Hong Kong Food Guide

Hong Kong is really a wonderful palace for foodies, no matter where they come from around the world. Offering a super large array of diverse kinds of food with mouthwatering flavoring soul, Hong Kong gives no reason for you not to taste its Hong Kong food culture once you land there. From local Cantonese cuisines, street snacks, to Michelin starred culinary surprises, various authentic exotic delicacies, etc., you will find a lot dotted around you. So, among Dim Sum in morning tea culture, Cha Chaan Teng (Hong Kong–style café) milk tea and pineapple bun, roasted meat, desserts… and other over 10,000 kinds of food in Hong Kong.

Dim Sum – Must-try Cantonese Breakfast

Yum Cha (Morning Tea) is a key Cantonese culture in Hong Kong. To know food culture in Hong Kong, you are highly recommended to enjoy the dim sum first. Over 1,000 kinds of cute pastries and desserts make the breakfast fine and warm with their family members. Shrimp Dumplings, Siu Mai, and Steamed BBQ Pork Bun are top not to be missed. Once you have a simple bite of the morsel, you will get the real top joy of the cate and why locals get up early to queue for the first fresh array and better seats. Don’t forget, those dim sums are photogetic for a good instagram post!

Cha Chaan Teng – Hong Kong Styled Café

Milk Tea and Pineapple Bun may represent the Cha Chaan Teng culture (fast food culture) in Hong Kong. The sweet milk tea with the fresh of black tea and smoothness of condensed or evaporated milk is usually a must-order for local Hong Kong people. Cloth used to filter the tea leaves and make the milk tea smoother look like the pantyhose, so the name of Pantyhose Milk Tea makes this drink more popular and easy to remember in the whole China and other places. Besides, the Pineapple Bun is the best match with the Milk Tea. However, you cannot find any pineapple in the bun. With the crispy and crusty top, the dish has its name and is really a big favor for a lot of visitors, with a hearty piece of butter. Also, the egg tarts with crispy covering and soft egg custard is also a must eat pastry there in Hong Kong Cha Chaan Teng.

Roast Goose – No.1 Cantonese Main Course

This typical traditional Cantonese cuisine is widely popular among locals and visitors. Every goose is carefully treated with over 20 kinds of ingredients and roasted in the oven to create the appetizing cuisine with particular crispy outside skin and tender juicy inside meat. The sweet and sour plum sauce is the best match to go with.

Egg Waffles – “Hot” Sweet Hong Kong Street Food with Joy

Called Gai Daan Jai in Cantonese pronunciation, this kind of street snack is very famous home and abroad. One piece of waffle with 20-35 small round egg “balls”, the egg waffle looks really cute. The freshly baked waffle with the fragrant flavor of the egg liquid can suddenly make you mouthwatering. You may hear the crunchy when biting the crispy outside and connection part of the waffle. Sounds and tastes interesting. Besides the original flavor, there are chocolate, matcha, cheese, etc. and even ice cream and oreo fillings to create more flavors and fun!

Beef Brisket – Nutritious Soft Specialty

Brisket, particularly the brisket noodles is a must-eat food in Hong Kong. The flavoring broth long and slow cooked with the tender beef brisket meat with special ingredients tastes really great. A simple bite can feel the soft of the brisket and beef tendon with much juice. That’s why so many people still join in the line for a taste of the legendary brisket in Hong Kong.

Char Siu – Signature Cantonese Sweet BBQ Pork

This barbecued style pork if one of the most favorites for foodies in Hong Kong. Sauced with mysterious recipes and baked with precise time and temperature, the pork meat not only looks tasteful but really can trap you with the juicy tender meat not too fatty or too lean. Besides, with the aromatic honey, fruit sauce, hoisin juice, etc., tasting Char Siu is a top pleasant thing in Hong Kong.

Desserts & Sweet Soups – Various Truthful Choices for All HK Foodies

Hong Kong is not only “hot”, but also very sweet. No matter traditional Cantonese styled sweet soups, or new styled Hong Kong styled desserts combining western flavors, desserts in Hong Kong are all fabulous to taste for a great mood. Among the hundreds of choices, Mango Pomelo Sago is the most famous one with fresh fruit aromas and pleasant milk smooth in cool feeling. Besides, Red Bean Soup, Black Sesame Sweet Soup, Green Bean Soup, Double-skin Milk Pudding, Tofu Pudding, and far more are also top best tries no matter how many times you have been to Hong Kong.

Wonton Noodle – Not-missing Big Shrimp Dumplings

Every bit of the wonton feels so satisfying, since they are made by about 70% shrimp and 30% pork meat with a thin and soft wrapper, the red shrimp can even be seen before your biting. The aroma of the meat with the refreshing Jook Sing Noodles (Bamboo Pole Noodles) and the fresh Kailan or other vegetables makes this one dish a perfect pleasure for taste buds. After finishing the noodles, the lightly salty soup is a good refreshing for a good aftertaste.

Claypot Rice – Locals’ Warm Favorite in Winter

This traditional type of food is favored by Hongkongers and other Cantonese people, especially in winter for the warm and appetizing flavors. Cooked in the clay pot, the meat, vegetables and particularly the rice and rice crust give you an unforgettable fantastic tasting experience. There are more than 20 kinds of tastes you can choose, among which mushroom with chicken, roast duck and Char Siu are best favored.

Fish Balls – Featured Bouncy Meat Street Food

Strictly kneaded, the meat of sea fishes or freshwater fishes with peculiar seasonings, salt, etc. finally attains the tender and “bouncy” texture. Usually deep fried or boiled in broth, the fish balls are go with curry or sweet sauce as famous Hong Kong street snacks with low prices. Furthermore, a lot of restaurants offer Fish Ball Noodles with light flavors and keep the fresh of the sea fish. Why not have a simple bite to sate your feeling of your taste buds and teeth.