10 BEST FOODS to eat in Hong Kong (and exactly WHERE to get them) | THE CLASSIC HONG KONG FOOD TOUR
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
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Whether you're just coming to visit, or you've just moved to Hong Kong or you're moving out of Hong Kong and want to make sure you haven't left any stones unturned before you leave, this is the tour! This is what you have to eat in Hong Kong before leaving! The MUST EATS of Hong Kong. These are the most classic, well known, and famous Hong Kong dishes and foods. Make sure to try out these foods at their most famous restaurants respectively to really get in the ultimate Hong Kong food experience.
All these restaurants are super well known so don't worry if they look "off the beaten" path because they're not. Also, whoever tells you these places are hidden gems are clearly lying to you LOL English menus are available at all these places with the exception of Joy Hing so don't worry. This Hong Kong food tour is meant for you to do it yourself so it shouldn't be intimidating. This food tour is also within a small area (the more touristy areas of Hong Kong) so you'll be able to do it within a few hours though I would recommend you spilt it up before two days as there is quite a bit of food.
Once you've done this, come back and we'll go through the more hidden gems of Hong Kong but start here first so you get a basic food foundation of the flavours of Hong Kong. =) If you go straight to the hidden gems without a base, you'll won't really understand why those are hidden gems, if that makes sense.
EDIT: Just doing my tour guide training and there's a correction. Cookie crust arrived in Hong Kong in the 1940's and puff pastry in the 1950's.
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Addresses and names of restaurants mentioned:
LAN FONG YUEN | Hong Kong Milk Tea
2 Gage St, Central (Other locations available)
TAI CHEONG | Egg Tart
35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central (Other locations available)
MAK'S NOODLES | Wonton Noodles
77 Wellington St, Central (Other locations available)
YAT LOK | Roasted Goose
G/F, 34-38 Stanley Street
THE PENINSULA THE LOBBY | Afternoon Tea
Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
KAM WAH | Pineapple Bun
45-47 Bute St, Mong Kok
JOY HING | Char Siu BBQ Pork
265 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
MAMMY PANCAKE | Egg Waffles
1-5 Haven St, Causeway Bay (Other locations available)
TIM HO WAN | Dim Sum
9-11 Fuk Wing St, Sham Shui Po (Other locations available)
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Timestamps:
0:00 Start
1:09 | 1. Hong Kong Milk Tea
2:03 | 2. Egg Tart
3:24 | 3. Wonton Noodles
4:46 | 4. Roasted Goose
6:30 | 5. Afternoon Tea
7:35 | 6. Pineapple Bun
8:37 | 7. Char Siu
10:43 | 8. Egg Waffles
11:53 | 9. Dim Sum
13:11 | 10. Fishballs
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Hello, all you hungry people!
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I love HK, i fell in love with it and i think that random walking will lead you to the best places.
This video is so good! Entertaining yet very imformative! Thanks for this! We love you! ❤️❤️❤️
I lived in Hong Kong for a while and worked in Central. I have been to all the places you visited and had all the foods. What I miss most is the Wonton Mein - it's the soup that makes it special. I have had it in the UK, in the US and here in the Philippines. I can get hold of Wonton Mein but it's just not the same. Chau Dofu is another street-food I get a longing for but unfortunately the best can only be found on Dundas Street, Yau Ma Tei.
I have been bringying on your videos ever since I found you last week. We are visiting Hong Kong in the summer with two teens. Since my husband left Hong Kong when he was a kid, he knew non of these places. My kids love pork belly and duck and eating in general 😂 . So, Our plan is to eat our way through Hong Kong. Thank you for all the info! Very helpful.
It's nice to see you again Virginia! Stay safe and healthy and keep those videos coming.
Thanks mr. Popo! hope you’re doing swell!!!
Thanks for sharing!! All of them look super good ❤
Thank you so much for so fluently introducing Hong Kong great food in English. I really appreciate your video.
This was THE video I was waiting for! Thx so much, V!! Amazing info...can't wait to come back and sample goodies from every place you've highlighted thus far!! YUM!! 🐽
Hahah thanks Allan! Glad you liked! =) Next one is a biking vlog, hope you enjoy!
A really great video as I have been compiling various UA-cam videos on food places and you have them all listed in one video, Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Virginia is such an engaging , warm presenter that gave us a lot of good tips and lessons in history . Virginia is definitely a natural.
