Hong Kong, Wan Chai (灣仔)
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| Location of Wan Chai district (shaded light green) on north shores of Hong Kong island. |
Central is west of it, and Causeway Bay where Times Square is located, is east of it. To the north of Gloucester Road is considered North Wan Chai. Wan Chai is very heavily populated and historically was famous for playing host to the 1960s American love story, "The World of Suzie Wong". The main character Suzie Wong was a prostitute played unforgettably by Nancy Kwan.
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| Billboard "The World of Suzie Wong" |
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| Wan Chai Road market |
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| Bowrington Road Cooked Food market |
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| Noticed the almost full size goat at the side, minus the top part of its head. |
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| The live sea food was so fresh that most of the prawns were jumping onto the roadside to escape, and the fishes were still gasping desperately to breath. |
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| The golden pomfret was jumping and twisting all it can. |
There are many small eateries around the Wan Chai Road market shops. We landed in this yutiao and dou-nai shop...and this was an "in-between" tummy tucker.. Dou-nai or dou-jiang is called soya bean juice back home.
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| The crowded shop interior. Make sure no false moves! |
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| Yutiao does not look too appetizing |
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| Chee cheong fun |
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| How we should eat yutiao - dipped in dou-nai. |
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| The "kitchen" at the front of the Wan Chai Road shop |
The "service" was very rough - and if one was not careful - will be covered with sauce, dou-nai or something worse!? But it all came at a "runaway" price of HKD28!
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| Morrison Hills Street - in front of our hotel |
Kao Kee Beef Brisket - lunch
Kao Kee is one of the restaurants we wanted to visit previously (on a sunday) but couldn't because its closed on sundays. Its at No. 21 Gough Street in Central. Kao Kee is a no-frills eatery as can see from the photos below.
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| Front of queue getting into Kao Kee |
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| Wagyu beef rice noodle |
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| Beef brisket with rice noodle |
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| Beef brisket with yee-meen |
The total bill came up to about HKD550. We saw some people having the curry noodles beef brisket and that looked good. Next time we shall try the curry version.
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| Iced nai-cha |
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| The long queues getting into Kao Kee |
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| A wee-fi on the queue. |
Flower Drum - lunch
We go now from the no-frills Gao Kee to the exquisite fine-dining restaurant Flower Drum!
Not to be mistaken for a branch of the Melbourne restaurant of same name, this Flower Drum is a definite "breath of fresh air" in the Hong Kong cuisine we been savoring these last few days. The food is simple and yet well presented, and very tasty.
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| The entrance to Flower Drum is so tucked-away that we were standing right in front and couldn't find the restaurant. |
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| "Flower Drum" |
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| Set menu on brass at table |
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| Supreme soup of the day - Cantaloupe, sea conch and chicken stock. |
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| Honey BBQ pork (Miyazaki Marumi), double fried eggs (Kyushu egg) with steamed rice. |
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| Traditional salted yellow chicken with fried rice (and Himalayan rock salt). |
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| Chilli, sugar and salt for the more sophisticated taste buds |
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| Wild bamboo fungus, sliced fish maw, Rice Noodle in Shark bone soup! |
Maybe lunch is more simple, and our bill was HKD832. We did not have quantity but the quality of food and service, is astounding!
Fook Lam Moon - dinner
Fook Lam Moon is a Michelin star restaurant we have been to this Wan Chai restaurant almost at every visit to Hong Kong. Its more than half a century old, and calls itself the Hong Kong tycoons' canteen. In Wan Chai, its located at No. 35-45 Johnston Road.
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| Steamed prawns |
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| Crackling roast pork and char siew |
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| Juicy roast char siew! |
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| Roast chicken |
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| Stir-fried kai-lan |
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| Minced meat cooked in the rice claypot |
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| Claypot rice served in individual bowls to us. |
Without the claypot rice, we would have been just nice (not too full) but the last veg and rice pushed us over the top. The bill was about SGD500.
Capital Cafe - breakfast
Capital Cafe is one the top rated cha chaan teng, famous for its scrambled egg toast and condensed milk bun and milk tea (nai-cha). It is located at 6 Heard Street, on the ground floor of Kwong Sang Hong Building.
Literally translated, a cha chaan teng is a "tea house" in English.
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| Luncheon meat with toast bread - my personal favorite for any time of day! |
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| Macaroni soup with ham |
Yee Tung Heen - lunch
Yee Tung Heen is a Michelin star restaurant on the 2nd floor of Excelsior Hotel on Gloucester Road in Wan Chai. We had a corporate dinner here in February 2018.
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| Spring rolls or chun kuen. |
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| Siew lung pau |
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| Beef balls |
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| Har gow - prawn dumplings |
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| Fried beancurd |
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| Pickled pomelo cucumber |
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| Chilled jelly fish |
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| Chee cheong fun - shrimp rice roll. |
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| Dumpling soup |
This delectable lunch came up to under HKD900. This is reasonable for what we would easily have paid for fine Cantonese dim-sum lunch in Singapore.
Kam's Roast Goose - in-between meals
Kam's roast goose is in Singapore except that its duck and not goose they serve. The quality is very good. They have a Michelin star and the queue to go in was long. I had to wait for more than half an hour. But this is my second time in as many years coming here.
From our hotel in Morrison Hills, it was a short walk to the restaurant at 226 Hennessy Road. Hennessy Road is almost parallel to Wan Chai Road at this stretch.
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| For takeaways, the queue is where the lady in red stands (after paying for the stuff) |
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| Michelin star medallions to the right and left of the painting |
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| Their century eggs that's gooey at the yolk, are very good, and we came to take some home. |
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| Our raison d'etre - the roast goose! |
The Chairman restaurant - dinner
The Chairman is one of Hong Kong's most recognised "towkay" restaurants. It's simple and yet classy. Its located on a hill at No. 18 Kau U Fong in Central Hong Kong.
The Chairman is very near Kao Kee on Gough Street. We walked down to Wellington Street all the way to the Yung Kee restaurant side to catch a taxi back to Morrison Hills, soaking in the night life on this famous street.
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| The main "Big Boss" entrance |
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| Century eggs - its soft and the yolk is "gooey". This is the way we like it, because the common home varietal have whole egg at same texture. |
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| Century egg with sweet ginger slices. |
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| Flower crabs hor-fun |
The flower crab is steamed in hua-teow qiu (wine).
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| This is the restaurant's signature dish, and important reason why we come here. |
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| Roast beef ribs |
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| Mui-choy on Kai-lan |
This interesting combination is a must-try at home.
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| Roasted pigeon |
A very satisfying dinner came up to HKD2,400. Its not inexpensive but the iconic flower crab hor-fun is worth it on its own!
Kam Kee - breakfast
We had breakfast at this simple shop just opposite our hotel on Morrison Hills.
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| Shredded squid with ham with macaroni |
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| Almond tea with egg white - I can never resist this! |
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| Satay beef, ginger strips, with instant noodles. |
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| Comfort food for breakfast. |
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| The ham macaroni set - with nai-cha, toasted bread and two fried eggs |
Sun Hang Yuen cafe - brunch or in-between
Sun Hang Yuen is also one of the more famous cha chaan teng in Wan Chai. It is located at 18 Cross Street, Wan Chai.
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| Wanton soup |
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| Braised minced beef sandwich - the specialty of the house. |
Shopping in Wan Chai
We came to Hong Kong to eat and shop. The shopping for "dry goods" for the Chinese New Year festivities was mainly here (below) in the Sham Sui Po district.
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