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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
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Breakfast in Hong Kong is quite cheap in general (compare
with Europe). It ranges from HK$5 a bun to $20 a breakfast set which
can be vaguely western like egg and sausage with buttered toast and a drink
or Chinese congee/porridge with 'Yau Jar Qwei' - crispy deep fried rice flour pastry
that looks like a bread stick.
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
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Lunch choices in Hong Kong
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"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".
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".
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Dinner choices in Hong Kong
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Traditional Chinese foods you have to try include:
Dim Sum:
| Savory |
蝦餃 |
Shrimp dumpling |
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燒賣 |
Minced pork and shrimp wrapped pastry |
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腸粉 |
Minced beef/BBQ pork or shrimp wrapped in rice flour pastry |
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煎蘿蔔糕 |
Fried turnip cake w/preserved pork |
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煎芋頭糕 |
Fried yam cake |
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糯米卷 |
Glutinous rice roll |
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糯米雞 |
chicken and mushroom glutinous rice cooked in a lotus leaf |
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糯米飯 |
Chinese sausage and preserved pork glutinous rice |
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排骨 |
Pork rib in black bean sauce |
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春卷 |
Spring rolls - normally with pork, vegetarian sometimes |
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| Dessert |
煎堆仔 |
Red bean paste wrapped in deep fried sesame pastry |
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煎馬蹄糕 |
Fried water chestnut cake |
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豆腐花 |
Sweet bean curd, ginger is optional |
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紅豆沙 |
Red bean soup |
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綠豆沙 |
Green bean soup, sometimes with sea weeds |
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喳喳 |
Mixed beans soup (Malaysian style) |
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芝麻糊 |
Black sesame soup |
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| Something |
鳳爪 |
Chicken feet |
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鴨腳扎 |
Duck feet |
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牛肚 |
'Inside' of cow |
Other regional cuisine:
| Beijing |
北京填鴨 |
Peking duck - crispy skin duck |
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醬爆雞丁 |
Diced chicken in thick yummy sauce |
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北京水餃 |
pork and vegetable dumpling in soup |
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麻婆豆腐 |
Bean curd in a slight spicy sauce |
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豆沙鍋餅 |
Dessert - egg roll / pancake filled with red bean paste |
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