Awww thanks for much Scott! Hope you found it enjoyable and have a great day!
Finally, an HK video that isn't chaotic but straight to the point and actually informational. Thank you! Subbed!
Thanks! hahaha all other vlogs are a bit chaotic, but my listicle videos are pretty straight to the point. Thanks for watching!
Learned about you on the best ever food review show and love your personality!! Awesome. looking forward to your content
Awww thanks for much! Thanks for dropping by and stay hungry 😋
Great video. A bit of the history/backgrounds and awesome that you listed the establishment name and addresses.
Wow!!! So many awesome dishes. Have to visit Hong Kong soon. 😍👍🤤😋
You have one thousand percent made me realise I need to come to Hong Kong soon and will be trying ALL of these foods. So keen! Here from VRA 😊 this is such a perfect example of a food vlog. Educational, entertaining and great story telling and such a vibe! Love it!
Thanks so much Claire for your kind words =) Hope you’re having a fab day!
love this video!! i'm definitely going to go back to these places when I'm back in HK this month hehe
Woohoo! Love your videos - looking forward to see how you’re gonna spend your 7 days in quarantine =) please vlog the food! 😘
First! 😆Awesome timing, was waiting for a new food tour video for this summer and here it is! Thanks for showing the best spots, will be visiting these locations!
Hahah awww thanks for being first! Here’s a fishball 🍡 as your crown 👑. Hahah hope you have a great day!
Best food guide video ever, thank you.
I stumbled upon your channel and now will go back to HK to visit all your amazing top choices! I’ll have compare them to what my uncle who took me around HK! Love your personality and your vids!
Loving the chopping asmr, making my mouth water in anticipation of a dish arriving.
Wah...❤❤❤❤ I love this video, thanks, 😊😊 I misses HK food..
Great tips, thank you!!
Great cover for “must eat in HK” thank u!
This is a amazing video!! Can’t wait to visit again
Can’t wait to see you!!! 😍
I can add Dragon Beard Candy, Clay Pot Rice, Chee Cheung Fun-Rice Noodles Rolls, Tofu Hua-Bean Curd Jelly, etc. also among the best foods as well.
So yummy indeed! Great minds think alike because we’re getting ready to film the follow up so maybe you’ll see your favourites there. Stay tuned 😛 and thanks for dropping by fellow foodie!
Dragon beard candy was my all time favorite! I haven’t been back since I was 8! Miss it so much
Great presentation of the must go to ten places! It is great that they are all close together..
Can’t wait to try them myself!
Easy, clear and fun to watch!
Interested in the goose on rice! And the pork/ the duck on rice too..
Thanks so much! Happy to hear you like the presentation! hahah hopefully we can showcase some more yummy food for you. Have a fab day!
Planning my trip to Hong Kong next year. Can't wait to go back. Was there in 2007. Char Siu, Roast goose and dim sum is on the list for sure. It's blasphemy to have visited hong kong and not tried some of the food. The culture is so interesting as well.
Although I am a Cantonese, I have to adjust my Cantonese the hong kong way when I last travel to HK for 1 week. Awesome trip. Must bring chilli sauce there because HK don't have chilli sauce to spice up the food there.
In HK, you need to ask for chilli oil. It's not as a standard condiment on a table. And not all places will have it. You need to ask. Typical full on dim sum restaurants will always have this. It's not like in Malaysia, or in Singapore. It isn't standard on many food. Cos with HK, it's still quite TCM-orientated, clean tastes, follows the seasonal and regional food access (seafood) and typical Cantonese food. I think people are super focused more on the heatie and cool thing in HK overall.
Hong Kong is a beautiful place! I have liked and subscribed!
im coming to hk soon thanks for the recomendation !! :)
These are some beautiful restaurants spots in Hong Kong. Also that is a pretty dress you have on Virginia sweetheart. As a subscriber, I'm happy to see you uploading more videos.
Thank you! I haven’t announced it but working towards a consistent weekly schedule =) just scared that if I said then and then didn’t do it, it would be disappointing to everybody. But working towards it!
I just saw you on which Chris's channel. Im happy to have watched and now following you
Good one. Thanks
Thank you for the content....
I saw you for the first time on #best ever food review show with Sunny....
From then I started following you on Instagram.....
Then I came to know about your YT channel and the next moment I opened my YT and subscribed to your channel with the notification bell on....
