This trip, we stuck mainly to very low-end casual dining ... predominantly at "Char Chan Tings". I guess we missed this so much as this kind of simple everyday food can only be found in these eateries in Hong Kong.
Some of the things we had was soup. The Cantonese are famous for their delicious double boiled soups.
For some reason or other (I can never figure it out), Hubby's favorite (and must-have) meal in Hong Kong is instant noodles with luncheon meat...
Another Hong Kong specialty is their roast goose ...
For one of our meals, I had char siu and chicken with egg noodles ... a very typical Cantonese noodle dish...
I also love this dish - garoupa fillet stirfried with spring onions and chilies and brinjal/eggplant ...
Fishball and fishcake with hor fan/flat rice noodles in soup ...
And of course, how can one ever leave Hong Kong without having dim sum? We had ours at Zen in Pacific Place, Admiralty MTR ...
As usual, I had my delicious Char Siew Sou ... this was perfection! The filling was delicious and the pastry light and crisp ... not soggy at all, which it's prone to being in many other places/countries.
Steamed beef balls scented with preserved orange peels ...
Siew Mai ...
Fried beancurd rolls with prawn/shrimp filling or simply "Foo Pei Kuin" ...
Pine nut vegetarian dumpling ... delicious!
While around Fa Yuen Kai, we stumbled upon this "Char Chan Ting", which I will definitely paying regular visits to everytime I go back to Hong Kong.
Their egg tarts were wonderful! Delicious light and crisp pastry that kept well (I had it the day after and it was still really good!). The filling was not only tasty but was also healthier as it wasn't overly sweet, as some could be. We actually returned to this char chan ting to buy more egg tarts the next day! (We also bought the coconut tart, which disappeared into our tummies before I could snap a shot ... sorry!)
We also bought a "pineapple" bun ...
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