Eating
糖朝 (Tong Chew/Sweet Dynasty) is located at the Tsim Tsa Tsui area along Canton Road. If you're taking the MTR, exit at A1 at TST station, walk along Haiphong Road towards Canton Road. Once you arrive at Canton Road, turn right and walk against the traffic till you see the restaurant. Its common to see a queue formed outside, so be prepared to wait a little.
You may consider dining here after shopping at Harbour City. It opens till quite late (1am I think) so having supper there is fine too. This restaurant serves main dishes as well as desserts. Some portions are quite large, so do check with the wait staff before ordering or you might be ordering a dish that's meant for two. Some of their more interesting desserts are the DURIAN PASTRY. This you gotta try if you like durian. Its baked, so its hot on the outside and slightly cool on the inside. Tip: order this way before you're prepared to eat your desserts or else you'll end up waiting a long time (prep time: 20mins). The other is their home-made bean curd. It comes in a tub, very interesting and this also has to be ordered about 15-20 minutes so that they can prepare this dessert.
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| Durian pastry - to die for! |
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| The home made bean curd |
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| See how deep the container is? |
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| Some of the desserts we tried |
稻香 (Dou Heung) has many branches. There's one near the Mong Kok MTR station and one along Nathan Road. This place was recommended by locals, so you know you can't go wrong with that. Its very authentic and the prices varies according to the time of day. Obviously you will be paying more for the more popular hours of the day. So plan ahead to beat the crowd and get the best value for money. From past experience, having a super solid breakfast (buuurrrrp) here will set you back at most S$15 per person.
What I liked here was (1) the dim sum, (2) specifically the 虾饺 (har kow), (3) braised rice (btw, the sauce they pour on the rice kicks ass!!!) and (4) the custard buns (steamed buns with custard and salted egg yolk). If you don't order these, you're missing out a lot I tell you. Okay.... I hope you're salivating by now..
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| Har kow has BIG prawns |
太兴 (Tai Hing Roast) is highly recommended for their roast goose and 烧腊. Prices here are a lot cheaper than the overrated Yung Kee restaurant in Hong Kong island (near Lan Kwai Fong). This restaurant is a mid-priced restaurant that the locals go to, so you can't go wrong. Btw, only foreigners visit Yung Kee. Ask any local and they'll tell you that place is overpriced.
When you are there, try their yuan yang (coffee & tea drink). Its really neat and it comes in a plastic takeaway cup placed in a bigger bowl laid with ice cubes. In this way, you don't dilute your drink but you still get it chilled. Thoughtful right? Alternatively, either the tea or coffee can be served chilled in the same manner. Of course, I'm missing out on the highlight. Try their roast goose and their roast pork. For the roast pork, ask for the belly. Its called 烧肉 (siew lam yoke).
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| Roast goose |
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| Roast pork belly |
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| Chilled tea/coffee/yuan yang |
蛇王二 - If you haven't tried eating snake (no pun intended hahaha..) I'd recommend that you try this. Located in Causeway bay, this old restaurant has very nice snake soup. Don't worry, you can't tell that its snake. Like all other things, the snake meat tastes like chicken hahaha. For HKD 52, you get a nice warm bowl of thick soup with crunchy crackers and chrysanthemum petals. Give it a try, then you can tell your friends that you've ever really eaten snake before. =)
Also, if any of the restaurants you're dining at serves 焖米 (stewed beehoon), order it. Its usually very tasty and you can't go wrong with it. Basically, what you'll get is almost like fried bee hoon except that its a little wet and the 上汤 that its been fried with is just bursting with flavour. Trust me on this.
Its kinda late, so I'll continue tomorrow when I have time..
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