SPD3159FOODS IN HONG KONG-Sweetheart cake 老婆餅

A sweetheart cake is a traditional Chinese pastry with flaky and thin skin made with winter melon, almond paste, and sesame, and spiced with five spice powder (Chinese spice blend of fennel seed, star anise, licorice root and cloves). Sweetheart cake also known as or wife cake, which is the literal translation of Low Paw Bang from Cantonese dialect. There are many classes held in Hong Kong for making sweetheart cakes. The sweetheart cake, though it has such a long history, is still popular among many in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Many people in Hong Kong, as well as professional chefs, bake also "modern" varieties of this cake.

There has a story about the wife cake. The man went searching for his wife after he earned enough money to buy her back. In his search, he had a cup of tea at a local teahouse, when he suddenly recognized the pastry they were serving with the tea. They were reunited at the teahouse.

In Hong Kong, Hang Heung Cake Shop and Wing Wah Cake shop are well known brand produce cake especially wife cake. I suggest that you may go to Wing Wah to buy that cake, because they provide the fresh wife cake to you.


By Gabriel Tsui

SPD3159FOODS IN HONG KONG- Dragon's beard candy

Dragon's beard candy or  called Chinese cotton candy, is a traditional Chinese sweet similar to spun sugar found in many Chinese communities. It is said to have been invented for the emperor about 2,000 years ago It consists of many very fine strands of sugar, giving it the imagined appearance and consistency of a fine beard, like that of a dragon.

Preparation
The candy is made by cooking a saturated maltose solution until it has thickened and then leaving it to chill into a solid puck. The resulting solid, which is elastic, is formed into a torus and then repeatedly pulled and folded over, doubling the number of strands after each repetition. While the candy is being folded it is kept covered in toasted glutinous flour, in order to keep the strands from sticking together.

You can find more details in the following link
Dragon Beard Candy in Hong Kong

Written By Matthew Wong

spd3159foods in Hong Kong- Traditional cake shop-Kee Tsui Cake Shop奇趣餅家

The traditional cake shops are becoming lesser and lesser in HK. Today I would like to introduce you guys one the tradition cake shops in HK- Kee Tsui cake shop奇趣餅 家 which is located at no.135 Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok (near Price Edward MTR station Exit B2)

Kee tsui cake shop was established since 1984, this is the only cake shop still operating in Fa Yuen Street. As you may know , you can find a fabulous fashion clothe in Fa Yuen STreet at a relatively low price, it was a shopping market like ladies street.

The following items are the most popular in Kee Tsui Cake Shop:

1.Preserved bean source biscuit雞仔餅

This is made with a sticky texture with preserved bean source flavor(南乳)

2.Crispy chips牛耳仔

This is a kind of chip made with sugar and vegetarian oil.

 

3. Coconut Soft cake with red bean(豆 沙 燒 餅)

they are rich with blended red bean  and inside the sticky soft cake,  buy it at the time those soft cake are come out form the oven in order to enjoy a better taste.

P.S Preserved bean source biscuit雞仔餅 has a high statured fats, we advise not to consume excessive piece of it.

 by tracy wong

souce:
articile: The Miracle of Kee Tsui Cake Shop form Apple daily newspaper

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SPD 3159 FOOD Boy Grass Jelly B 仔涼粉 (佳記甜品 Kei Kee Dessert )

          Today, I want to introduce one famous dessert in Yuen Long to you. It is Boy Grass Jelly in Kei Kee Dessert.

    The B Boy Grass Jelly includes fruits, grass jelly, nata de coco toppings and milk.

You can find the fruits are fresh and varied. There are papaya, peach, lychee, jackfruit, hami melon, melon and kiwi. Also, the grass jelly base could be changed for a different base - sago or tofu or something else.

      If you want to order a Big size it is 60 HKD$ but it is each for five peoples to eat. So, you should consider what size of food you can eat.

        In addition, there also have other snacks worth for you to try once like Mochi(燸米糍) , steamed vermicelli roll (腸粉)

         

         It is one special dessert in Hong Kong; I believe that you can feel fresh after trying this dessert.

