More Good Food in Hong Kong

When one is in Hong Kong, how can one not try their famous Roast Goose Drumstick? So during my recent visit, I went in search for one of the best 燒臘 restaurants highly recommended by DJ Ah 蘇.

It was not difficult to find once you know where to look. This famous restaurant 永合隆飯店 is well known and located at Prince Edward Portland Street (太子砵蘭街) near the Ki Lung Street (基隆街) junction. It is only a short walk from the Prince Edward MTR Station.

The roast meats are excellent, so succulent and full of flavour. The 叉燒 char siew and 燒排骨 pork ribs came in a plate together with sweet plum sauce. The char siew was not too lean and was juicy and tender, while the pork ribs were roasted just right, not too burnt. The 燒肉 roast pork was really a treat. The skin was so crispy you can hear the crackling sound when you bite, yet the meat was so tender it almost melts in your mouth. We also thoroughly enjoyed the 燒鵝腿 roast goose drumstick. The skin was crispy and the meat succulent and tender. We only had one regret. The famous roast suckling pig was not yet available, still being roasted in the back.

This gives us a reason to visit the restaurant again when we go back to Hong Kong in the near future.

Another wonderful find is the Lin Heung Tea House (蓮香樓) located at Wellington Street (威靈頓街) in Central on Hong Kong island. It is at the corner with Aberdeen Street (鴨巴甸街).

This is one of those old-fashioned dim sum tea house that is so rare nowadays. And it was packed. You need to stand around and fight for seats. And even then, we had to share a table with total strangers. It transported us back to the 1960s and 70s Hong Kong style yum cha culture and was a new experience for my son. The food was pushed around on trolleys with steamers and served hot by the dimsum aunties. You literally had to fight for your food, as everyone crowded around the kitchen exit and snatched up the food as it came out. If you sit and wait for the aunties to come around, you will be disappointed.

 Beancurd skin rolls

 Rice flour rolls

Pig stomach 

 Quail egg siew mai

 Beancurd skin egg roll

 Char siew bao

 Thousand layer cake

 咸水角

 炸雲吞

 馬萊糕

 Lotus paste bao with salted egg yolk

南乳豬手

Traditional dim sum at its best. Simply delicious. I especially want to recommend the lotus paste bao (蛋黃蓮蓉包). It is their specialty and it did not disappoint. The bao was so fragrant and the lotus paste was not so sweet when balanced with the salted egg yolk. The entire experience was very pleasant, and the variety of dim sum is way better than most restaurants in Singapore.

Lin Heung Tea House, a definite must try.