Let's eat in Hong Kong - Homemade Soya Beancurd

We went to this shop at the Hong Kong island called Auntie Sweet, on our way for a haircut.

Auntie Sweet is a dessert shop and there was a picture of So Sze Wong (a pretty famous HK celebrity-cum-food-critic) recommending this place.

I used to watch her shows and I know that in general, she does not like desserts. If this is a place she recommends - it means that it has to be really good.

I ordered a house special - soya beancurd with durians.

Soyabean and durians are not things you would associate together. Surely the strong taste of durian would cancel out the more delicate taste of soyabeans? And the texture of the 2 put together did not seem appealing. But I ordered the dish nonetheless out of sheer curiousity.

It turned out to be rather interesting. Even though the durian taste was very strong, somehow the distinct flavour of the soyabean curd came through too. But it was just an interesting dessert.. not something I would crave for.

The Husband does not eat durian. So he ordered their homemade soya beancurd. It was really really good. 5 stars out of 5! The soya beancurd was made on the spot after we ordered it. It was silky soft... and so smooth it just glides through your mouth, into your throat.

As with many of the better beancurd in Hong Kong, they don't serve the beancurd with sugar syrup. Rather, they provide a box of red sugar. The red sugar melts upon contact with the piping hot beancurd and turns into this sticky thing that clings on to the beancurd. (Red sugar definitely works better than sugar syrup.. which glides off the beancurd too easily. Hm....I wonder why the soya bean stalls in Singapore don't use red sugar)

The soya beancurd came in a cute mini wooden barrel..

甜姨姨私房甜品 Auntie Sweet

Add: 96-A4 Electric Road, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
See here for link to openrice.com

Let's eat in Hong Kong - Dim Sum

Dim sum is one of the must have for every trip I make to Hong Kong.

My favourite is definitely dim sum at the Sheraton Hotel at Tsim Sha Tsui.

I didn't manage to go there this time. Instead, we went to a very old restaurant at Tsim Sha Tsui. It is a restaurant located at the basement of a building at Tsim Sha Tsui. According to The Husband, this restaurant has been there for a very long time.. as long as he can remember and THAT is a really long time.

The restaurant has an easy to remember name - Deng Hou.. or "Very Good Restaurant" in English. It is a really old place - the kind that looked like it had a glorious past. It has formal looking but old furnishings.. and very experienced/ elderly waitresses.

The food is not the best you can get but almost everything is above average.

I like the har-gau (prawn dumplings) the best. The skin is very thin.. yet stretchy and slightly chewy. The prawns are fresh, juicy and slightly crunchy. A good prawn dumpling is surely the test of a dim sum restaurant and in this aspect, Deng Hou passed with flying colours.

The other must try item is the pan-fried cheong-fan (rice noodle roll). The cheong-fan is nice and soft but pan-fried til crispy on the outside. Yummy!

Everything else we had was pretty good - although I think the steam buns were not that fantastic. The fillings were good but the skin was rather tough.

Our brunch for 3 turned out to be only about HKD150. That's less than SGD30! I was a little too stunned by the bill.. In Singapore, that'd be the price for 1 person.. and the food might not be as good.

頂好海鮮酒家 Very Good Restaurant

Address: 90 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong‎
Tel: 2366 5660‎

Let's eat in Hong Kong - Afternoon Tea

For some reason, afternoon tea is a big thing in Hong Kong. At least that is the impression I get because almost every restaurant and tea shops offers some sort of afternoon tea sets.

The options available for afternoon tea is definitely much more in Hong Kong. Which partly explains why I was only in Hong Kong for four days and as you can see, I had 4 afternoon teas there this time. And one of the day was fully occupied by the wedding! (So I must have had afternoon tea twice on one of the days... Oh.. I don't know.. I can't remember.)

I like the fact that some tea shops in Hong Kong bother to make their own bread and pastry. And some change their afternoon tea sets every so often so that you get to have something different each time. There are also things on the menu that for some reason, shops in Singapore never seem to offer - like a very simple sandwich with omelette.

Left: Red bean drink with vanilla ice-cream and coffee jelly

Right: Grilled pork bun and curry fish balls (my favourite HK street snack)

Good Portuguese egg tart from Macau Restaurant. 

The iced coffee that they have is one of my favourites in HK!

A simple yet delicious afternoon tea - iced milk tea with egg

omelette sandwiches and piping hot egg tarts, fresh out of the oven!

No trip to Hong Kong is complete without a visit to Kam Hua, 

my favourite haunt for freshly baked pineapple buns and good milk tea. 

See a previous post about this place.. and try the breads out in your next trip to HK!