A Food Tour through Hong Kong

Postcards from Asia, Part 16

Dear friends,

My favorite part of visiting a place is trying the food. In Hong Kong, my high school friend Kim took me to night markets in Tsim Shua Tsui and Mong Kok to taste the spectacular array of street food.

With Kim’s wife, parents, and grandma, we went to a dai pai dong, a type of open-air food stall, as well as a three-star Michelin restaurant for dim sum.

The best things I ate were home-cooked meals with Kim’s family. They invited me for poon choi, a Hakka festival meal full of succulent ingredients including duck and seafood.

This is only the start of the list as I ran out of room in this newsletter. But, I’ll be dreaming about Hong Kong’s food scene for years to come.

Until next week,

Ash

Night Markets and Street Food

Stinky tofu, the only food I tried that I didn’t like because of the smell

Egg waffles

Dai Pai Dong

An open-air stall famous in Hong Kong, only a few traditional ones are still in service, many have been shut down or relocated by the government.

Diners and Cafes

I could never turn down a HK diner for breakfast, lunch, or a milk tea or yuenyeung.

Signature pineapple bun

Michelin Star Restaurant

We went to the hotel where Kim and Rainbow were married to eat dim sum at the three-star Michelin restaurant that’s located there.

Family dinners and celebrations

Celebrating with poon choi, which loosely translates to “big bowl feast.” The dish was so savory and delicious, and it was fun to celebrate with Kim’s family.

Poon choi, sometimes translated as “big bowl feast”