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Hong Kong Holidays/ Festivals 2013
The first day of January 1 Jan
Weekday before Chinese New Year 9 Feb
Chinese New Year of the Snake 2013 10 Feb
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Che Kung's Birthday

11 Feb
The third day of the Lunar New Year 12 Feb
The fourth day of the Chinese New Year 13 Feb
Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 24 Feb
Chinese Groundhog Day 3 Mar
Good Friday 29 Mar
The day following Good Friday 30 Mar
Easter Monday 1 Apr
Ching Ming Festival 4 Apr
Labour day 1 May
Birthday of Tin Hau 2 May
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Tam Kung's Birthday

17 May
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 12 Jun
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 31 Jul
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 13 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 20 Aug
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 2013 / Moon Festival 19 Sep
Day after Mid-Autumn Festival 20 Sep
Monkey King Festival 20 Sep
Chinese National Day

Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day

1 Oct

 

Chung Yeung Festival 13 Oct
The weekday after Chung Yeung 14 Oct
Winter Solstice 22 Dec
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec

 

Hong Kong Holidays/ Festivals 2014
The first day of January 1 Jan
Chinese New Year of the Horse 31 Jan
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year,

Che Kung's Birthday

1 Feb
The third day of the Lunar New Year 2 Feb
The day following third day of Chinese New Year 3 Feb
Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 14 Feb
Chinese Groundhog Day 6 Mar
Ching Ming Festival 5 Apr
Good Friday 18 Apr
The day following Good Friday 19 Apr
Easter Monday 21 Apr
Birthday of Tin Hau 22 Apr
Labour day 1 May
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival (also Tam Kung's Birthday) 6 May
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 2 Jun
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 20 Jul
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 2 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 9 Aug
Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day 20 Sep
Chinese National Day 1 Oct
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 8 Sep
Day after Mid-Autumn Festival

Monkey King Festival

9 Sep
Chung Yeung Festival 2 Oct
Winter Solstice 22 Dec
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec

 

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Chinese Food to eat in Hong Kong

Whether you are looking for fine dining or roadside stalls there is plenty to choose from here.

If you don't like MSG you will have problems though because there is plenty in everything.

Breakfast choices in Hong Kong

Breakfast in Hong Kong is quite cheap in general (compare with Europe).  It ranges from HK$5 a bun to $20 a breakfast set in "tea restaurant" or Chinese congee/porridge with side snack.

What Hong Kong people eat for breakfast?

Children, ladies and small eaters will be happy with a bun or two.  The buns are not very attractive by Western standard because the bread is light and too moist.  Varieties include sausage, ham and cheese, custard, luncheon meat, dry shredded pork, egg and ham and stuff like that.

Other Chinese style breakfast includes:

  • plain rice congee/porridge with fried noodle
  • plain rice congee/porridge with 'Yau Jar Qwei' (a crispy long deep fried rice flour pastry looks like a bread stick)
  • plain rice congee/porridge with 'Jar Leung' ('Jar' means deep fried so it's the 'Yau Jar Qwei' mentioned above wrapped in a roll of steamed rice flour pastry. The 'Yau Jar Qwei' is not crispy any more so I never like it!)
  • rice congee with minced meet and shredded lettuce or dry fish with peanut
  • A paper bag (lined with wax paper) of fried noodle with salty soya sauce and very little shredded ham and shredded carrot, cabbage.
  • 'Cheong Fan' - plain roll of steamed rice flour pastry mixed with your choice of salty soya sauce, sweet sauce and/or spicy mustard

 

Lunch choices in Hong Kong

Chinese people love 'dim sum'.  We normally say 'we go "Yam Char' which means drinking tea though the quality of tea serves in restaurants varied enormously.

What is 'Dim Sum'?  Dim sum is typically something small.  It can be very meaty or purely starch, or both.  Dim sum are mostly steam cooked though it can still be oily.  Traditional way is to serve it in a bamboo basket coz it helps to keep the food warm before it's sold to the customers.  You may find a list of 'Dim sum' in my "How To Have Dim Sum Guide".

How can I go 'Yam Char' or having 'dim sum'?

It's not too difficult but there are a few things you need to know.  It will make life simpler.  This is my "How To Have Dim Sum Guide".

 

Dinner choices in Hong Kong

 

 

Traditional Chinese foods you have to try include:

Dim Sum:

Savory 蝦餃 Shrimp dumpling
  燒賣 Minced pork and shrimp wrapped pastry
  腸粉 Minced beef/BBQ pork or shrimp wrapped in rice flour pastry
     
  煎蘿蔔糕 Fried turnip cake w/preserved pork
  煎芋頭糕 Fried yam cake
  糯米卷 Glutinous rice roll
  糯米雞 chicken and mushroom glutinous rice cooked in a lotus leaf
  糯米飯 Chinese sausage and preserved pork glutinous rice
  排骨 Pork rib in black bean sauce
  春卷 Spring rolls - normally with pork, vegetarian sometimes
     
Dessert 煎堆仔 Red bean paste wrapped in deep fried sesame pastry
  煎馬蹄糕 Fried water chestnut cake
  豆腐花 Sweet bean curd, ginger is optional
  紅豆沙 Red bean soup
  綠豆沙 Green bean soup, sometimes with sea weeds
  喳喳 Mixed beans soup (Malaysian style)
  芝麻糊 Black sesame soup
     
Something 鳳爪 Chicken feet
Different! 鴨腳扎 Duck feet
  牛肚 'Inside' of cow

 

Other regional cuisine:

Beijing 北京填鴨 Peking duck - crispy skin duck
  醬爆雞丁 Diced chicken in thick yummy sauce
  北京水餃 pork and vegetable dumpling in soup
  麻婆豆腐 Bean curd in a slight spicy sauce
  豆沙鍋餅 Dessert - egg roll / pancake filled with red bean paste
     
     

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