My annual break from mom duties was pretty much earlier for this year and to think we all made a mistake, unaware that MOE calender actually starts a week later and this trip totally clashed with Xavier's CA1. I tried my best to go through whatever I could with him before I departed and the rest which I could not finish, was up to him. Infact, this is something I wanted him to try and that is to self study without having me around. If you asked me any mom guilt during the trip, I would say no.
This year, it was Jenn, PC and me, I think it is very important to plan for a trip with like-minded friends. Last year, we discussed and decided to make Hong Kong our destination, a hiking trip it shall be since we do not really shop much and on International Women's Day, we flew!
This trip, we were blessed to have two of PC's friends with us, here I share a summary of the trip!
If you are looking for desserts apart from the well known Hui Lau Shan, we went to Sheung Tong [
嚐糖] around the vicinity of Mong Kok. I would not say this was fantastically nice but I thought it was not too bad!
This menu with the health benefits stated caught my eye!
Pretty interesting to find a variety of beans in it and sweetness level was just nice.
Note the closure timing for their break.
Address:
Sheung Tong Dessert Shop
Shop 3, Kwong Fai Building, 13 Kwong Wah Street, Mong Kok
旺角廣華街13號廣輝大廈3號舖 Hong Kong
In the land of Dim Sum, I would not want to return to Singapore with regrets without having to eat any at all even though this was not meant to be a makan trip. We managed to check out three tradtional old-school type of dim-sum with the staff pushing the dim sum trolley from table to table.
This restaurant is in Tsuen Wan just a few minutes walk away from our hotel- Panda Hotel. Nestled in the neighbourhood, in Hoi Lin Restaurant [海蓮茶楼] was mostly a scene of the locals enjoying their dim sum over tea and newspaper.
Address:
Hoi Lin Restaurant [海蓮茶楼]
G/F, Fuk Loi Estate,
Wing Ka House, 15-16 Hoi Pa Street,
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
I was googling and wanted to visit Duan Kee since it was not far from our hotel. I like traditional dim sum and that was why! Second day, we planned to hike at Tai Mo Shan and our Hong Kong friend brought us to Choi Lung Restaurant, a renowned restaurant in the neighbourhood!
You can choose to go to the upper floor and enjoy the dim sum with a view but the lower floor was not too bad too! We sat in the open and really enjoyed the food and cooling weather.
Expect no service here, from selecting the type of tea leaves, filling up the tea pot, to getting the dim sum you want, self service please.
And are the must order? You have to give their very fresh blanched watercress 西洋菜 a try! It came with blended fermented beancurd sauce, trust me it was really good when we dipped the vegetables to go along with the sauce. I read that their beancurd was a must try as well , made using spring water. now, why did I not read it earlier?! I did not managed to try that, this made it legit to revisit the next trip!
Do try
咸水角 and
蚬蚧鲮鱼球 that came with lala dipping sauce, pretty special I felt!
Incase if you are asking for this dish, in Cantonese, it is "
Heem Gai Leng Yu Kou".
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| 蚬蚧鲮鱼球 |
It was delish! the bite was filled with firm fish paste and not starchy.
This is rarely seen in most dim sum shops, black sesame roll. Good to try if you are a black sesame lover!
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| 芝麻卷 |
Address:
2 Chuen Lung Estate, Route Twisk
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
荃灣荃錦公路川龍村2號
In the vicinity of Central, is where Hongkong's iconic traditional dim sum - Lin Heung Tea House 莲香楼 was. Hearsay that this restaurant would ceased operation in end February but it was still operating when we visited. To be honest, nothing much to rave about the quality of food.
You have to be fast to get yourself seated and table sharing is a norm. Most of the patrons were made up of the older generation chit-chatting over tea, reading papers or analyzing horse-betting books.
Should you visit the tea house, upon seated,get your order chit ready, catch hold of the passing trolleys, choose what you want and get your card chopped. Popular dim sum like Har Kow is usually gone fast, so be kiasu abit and walk to the trolley instead of waiting for it to come by your table.
This dim sum below is similar to our Lor Mai Kai, the only dish I felt that it was really nice, the rest were below what I expected. This restaurant sells delicious walnut biscuits too. Get a few packs back would make great souvenirs!
Address:
Lin Heung Tea House 蓮香樓
162 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong (Sheung Wan MTR Exit E2)
Tel: +852 25444556 (Queue up very early)
Opening Hours: 6am – 10pm (Mon – Sun)
Last but not least, the fourth and the last dim sum restaurant we visited was Tao Heung Dim Sum. This name has plenty of branches and we managed to find one in Tsuen Wan by chance and we were told that all dim sum will be on 50% discount before 12pm. You bet that the restaurant was pretty full in the early morning with the locals. Found the dish we had at Choi Lung restaurant but we still gave our vote to the former! Nevertheless, this made PC happy! Click here to see the
list of outlets in Hong Kong.
And of course, not forgetting the one everyone would be having under the must-eat when you mention about Hong Kong trip- Australian Diary Co, a traditional Cha Chaan Teng in Jordan. Pretty lucky for us, there was no queue and yes, pretty nice staff we offered a stool for my big bag. We shared a meal between us to prevent over-eating and satisfied!
's steamed ginger milk pudding is a must for me whenever I made the visit. Eat it either hot or chilled, both tasted equally nice. I managed to step into one of the cafes while looking for Don's shoes along Nathan Road.
I am all satisfied !! Linking up with my
Hong Kong trip 2016 for more makan hunts! Hope you have enjoyed reading thus far! Drop me a comment if you have any nice recommendations to share!
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