Category Archives: Food

Steam Pot Dinner at 潮福蒸氣石鍋⁠⁠⁠⁠

September 19, 2017:  For dinner that night, we went to Hai Fook 潮福蒸氣石鍋 in Tai Po for steam pot dinner.  Steam pot meals started getting popular in Hong Kong at least since last year in 2016 when I was visiting … Continue reading

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Black Truffle Mascarpone Cheese Pizza at Golden Captain’s Restaurant [Defunct]

September 19, 2017:  Yesterday for lunch, I again consulted OpenRice for some good eats around the area.  It showed me Golden Captain Restaurant (金船長餐廳) which specialized in Italian cuisine and had a specialty pizza which almost all the reviews were … Continue reading

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Breakfast combos at Cafe de Coral

September 13, 2017:  For a quick and speedy meal before we headed to the airport to Changsha, we went to the classic Cafe de Coral (大家樂). I hadn’t dined in a 大家樂 in a while but the food is standard … Continue reading

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Congee at 大師傅粥品

September 12, 2017: 大師傅粥品. For a brunch today, I was feeling for traditional congee so we went to 大師傅粥品 near our hotel. This restaurant ranked highly on OpenRice and indeed it was fairly good. Similar to other congee restaurants in

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Hot Pot Dinner at Garden Restaurant

Sept. 11, 2017:  For dinner at night, we went to Garden Restaurant (花園酒家) in Yau Ma Tei for hot pot!  This hot pot was in a comfortable restaurant on the upper floors of the restaurant that also serves dim sum, … Continue reading

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Classic Cha Chaang Teng fare at Chrisly Cafe

Sept 11, 2017:  Today we went to a classic Hong Kong style cafe for breakfast and lunch called Chrisly Cafe (華星冰室)  in Mong Kok (although it also shows up as “Capital Cafe” online..).  Since we were staying at a nearby … Continue reading

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Amazing Hainanese Chicken Rice at Mandarin Chicken Rice (Singapore) in Hong Kong

Sept 10, 2017:  Amazing lunch today!!  I used the OpenRice app to find a good lunch place near our hotel and this place popped up (I also noticed it when we took the minibus the first day here).  I also … Continue reading

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Dinner at Regal Terrace in Regal Riverside Hotel

September 9, 2017:  First night arrival in HK and we went to the Chinese restaurant, Regal Terrace, at Regal Riverside Hotel in Sha Tin for dinner (麗豪酒店) with my relatives.  It was next to a river and I remember that … Continue reading

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Food Adventures at CNE 2017

My food adventures at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) this year were quite tame.  Nevertheless, the food was still good. When we got to the Food Building around 1 p.m., the building was packed as always.  I had a bit … Continue reading

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Paramount Fine Foods (Niagara Falls)

For a quick lunch when we arrived in Niagara Falls, we went to Paramount Fine Foods.  I have been to a number of Paramount Fine Foods in Toronto already and was very familiar with their menu.  Thus, after we walked … Continue reading

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