Holiday travel tips and experiences: dim sum hong kong

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Hong Kong Dining - Breakfast Dim Sum Food

On our last day in Hong Kong, instead of going far from our hotel in Kowloon, we decided to explore the area around Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees hotel on foot.

Walking past various shops, we managed to find an outlet serving breakfast dim sum food which looked quite packed.

Menu posted on the wall

Operating hours: - 0600 hrs - 1300 hrs

Good range of dim sum breakfast food

Freshly made dim sum breakfast food

Kitchen preparation in the open

All tables taken up by the breakfast crowd

Porridge with pork blood

Chinese crullers

Rice noodle roll

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Hong Kong Dining - Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant

Hong Kong Dining

Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant

Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant (simplified Chinese: 南翔馒头店; traditional Chinese: 南翔饅頭店; pinyin: nánxiáng mántóu diàn) is a traditional Shanghai eatery established in 1900 and recently expanded internationally, with branches in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and even Singapore.

Entrance to Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant

With the Shanghai branch experiencing long queues for its takeaways, our friend Steven brought us to the restaurant whilst we were in Hong Kong to try the famed xiaolongbao. These xiaolongbao are soup dumplings traditionally filled with either meat or seafood and with solid meat aspic wrapped inside the skin together with the filling. This gelatin-gelled aspic then melts into soup when steamed.

Xiaolongbao - steamed dumplings stuffed with pork

Personally I felt that the skin at the top is not as tender as the sides and would have been great if it had been otherwise.

Our menu for the day

Puff pastry with cashew nuts

The puff pastry with cashew nuts was really good. It was unique with its pastry topped with black sesame seeds and filled with cashew nuts on the inside. A must try!