You just looks Like My University crush.... I may not be able to see her because of pandemic.... but I'm happy that I can see your Video on YT.....
Lots of love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️
Am so glad you picked the curry fish balls.
Love your videos!! Please do a day in a life of Virginia!
My day is boring usually lol I can be found on the couch on most days 🤣😂🤣 thanks for dropping by!!!
excellent guide
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Loved this Virginia. That Char Siu looked so good. I’m craving it so bad 🤤. Another fun video. Very creative editing and your personality really shines here. On my last trip to HK in 2017, I actually went to Joy Hing and had their char siu and goose. It was really good. I miss HK more each day. Hopefully in 2023 I’ll be back.
Thanks so much Don! Yes the char siu was really good that day. I got lucky =)
Yes after HK sorts itself out, then time to visit =)
Great video Virginia. You have a new subscriber.
Awww thanks so much for dropping by! Hope you have a fab day!
Hi Virginia, I enjoyed your tour very much! I grew up in Hong Kong in the 1960s and have very happy and delicious memories. I reached out to you on LinkedIn just now. I have not been back since we left in 1968, and would love to return! Best regards from Kansas.
Thanks John for your kind words =)
We just launched a hk puzzle if you’re interested in kickstarter =)
I think I’m locked out of my LinkedIn account. Perhaps you can email at info@humidwithachanceoffishballs.com? Thank you!
thank you so much!
Whirlwind seems to be the better weather descriptor of your tour!
Whirlwind or chaotic. I’ll take either hahaha. Thanks Gary for visiting and hope you’ve enjoyed!
Eating roast goose is definitely a bucket list item for me. Just impossible to get here in the U.S. But, I want to experience that succulent meat and sinfully crispy skin. At Yat Lok...Maybe, one day.
Yes! There’s no goose in Vancouver either. I wonder why that is. Glad you enjoyed and thank you for watching!
For sure I would dine at where you eats for the best foodstuffs one could find in Kowloon Hong Kong . Both my wife and I love all the foods shown plus more . And join the crowds along the streets . ❤😊.
Of all the food blogger in the world... I think u r the mosttt adorable 😜
Awesome content friends 👍👍 ciao from italy 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Grazie! Glad you enjoyed =)
Awesome 👏 ❤🎉
Thanks for coming by!!!
I wish that I can get roasted goose here in the U.S. My parents went to Toronto, Canada for a trip and they were able to eat it there. They said it was deliciousness on another level. All the food you are showing is making me so hungry.
Yes there’s no goose in Vancouver either so make sure to try when in Hong Kong =) Thanks for dropping by!
Interesting that it’s not available in Vancouver and my parents were able to eat it in Toronto, but that has been awhile when they were there.
Goose is generally not available in Toronto. I have been going to the GTA several times a year for over three decades and have yet to see it available. The sizes of duck and chicken in North America are bigger than those in the HK. A big North American duck here can approach the size of a small HK goose.
Its very common to argue who is "the best", as a local, I agreed all the recommended places to go for each iconic food/snack, do try them out as suggested, can't go wrong.
Hahah you’re so right Alex. Everybody has their “best” place for these iconic dishes so I did the one that’s famous/most people have tried (which might get a lot of scoff from locals), but you can’t go wrong from starting here right? 🥳 thanks for stopping by!
The char siu looks like it was made in heaven. I believe the golden standard of all Chinese food in this world are found in Hong Kong.
Hahaha I may be biased but Vancouver my hometown has some pretty good Chinese food too! 🤪 playing devils advocate of course!
It's so funny because in Mainland China, when you go anywhere, the wontons don't contain any shrimp. (In my experience, at least) 水饺 is what contains seafood and shrimp usually. I remember when I would ask the workers if there was any shrimp, they would give me a funny look and tell me that I got the wrong jiaozi! Lol! Which is a win for me because I don't eat shrimp. But it's interesting how it's changed as wontons have traveled anywhere.
Wish you was NY waffle..loved the video 😉
Makes me hungry!
Master Hung BBQ in Richmond (Blundell and Garden City) now have Roasted Goose but you have to call ahead to reserve one
Virginia is so enjoyable to watch, content is good and she’s cute
I will try in my month end trip to hong kong
Hi. We’re coming to HK next May. Do you offer all these places in a one day tour?
Mak is small bowl for a reason. Exact balance so that the noodles do not do not get soggy as it is only 3 mouthful.
