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

 http://hk.motor.nextmedia.com/moPrintContent.cfm?article_ID='%23%3CK4P_%5B%24%20%20%20%20%0A&CAT_ID=71

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