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WORTH IT! 🇰 HONG KONG EDITION Beyond its repute as an international finance hub, Hong Kong is also renowned for its exquisite food and amazing shopping experience. Although the city is known for being one of the most expensive cities (for basically everything) in the world, there are also great local food and sightseeing spots for an absolute bargain! Here is a quick and short guide to Hong Kong’s iconic food and sightseeing spots!
to soon expand and open another shop in Sham Shui Po. Serving such high quality and authentic Hong Kong cuisine at such a low price, you should not miss this place when visiting the city.
Food
Picture 3: Roast geese + BBQ pork rice at Yat Lok Roast Geese
TIM HO WAN - AFFORDABLE MICHELIN-STAR DIM SUM Available in six locations, for details please visit: http://www.timhowan.com/
Picture 1: 蝦餃 (Har-gow) at Tim Ho Wan
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Cost: $ Dim Sum is perhaps one of the most iconic Hong Kong cuisines - with a variety of small dishes, dumplings, buns, and desserts in one sitting. Dubbed the “world’s cheapest Michelinstarred restaurant,” this food chain in the city is renowned for offering small bite-sized delicacies (a.k.a. Dim Sum) for ridiculously low prices, but with a taste that can match, or even exceed, the quality of some high-end boutique restaurants. The chain offers over 30 dims sum options, from savory options like shrimp dumplings (HK$28), 蝦餃 har gow (pic 1), to delicious desserts like osmanthus flower jelly with Goji berries (HK$12/3pcs), 桂kwai fa go (pic 2). They have six locations in the city, with locations in most major districts. The first chain opened in Mong Kok in 2009, when two Four Season hotel chefs, Mak Kwai Pui and Leung Fai Keung. At first glance, it just seemed like any other small Dim Sum eatery - serving authentic local Dim Sum in a small cramped corner shop. However, in 2010, when it received a Michelin one-star accreditation, queues went insane and the owners had
Picture 2: Kwai-fa-go (桂花糕) at Tim
YAT LOK GOOSE G/F, 34-38 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong Opening Hours: 10am – 9pm (Mon-Sat), 10am – 5.30pm (Sun). Day Off every last Wednesday of the month Rating:
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Cost: $ Just like Tim Ho Wan, Yat Lok has been awarded the Michelin one-star accreditation, and also serves delicious Hong Kong cuisine in the most local and authentic way possible. The menu is as simple as it gets: one choice of roasted meat and their choice of carb. The
most renowned roast goose + BBQ pork rice will cost you HK$58 (pic 3), with other combinations ranging from HK$60-80. Despite its simple presentation, the crispy goose skin, combined with the layer of fat, tender goose meat underneath, and the plum sauce provides an amazing sensation hard to put into words. As you step foot into the small shop located in Central, the interior will remind you of small hostels, where tables and chairs are set up inches from each other, and waiters serving up dishes to customers nonstop. The restaurant is notorious for its poor service, but most would agree that the amazing food would make up for it. The fast and simple service allows customers to finish meals and leave the restaurant in less than 30 minutes - almost like an oriental adaptation of fast food. But despite the service, many still argue it is one of the most authentic and traditional roasted meats restaurants in Hong Kong.
Sightseeing Just like food, there are plenty of budgetfriendly experiences in Hong Kong. No matter if you have a budget (or no budget at all), there’s a place for everyone to have fun - as long as you know where to look!