There are one link for you all to refer the menu:

http://www.yl.hk/b/i_menu.htm

The place of the kei kee Dessert

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=1633&mapType=1 

BY Lucas Tsang

          

Spd3159 Food Chung Kee Dessert (松記糖水)

Hong Kong has too many dessert stalls, such as, Hong Kong Honeymoon Dessert(滿記), Lucky Dessert(發記), Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert (許留山)and so on. I think most of you had heard above dessert stalls. Therefore, I would like to introduce you Chung Kee Dessert (松記糖水) to all of you.

Chung Kee Dessert established in 1991. The first stall is established in 芝麻糊), Douhua(豆腐花), Red bean soup(紅豆沙), Peanut paste soup (花生糊)and Sweet potato soup (番薯糖水)etc. However, besides those dessert, they are also have many emerging dessert such as Black Pearl (黑珍珠), Sai mai lo (西米露), water chestnut (馬蹄露) etc. I am highly recommended to try it.

By Gabriel Tusi



馬蹄露黑珍珠





 Black Pearl (黑珍珠)





番薯糖水



SPD3159 SPD 3159 Chinken Hot Pot(雞煲)

We have introduced many Hong Kong foods already. All of them are very delicious, and famous. But those of the food you can found it in Hong Kong guide. This time, I am going to introduce some food which you may not found in and guide book --Chicken hot pot.

Chicken hot pot cannot be named as famous in Hong Kong. But it doesn’t mean it is not delicious.

Chicken hot pot is a pot which contain chicken and spice like onion ,coriander(芫茜),ginger ,chili etc. The way the mix with the ingredient is perfect. Of course, only this ingredient cannot mix such a good taste of the chicken hot pot. I believe they have their own secret to adjust the taste.

  

Chicken hot pot doesn’t like traditional hot pot, when it served on the table; the chicken is already place in the pot. When the soup in the pot is boiled, you can add more additional side dishes in the pot, like beef, vegetable, noodles. You can add everything whatever you like.

This is the menu of the shop

For me, I like to add noodles in to the pot. Because the sauce is the spirit of the chicken hot pot, after the noodles absorb the sauce of the chicken and spice, it becomes the most delicious food in the pot.       

This is the address of the shop

八麵棧

元朗豐年路7-11號豐年樓地下

By Kiki

Sham Tsai Kee(深仔記) - Cantonese Wonton Noodles (廣東雲吞麵) Store

In Japan, we should try some Ramen (拉麵) or Udon (烏冬麵).
In Itali, we should try some pastas (意大利麵).
In Sichuan, we should try some Sichuan noodles with peppery sauce (擔擔麵).

So... Which kind of noodle we should try in Hong Kong?

The answer is Cantonese Wonton Noodles (廣東雲吞麵).
As implied in the name, there are includes Wontons and noodles.
In this blog, I will introduce a famous shop by produced fantastic Cantonese Wonton Noodles for you.
Please keep reading!!


Wonton, also called wantan, wanton, or wuntun.
In China, there are many different countries have their own characteristic of making Wonton.
And in Hong Kong, most Wonton is making of fresh shrimps, pork, and ginger.
Also, Wonton is very stress on tasty soup to boil it.
In fact, there are lots of Cantonese noodle stores in Hong Kong.
However, only few of them are using shrimp eggs(蝦子) to produce a fantastic soup for Wonton Noodles, but the Sham Tsai Kee(深仔記) did it!
Sham Tsai Keeis located in Yau Ma Tei.
Is is famous for its Wonton and soup, also the noodles in this store is very tasty and refreshing.
There are no alkali water(鹼水) to produce their noodles, which is the main point of making Chinese noodles.

In addition, their congee products are very outstanding.
If you have a chance, you may have to eat a Wonton Noodles or its congee.
I promise, after you go there once, you would go there again.
Let's see my photos took in Sham Tsai Kee.

