Well, we didn't go to as many good food places as we'd like to, but every meal we had was awesome anyway! So, let me share some of the most remarkable ones with their addresses in case you're keen on trying the next time you pop by HK:
Breakfast:
Mido Cafe
Address: 63 Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei
Phone: 2384-6402
We went there for the cafe's 1950s charm and delicious buttered 'bo lo bao' (called 'bo lo yao' - oily 'bo lo bao') and milk tea.
Tsui Wah Restaurant
Address: 15-19 Wellington street, Central
Web: http://www.tsuiwahrestaurant.com
We went there for typical Hong Kong breakfast, but ended up ordering only milk tea and 'gai zai bao' (crispy yet soft toasted bun spread with butter and condensed milk). We watched in awe how the slender HK people down their bowls of instant noodles (with a variety of garnishing from luncheon meat to beef), 'gai za bao' and milk tea.
Dim sum
Foo Lum Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant
Address: G/F, Auto Plaza, 65 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Telephone: 2723-8132
Web: http://www.foolumgroup.com
This was the only dim sum restaurant we went to this trip; simply didn't have the time, plus there were so many other things to try too! We found this restaurant in a Singapore foodie magazine, and since it's close to where we stayed (Chungking Mansions), we decided to pop by the morning following our arrival in HK. Delicious dim sum, and definitely a lot more affordable than eating in Singapore!
Indian
Branto Pure Indian Vegetarian Club
Address: 1/F, 9 Lock Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Telephone: 2366-8171
This Indian restaurant is hidden on the first floor (which is level 2) of a building. One needs to use the intercom and punch in the codes as per the instruction sheet by the door. The food is good, but be warned of the huge meal portions. Yup, there's only one size, so you cannot choose a S-sized meal.
Chinese
Lung Wah Hotel (Restaurant)
Address: 22 Ha Wo Che, Sha Tin
Telephone: 2691-1594
Web: http://www.lungwahhotel.hk
This restaurant is the original inventor of roasted pigeon. Aside from the trademark pigeon dishes, Lung Wah also serves up other great Cantonese dishes and to top it all, a wonderful cozy and amiable ambience. It's a little hidden up a slope, its architecture resembles more of a temple than a restaurant, and with a name that says "hotel", one could easily walk past it anticipating a high-rise hotel instead. So, check the local map before heading out the Sha Tin MTR, walk about 10 mins and be on high alert for the 2 sign boards (side by side) which say "Sheung Wo Che" and "Ha Wo Che" respectively. They're at the foot of an overhead bridge, and when you look beyond the signboards, you'll see the restaurant in all of its red glory.
Dessert
Hui Lau Shan/Xu Liu Shan (许留山) Mango Desserts
Address: A franchise with stores in most places including Tsim Sha Tsui, Mongkok, Causeway Bay, etc
Delicious mango dessert. Need I say more?
Street food
Fishballs 鱼蛋 and "Yong Tau Foo"
Address: Most places
Dip the fishballs in hot and spicy curry broth, pop em in your mouth and let em sizzle! Pick your choice of "yong tau foo" (not that there's as wide a variety as compared to what we have here in Singapore/Malaysia), the store attendant will boil em, put em in paper bags with wooden skewers with which you will eat the sizzling hot "yong tau foo"!
