtesy!! buth oh well, you will always see China tourists flocking to that place just because it's been hyped up for so long on social media so they will always get customers no matter what!!@@ryannt
MY BUDDY TOOK ME THERE ONE TIME! OLD FASHION TEA HOUSE! SHARE TABLE! TROLLY FULL WITH DIM SUM! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
The tables at LinHeungKui are big enough for teapots, cups and plates only... 😅😅
Thank you for this video. Angel is a very beautiful woman!!!!
Thanks for watching!! 😃
15:55 Fascinting inteview with that guy.
Thank you! Yeah agreed, Eric is a really cool guy.
at11:16, that's not Yuanyang(鴛鴦), is lemon coffe(檸啡). Lemon coffee is a very old school drink in "Cha chan tin", usually cannot be find in the menu nowaday.
BTW, Yuanyang(鴛鴦) is coffee and tea mixed w/milk. (鴛鴦) is mandarin duck, it's also mean 'couple' in chinese.
Thank you for sharing this info!
❤Food in HK
Really amazing :)
I live in the US go back to hong kong 3 time a yr for business first thing i do after landed is have dim sum or won ton noodles.
I totally understand! They’re delicious.
Hello I will go Hongkong in Feb this year and I stay Ramada Harbour so may I know where can get breakfast near this hotel please? I am Thai but I live in UK😊
Amazing food. It is better to have a local to show you around. This will make your travel easier.
I totally agree. Angel did such a fantastic job showing me the ropes.
It’s like the hunger games at the dim sum place, I wouldn’t survive there😂
Haha that’s amazing. Gotta be quick!
HONGKONG FOOD IA SO DAMNYUMMY HOWI WISH MOREOF HKG CHEFSWOULDMIGRATE TO SINGAPORE TO SET UP THEIR BUSINESSINSINGAPORE!
Haha. I’d love to see Singapore’s food scene someday!
1:45 those ain't steamed pastries... they're beancurd sheets.. pastries would die in the steamer
5:00 you can find those canned black bean fried fish in most asian groceries.. but the vegetable is local.... you can substitute with lettuce but it kinda lacks the slight bitter taste
5:40 there'll never be a fast food version of it as it takes time to develop a legit golden crust which without time cannot be done
12:15 HK egg tart is based on British custard, smooth and creamy
13:35 razer clams are like long thin tubes.. these are just normal clams
@8:09 “well, you look great!” Little that you knew, you just low key flirted with our home girl, Angel😅 Notice the extra make up on her the very next day? 😊
Dude! Cup of veggies ? Couldnt you elaborate more on what you eating?
U should try some seafoods at sai kung or Ap Lei Chau next time.
I’ll check them out! What do you like about those places?
@@thebuccilist just search Sai Kung seafoods or Ap Lei Chau seafoods in google or UA-cam and u will get it😉
@@thebuccilist Keep in mind, seafood will be more expensive if compared with the ordinary food. If you really like to try some, maybe next time you can go to visit the Islands District like Cheung Chau or Lamma Island for the seafood & also the different vibe & scenery as well.
The pigeonw you had were baby/young pigeons (squab). Just to clarify in case someone mistakenly thinks we Hongkongers like eating flying rats :)
Thanks for the info!!
Hi! I saw that the first restaurant is said to be permanently closed on Google Maps. Is it reopened now?
Hi! It’s just under a different name now, I believe. Still open! The older location in Central is closed, however.
2:40, That's what I want to try.
You totally should. It was super good.
Every place you visited looks good. Last time I was there was '97.
At 2024 Canton Chinese Restaurant
蓮香居 Lin Heung Kui
Change to New Name
六安居 Luk On Kui.
Thank you for the info!
It’s Lin Heung Kui for dim sum.
Yep! Thanks for watching!
Not Razors clams, just clams 😂😂😂
Where did you stay?
Eric is good in English!
Haha for sure. He’s a solid dude 👍🏻👍🏻
Not to upsetting anyone.. all these food are very standard why I say that because i been there and I try it
Maybe next time I can find some places really off the beaten path 👍🏻. Thanks for watching!
Anyone know what license she passed towards the end of the video? kinda of hard for me to clearly hear what she said.
Sorry about that. She passed her official tour guide certification exam. In Hong Kong it’s actually a very difficult exam to pass, and I believe it was her second attempt. So it was a big deal for her.
Great! thanks for letting me know!@@thebuccilist
we can find the same food in America
They ate “squabs” and not pigeons 😂
Lin Heung Kui's Dim Sum is actually pretty bad, however they still maintain the old way of eating. Not recommended if you just care about the food.
Interesting. What’s your favorite place for Dim Sum?
Can anyone confirm the first place is closed?
I was under the impression it changed names, but was still open. I could be wrong.
You have a sister named erika right
HK is expensive , you can have the same fd in GZ at 1/2 the price and have options 10X more.
I’ll have to check it out sometime!
I thought Lin Heung was closed
It’s still there! They’ve just changed the name.
What is a cooked food centre? A food court?
Yeah essentially! But in my experience there the stalls were all locally owned shops. It’s a fun place to eat.
FYI, most of the local wet markets have the food court mainly on the top floor of the building. You can google search the locations and also the rating.
80% of the people in Hongkong eat out
I was told something along those lines when I was there. It’s an easy place to find food, for sure.
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What do you like Hong Kong the best?
In the Lin Heung Kui , how can you relax and enjoy your food if you try to run and grab your food first than the others? thats not good, I'd rather have a Normal restaurant where you dont have to run and go tray to tray finding that dimsum.Not fun.
It’s definitely chaotic! And you’re right, I wouldn’t call it relaxing. But it was a fun environment, if you’re in the mood for that sort of thing.
Without your guide you would be lost. That's not mention enough in traveling guides.
Wholeheartedly agree. Angel did a terrific job, and I’m lucky to have her here.
He hasn't try any street food yet nor snake soup in the shop.
Hopefully next time! I’d love to try it.
More populated than New york.
It’s a big, dense city!
It freaks me out how nice the locals are. Because that's not the real HK. 😳
15:30 sounds like the powers that be want to kind of gentrify