The magazine article on the wall of Sham Tsai Kee: Ten Noodle Stores You Should Go In Hong Kong

 Sham Tsai Kee ranked in the second one.

 The Menu of Sham Tsai Kee. (Noodles Menu)

The Menu of Sham Tsai Kee(Congee Menu and Pot Dishes Manu)

The dining table in Sham Tsai Kee.

Wonton Noodles (Wontons are covered by Noodles. $16 per serve)

Wonton Noodles (There are 5 Wontons in a Wonton Noodles, still 2 Wontons in the bottom)

Yummy!

 Beef Congee (It is very nice)

P.S. It will start business from 12noon - 4a.m. And congee will provide from 6p.m. to 4a.m.

The address of Sham Tsai Kee is G/F, 99 Portland Street, Yau Ma Tei

Karine Leung

SPD3159 FOOD: Cantonese Pot Rice(煲仔飯)

In the clod winter, people will eat something hot to keep warm, such as Hot Pot, Snake Soup, and Mutton and Ceramic Pot.

In addition, there is a local food to make you feel warm, that is Cantonese Pot Rice.

Pot Rice is very popular in Hong Kong, also people will go to have the Pot Rice in Winter rather than in Summer.
The reason is the Pot Rice will contain with a Hot Pot when serving.

Also, the Pot Rice is served with different kinds of meat, such as spareribs, beef, pork, Chinese sausage, and so on.

In fact, there are many restaurant serving the Pot Rice and use gas to cook it.

And today, I would like to introduce a famous shop which is produce tasty Pot Rice with reasonable price in Yau Ma Tei.

It is different from the other shops because it used the charcoal fire to cook the Pot Rice.

The shop is  Four Season Pot Rice.
And, there are not too many menu items.
They provide Pot Rice, Oyster Cake, Soup, and Vegetable.
The price is from 18-50 per item.
Pot Rice are $18-22 each. Prices of Oyster Cake are $20(small), and 40(big).
The address of this shop is 46-58, Arthur Street, Yau Ma Tei Kowloon.
Normally, it will open from the afternoon to mid-night.

 Menu on the wall

 Oyster Cake (small size)

 Spareribs Pot Rice



 Beef Pot Rice

P.S. In Winter, there will be a long queue around 8:00p.m.
If you don't want to wait very long time, please visit there around 7:00p.m.



Leung Karine

SPD3159 SPD 3159 Egg Tart (港式蛋撻)

In Hong Kong you can find egg tart in many places, like bakery, restaurant, Chinese tea house. Egg tart really is a common food of Hong Kong people. People usually treat it as a breakfast or snack in tea time.

Originally, all egg tart pastry is made of shortcrust pastry.The texture of shortbread pastry(餅皮麵團) is very savory, just like a cookie. Later on, some bakeries and restaurants change to use puff pastry(酥皮麵團). Which is crisper and look elegant. But puff pastry egg tart still can not dominate the market. Because shortcrust pastry egg tart still has a lot of loyalty fans .Like me =]

shortcrust pastry egg tart (餅皮蛋撻)

  puff pastry egg tart(酥皮蛋撻)

One of my favorite egg tart is come from Tai Cheong Bakery(泰昌餅家).This is a very popular bakery,because the former Governor of Hong Kong Christopher Francis Patten like the egg tart from this bakery very much.

The egg tart in this shop is really tasty.Every time I eat it is very hot. The texture of the pastry is crispy. The smell of the egg is very sweet. And the portion of the egg and pastry is perfect.

 

There are many branches of this bakery. You can easy to find it. But in my experience, egg tart in head-quarter of Central is the tastiest one. This is the address of the Central head-quarter.

G/F, 35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central

By Kiki

spd 3159 food-spd3159food- Roasted chestnut* (烤栗子)

When we smell the roasted along the street with a dry wind. We will know,Yes!  autumn is coming."

Roasted chestnut which is commonly available during Autumn and Winter. Since Autumn is the best season for harvesting chestnut.