I have not been to HK for awhile. Not sure some places still around. A tomatoes-beef deng-deng noodles in a basement of a building that sells used cameras on Kimberly or around there. Another place is a liver-beef fun place in Apliu Street area. Both really yummy and uniquely HK as I have not seen them anywhere else.
good video mate
Thanks so much 😍
Great 👍
making me hungry as always
I try I try 🤪
I'm lucky a place right down the street from me opened up recently that sells both milk tea and egg puffles! Now if only they would sell fish balls...
You never know! They just might =)
Love your video! And your dress! Where did u get it from?
Wow all food looks delicious new friend here
NIHAO Virginia from Buenos Aires city to HK.... very wonderful Hong Kong food... I love world food... speciallly Asian/Chinese-style food....
I'm, drooling 🥹🥰🤤🥹🥰🤤.
In all my years of eating egg tarts, I did not know that the cookie crust came first!
Hi where is that area on the first minute of your video that you are walking? Thanks
Any suggestion where to stay if i want to be near those food center
remember your segments with Sonny from best food review show.
Asik banget tempat nya
Hey, where can you get the spiciest curry fishballs? I tried one place but I'm pretty sure they got the spicing wrong, went there again and it wasn't the same.
Hahha spiciest! I guess it depends on how much chili oil you add? Stuff here isn’t that spicy 🌶… but I will be sure to keep that in mind next time I’m hunting down Fishballs =)
I will be studying at HKCityU starting at the end of August, do you have any recommendations of the best places to eat around the campus? This is my first time coming to Hong Kong. Thank you!
Hi Josh!
I won’t know the campus as well as… the other students! Go make friends and explore =) eating bad food and then talking about it is part of the student life experience 😜
@@hongkongfoodtours Good point haha. Thank you!
Egg tart is amazing
Reminds me of ShisukaAnderson (Japan) another bouncy foodie aficionado Canadian!
In a video you did with Janice Fung, I saw that you went to Lin Heung Tea House. That has been on my bucket list for a long time, but I heard they closed. Do you have another recommendation for a local classic traditional experience for yum cha?
Hi Peter
Thanks for visiting the channel =) if for fancy traditional dim sum then Luk Yu tea house established in 1933.
If you want trolley service or the atmosphere, they really were the only ones with those vibes. Maxim city hall for trolley service but it’s much nicer and less old school. Or you can go to Choi Lung Teahouse where you scoop your own tofu pudding from a bucket 🪣 and make your own tea but it’s not trolley service. Best if you went with a Cantonese speaking friend for Choi Lung haha
Hope that helps!
@@hongkongfoodtours Thanks so much for that. I saw that Lin Heung Tea House has a location near Tsuen Wan MTR station. Is that the same place as the Sheung Wan one?
Egg tarts are from the Portuguese (pastel de nata) who ruled Macau for over 300 years.
Is there any vegetarian option at mak's wonton noodles?
I am hoping to make it to hong kong, within the next yr. How can i touch base with you to be my food tour guide?
May I know the opening hours and days off for the restaurants?
Cantonese food is too good. They invented a lot of crazy sweet and savory treats.
I’m sorry but the egg tart is a Portuguese pastry, invented in Lisbon in Belém in Portugal that is a very famous place you can check if you are interested . But the rest I like your vlog you are very friendly and kind 😊
Egg tart is NOT Portuguese tart as its also sold everywhere here in HK. Egg tart has been made this way by local bakeries and is actually very much a HK style tart
the egg or custard tart dates back in Britain to 1450's, so it is a very British food, but also Portuguese as well, but possibly from the British
Pastel de Nata was invented in the 18th century by monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in Santa Maria de Belém. Today, the monastery is a major tourist attraction. At the time, it was common practice to use egg whites to knead the clothes of the nuns, leaving the monks with remnants of yolks. I’m not here to make any trouble just to show that egg tart / pastel de nata was invented by the Portuguese people also we have this pastry also in Macau in case you don’t know .
@@joaoribeiro9977 the egg tart is recorded in a British cook book dated 1450, before anything recorded in Portugal. However; the British probably got the recipe from the French originally.
it is something different between Portucal tard (葡撻) and egg tard(蛋撻)
cha sui is paradise
You have excellent English! Well done, l thought they copy Egg Tart from Portugal Macau?
