🥟 Food
Dim sum, cha chaan teng, street food and where locals actually eat.
Dim sum guide
A first-timer's guide to dim sum in Hong Kong: what to order, yum cha etiquette, and where the tradition comes from.
Street food
Hong Kong street food guide: curry fish balls, egg waffles, stinky tofu, and where the tradition is strongest.
Cha chaan teng culture
What a cha chaan teng is: Hong Kong's classic diner culture, milk tea, and the dishes that define it.
Fine dining & Michelin
Fine dining in Hong Kong: the Michelin scene, why it's so dense, and how to approach booking it.
Cafés & coffee culture
Hong Kong's café and coffee scene: third-wave coffee shops alongside the city's older cha chaan teng milk-tea tradition.
Vegetarian & vegan eating
Eating vegetarian or vegan in Hong Kong: Buddhist vegetarian restaurants, and how to navigate a meat-heavy food culture.
Seafood guide
Seafood in Hong Kong: Lamma Island and Sai Kung's live-tank restaurants, and how to order without overpaying.
Hong Kong-style “Western” food
“Soy sauce Western” food: Hong Kong's own take on Western dishes, born from cha chaan teng kitchens.
Where to get dim sum: named restaurants
Where to actually get dim sum in Hong Kong: Tim Ho Wan and the relocated Lin Heung Tea House, checked and current.
Legendary local eateries
Three legendary, still-open Hong Kong institutions: Kau Kee's beef brisket, Mak's Noodle wontons, and Australia Dairy Company's scrambled eggs.
Egg tarts & old-school bakeries
Tai Cheong Bakery and Hong Kong's egg tart tradition: where the city's most famous pastry comes from.
Roast meats (siu mei): where to get it
Where to get siu mei (roast meats) in Hong Kong: Yat Lok's Michelin-starred roast goose, verified and current.
Noodles & congee: everyday comfort food
Noodles and congee in Hong Kong: wonton noodles, beef brisket, and the rice porridge that's a genuine comfort-food staple.
Hot pot & sweet dessert soups (tong sui)
Hot pot and tong sui: Hong Kong's communal winter dining tradition, and the sweet dessert soups eaten year-round.
Tea culture: bubble tea, Chinese tea & tea houses
Tea culture in Hong Kong: milk tea, Chinese tea houses, and the bubble tea trend that spread worldwide from nearby Taiwan.
Wet markets: how to visit one properly
Visiting a Hong Kong wet market: what they actually are, basic etiquette, and why they're worth a look even if you're not cooking.
Late-night eating (siu yeh)
Siu yeh: Hong Kong's late-night eating culture, from 24-hour cha chaan teng to post-karaoke noodle runs.
South Asian food & Chungking Mansions
South Asian food in Hong Kong: Chungking Mansions' curry scene, and a genuinely long-established community's cuisine.
Modern Cantonese & fusion dining
Modern Cantonese and fusion dining in Hong Kong: a newer generation of chefs reworking tradition rather than replacing it.
Hakka, Chiu Chow & other regional Chinese cuisines
Beyond Cantonese: Hakka, Chiu Chow, Shanghainese and other regional Chinese cuisines with real, long-established communities in Hong Kong.
Modern desserts & ice cream trends
Modern desserts and ice cream trends in Hong Kong, alongside the older tong sui tradition already covered.
Breakfast culture: from congee to a fry-up
Breakfast in Hong Kong: congee and cha chaan teng sets sit alongside a full Western-style fry-up, often on the same menu.
Southeast Asian food in Hong Kong
Southeast Asian food in Hong Kong: Filipino, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese communities and the food they've brought with them.
Banquet & wedding-dinner food
Banquet and wedding-dinner food in Hong Kong: the multi-course format and dishes chosen specifically for their symbolism.
Bakery breads & buns beyond egg tarts
Hong Kong bakery culture beyond egg tarts: pineapple buns, cocktail buns, and the everyday Chinese bakery.
Toast, sandwiches & French toast, HK-style
Hong Kong-style toast and sandwiches: French toast, condensed-milk-drenched thick toast, and the cha chaan teng sandwich menu.
Preserved meats: lap cheong & waxed meats
Lap cheong and waxed meats: Hong Kong's preserved sausage and cured meat tradition, especially visible in winter.
Convenience store snack culture
Hong Kong convenience store culture: 7-Eleven and Circle K as a genuine food destination, not just a backup option.
Hong Kong's craft beer scene
Hong Kong's craft beer scene: local breweries, taprooms, and how the industry has grown from almost nothing over the past decade.
Korean & Japanese food in Hong Kong
Korean and Japanese food in Hong Kong: a genuinely deep local presence, not just an imported trend.
Private kitchens & supper clubs
Private kitchens in Hong Kong: unlicensed, often unmarked restaurants run out of home-style spaces, and how to find one.
Farmers markets & the local-organic movement
Farmers markets and the local-organic movement in Hong Kong: small-scale New Territories farming meets a growing city market.