The  chestnut cart stall is the traditional style in making roasted chestnut. It is a really good snack in winter because those chestnuts are very warm and u can use it to warm your body.

There tends to have mre electronic roasted chestnut machine, however, you can't taste the traditional/ original taste of it.

Some chestnut carts may features with cooked peanuts, sweet tomato and so on. We strongly recommend to have a try of the sweet potato

there is a one cart located in the intersection between Nathan road and Lai Chi Kok Road, outside KEI WING Primary school.

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It's actumn and winter,  please do not hesitate find them and get a try!

P.s CHESTNUT IS RICH IN CARBOHYDRATE, IF YOU HAD A DIABETES PLEASE CONSUME LESS.

By Tracy Wong



SPD3159 SPD 3159 -- Yakitori(串燒)

Yakitori(串燒)

When you by pass the (阜財街)Fau Tsui Sheet of Yuen Long. A strong tasty smell will catch your attention.Which is the taste of the yakitori.

Fau Tsui Sheet is the paradise of yakitori. Over six yakitori shop aggregated in this sheet.串皇,妙舒,薪意etc.Those of the Yakitori shop are well known and providing yummy yakitori.

 

 

 

 串皇 is my favorite yakitori shop in Hong Kong .There are many choose of yakitori. Pork, beef, chicken, corn, squid etc.

The most delicious one in串皇 is beef. Because the beef is uncooked before burning ,we need to wait for around eight minutes to wait for the food.After the burning process, you can match it with the sauce provided by the shop. Although the beef process a buring, all juice still locked in the beef. And the beef is totally matched with the sauce provide by the shop. After you finished the beef ,you will think it is totally worthwhile to wait for the yakitori   

This the the address of 串皇

元朗阜財街2號宏豐大廈地下11D舖

by Kiki

SPD3159 FOOD-Street side stalls in Hong Kong (香港街頭小食)

There are many street side stalls in Hong Kong, especially in Mong Kok. Street side stalls is a stall providing variety cooked snack including curry fishball, Siu-Mai(燒賣), sausage, squid ,smelly beancurd(臭豆腐)  etc.

Usually the price of these snack are cheap.Each of them cost around $6-$8.Most of the Hong Kong people cannot refuse the glamour of street snacks. Having street snacks become a living habit in their life.

                                                

Generally, the raw material of fishball ,siu-Mai is nearly the same .The main different of each stall is the sauce. Every street side stalls will have their own signature sauce; it makes customers addicted with their snack.

 

If you interest to try those of the feature street snack, I strongly recommend  南華美食  in Soy Street ,Mong Kok to you .The curry sauce of the fishball and squid are wonderful.Once you try the fishball in this stall,you cannot forget how taste of their signature sauce.

By Kiki Ng

SPD 3159 FOOD: Hong Kong local hamburger shop in Hung Hom(紅磡時新快餐店)

When you want to have a hamburger, which shop will be the first choice in your mind?

Mc Donalds? Mos Burger? Burger King? Triple O's? Freshness Burger?............

In fact, we are not going to introduce these shops for you.

And I would like to introduce the Shi Sun Fastfood Shop in Hung Hom for you guys.

Here we go, hope you like it.

When you enter in this fast food shop, you will imagine that you still live in the 80s.

The shop still retain the cincise decoration in previous time.

There are limited space for the shop, but how come it can be very famous in Hong Kong?
Even many foreigners come to have a burger?

The main point is the fresh-made meals for its customers.


After you order the burger, they will start to ready the tasty burger for you.
In addition, they offer many different kinds of burger and snacks in their menu,
the price would be from 10 - 16 for a burger.

my special recommendation are Double Cheese Burger, Fish Filet Burger, Deep-fried Drumsticks, and Fries.

The wounderful meal with my friends in Shi Sun.

 

This is the photo of double cheese burger, yummy!

The crispy deep-fired drumstick!

P.S. Not recommend to visit this shop in weekends and public holidays, it would possible a long queue of people in front of the shop.

Leung Karine