I feel Hungry now😊 more food videos the 1973 Chicken and maybe you can add to your video common cantonese words and its english meaning😊 Take care always Virginia
Okay! 1973 chicken is Taiwanese so will have to find the right time for it =) thanks so much for coming by 🥳
@@hongkongfoodtours Yes 1973 Chicken is from Taiwan but when i was in Hongkong we saw and ate from 1973 chicken stall but i forgot the exact location of the said stall anyway if you have the time to feature the 1973 chicken in your vlog i will highly appreciate it thanks again and keep on smiling, do you have a seperate account aside from this in which i can message you also? Thank you so much Virginia😊❤
Never heard of 1973
I ❤️ HK!
Cool
Nice place
As someone who doesn't eat pork, is it difficult to avoid there?
Living in Oz, all the Hong Kong places are pretty easy to order pork free but I don't know how much of that is due to just catering to a local customer base.
You can, there is a lot of seafood items in HK, as well as actual "buddhist products" like tofu and various specialist recipe. There is a really good Buddhist restaurant that is part of a temple near the Kowloon area I think. Worth trying while you are in HK.. as to know what some temples provide. Some are more commercial but others, is literally what the nuns eat, as part of the temple's running daily chores. I think they have like an open door dining thing on certain days, and then you can donate as much as you want .. kind of operation. I don't know whether this is still how it is run now, in all temples across HK. Some seems to be more structurally corporately run now. (For what reason, I don't know why.)
Greetings from Vancouver! I've eaten 100+ dim sum meals in my dozens of trips to HK but I've never seen a bowl to wash my cups and chopsticks. Do I have to ask for that? Or should that be automatic?
Hahha maybe you don’t notice it so if you don’t touch it, they take it away. If it’s a moderate fancy place, the bowl might be gold with sparkles 😂 Sometimes if you look or act very not local, they might not give it to you or else you’ll ask too many questions. Or you’re just fancy pants and go to all high end fancy places that don’t have the bowl =)
@@hongkongfoodtours I was today-years-old when I learned all of those! Thank you. I get lots of time to practice in Richmond BC. I'm Asian but you're right, I always look lost.
@@kimjiljac : I think she means.. you need to speak some strong properly accented cantonese.... in order to have some "buy in" from the locals.. I get the impression that.. the locals are a lot more precarious now, cos the turnover of people had been so high. That's my presumption in general... but yes... Practise some Cantonese in any local language schools wherever you are. I was raised in the UK.. and also did study in HK as well during my junior school years. So can speak cantonese. I think the locals just misses a lot of the local interactions... and they really want people to help them progress the society overall I think. After so many financial crashes in SE Asia... people are just quite scared. Is my assumption. In the UK we had a lot of unions to cushion us.. but we're also transitioning too. I think they too had that in HK as well... but removing those unions are now the issues....
I used to live in Hồng Kông, nice place , Poeple are friendly, on behalf of all Vietnamese boat people want to thank all Hồng Kông people.
The egg tart is inspired by the Portuguese Custard Tart called Pastéis de Nata because Macao 🇲🇴 is near HK and it was a Portuguese Colony until 1999!! 😊
is possible. but is also lots of evidence that shows HK had the egg tart or custard tart when the British were arriving more too. the custard/egg tart dates back in England since 1450's perhaps older, so is hard to know where it came from exactly.
Likewise the Macau tart might be inspired by hk egg tart and made by the Portuguese in Macau 😂
Hi hi greetings from Singapore, going HK in Feb. Would like to get lots of Chinese sausages. Vaguely Remember that it's in or "off" central, would appreciate it if you could share the locality if you know. Thanks
I believe it’s the Yung Kee Chinese sausages. I’ve had Singaporean clients tell me the Yung Kee sausages are a gift they bring back. FYI, It’s more of a Singapore thing than HK thing 😂
@@hongkongfoodtours Thanks much
Personally I feel that the wontons at 沾仔記 (across the street from 麥奀記) are the best. They are huge and crunchy, very fresh.
I see! that's a great choice as well =) Thanks for sharing your recommendations with us!
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Hmmmm... no I think the egg tarts were originally invented by the Portuguese. Made popular by the Brits, and probably perfected in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia. Either way, they're lovely!
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egg tarts are yummy cold.
😝 that’s awesome you like it like that! Maybe I just prefer hot foods 😛
but still much better warm