If you've never been to Hong Kong or you're looking for a crash course
to Hong Kong culinary delights, this tour is it. This tour is
specifically designed to cover all the basics, and all the must eats
listed in your guide books, basically the things you need to eat to
say you've been to Hong Kong. We will however, change up the setting
from Hong Kong Island (where most of you will be staying) to Sham Shui
Po in KOWLOON because while it's the poorest district in Hong Kong,
it's also well known amongst the locals to be a food haven. There,
we've done it, we've told you our little secret. Around Sham Shui Po,
there are a bunch of Michelin starred and recommended places around
but you won't even know it from the looks of the hole-in-the-wall
restaurants.We start off with some good ol' char siu, Hong Kong style
BBQ pork in a glistening sweet and glorious dark soy marinade. After a
romp around the wet markets, where chefs and locals alike buy their
produce, then it's off to follow the waft of the eggy aromatic scent
of egg waffles, a super popular street food in Hong Kong. A trip to
the Chinese Herbalist to get our tongues read to see how healthy we
are and then, it's off to one of the most quinessential meals in Hong
Kong, dimsum. We'll try our favourite dimsum dish from the world's 2nd
cheapest Michelin starred restaurant (1-star) before heading over to
Mong Kok.
Wonton noodles are next to taste, but not before you watch the master
make the noodles and wonton wrappers from a bamboo pole. To finish
everything off, we'll head into the ultimate place to try Hong Kong
cuisine, a cha chaan teng (Sino British Cafe) to have the Hong Kong
styled milk tea, probably the most famous drink in Hong Kong, and to
finish everything off with a French toast, Hong Kong style. Bring a
camera because it's total vintage, retro 1950's vibes here, right down
to the rather brisk and terse service!
PS. We don't cover anything mind-blowing that's not already in your
tour guidebooks (that's our other tour, Hong Kong's Off the Eaten Path
Food Tour in Whampoa). This is Intro to Hong Kong foods 101 and it's
dang tasty! We love supoorting mom & pop shops and hole-in-the-walls
so we've handpicked our food partners based on the merits of delicious
food and a great story to back it up with (but not so much in terms of
decor and ambience).
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Outside of Sham Shui Po MTR station, Exit A2.
Sham Shui Po MTR station, Exit A2., Kowloon, Hong Kong, HK