Through the dishes, visitors will have interesting experiences about the culture and lifestyle of Hong Kong people. Walking on culinary streets such as Kowloon, Tai Po Hui or Sham Shui Po, it is not difficult for visitors to find a variety of Western-style dishes such as sausages, fried eggs or toast to dishes typical of Hong Kong culture such as dim sum, pan-fried radish cakes or marinated chicken feet. Let's learn about Hong Kong culture through the typical dishes below.
Enjoy tea and dim sum in Hong Kong style
Enjoying tea and eating dim sum is a common eating habit of Hong Kong people.
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Dim sum is a familiar dish to Vietnamese people. Interestingly, in Hong Kong, people often eat dim sum with tea (yum cha). This way of eating originated from Guangdong, China and gradually became more popular with the Chinese community, becoming a characteristic of the country's cuisine.
The association between dim sum and yum cha is so common in Hong Kong that if a local invites you to yum cha, it can be understood as eating dim sum. For the locals, eating dim sum with tea is not just a dining habit, but also a way to enjoy life, to spend time with family and friends.
Diners choose dim sum from a cart.
In the past, dim sum dishes were often served on restaurant food carts, regardless of whether they were savory or sweet. Diners just had to choose their dishes as the waiter pushed the cart to each table. But now this form of eating is almost gone. If you want to try this way of eating, you can go to Maxim's Palace restaurant. Besides, Tim Ho Wan or Yum Cha are also delicious dim sum restaurants that you should visit if you have the opportunity to come to Hong Kong.
Black sesame sweet soup, authentic Chinese style
If you want to know what "standard" Chinese sweets are like, you definitely cannot miss Kai Kai dessert shop, which has been on the Michelin Bib Gourmand list for 9 consecutive years with a total of 11 stars.
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Located in a small alley next to Nathan Road, about a 3-minute walk from Jordan Station, Kai Kai Sweet Soup Shop has 2 floors with a spacious space. The shop's menu has about 24 different sweet soups, from lotus seed sweet soup, almond sweet soup, stewed papaya to cao quy linh. The most popular dish is black sesame sweet soup. The secret to a delicious bowl of black sesame sweet soup lies in the meticulousness and care in each stage of making the sweet soup, from choosing sesame, roasting to grinding, helping the sweet soup have a smooth, thick, rich texture without being greasy. 9 consecutive years appearing on the Michelin Bib Gourmand list (2016 - 2024) with a total of 11 stars is a guarantee of the quality of this sweet soup shop.
Dai Pai Dong Night Food
Located on the streets or alleys, open stalls and tables packed with customers, iron pans with blazing fires, large-sized licenses hanging on the wall - Dai Pai Dong means 'Big License Stall' in Cantonese, is a feature of Hong Kong street food.
Having existed for over 60 years, Oi Man Sang is one of the few remaining Dai Pai Dong-style street food stalls with the chef's famous wok-tossing performance.
Located on Shek Kip Mei Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, the restaurant opens from 4pm to 11pm, and is busiest during dinner time. The open kitchen allows diners to watch the chefs toss their wok.
One of the dishes that diners love is stir-fried cockles with black spicy and sour sauce.
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The plump cockles are quickly stir-fried by the chef over high heat for 5 seconds to retain their freshness, adding sliced bell peppers and onions, and seasoning with a little saltiness from black bean sauce.
Eat Hong Kong egg tarts
Egg tart is a traditional dessert in Hong Kong that any tourist should try. In 2014, egg tart was recognized as an intangible cultural heritage of Hong Kong.
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Many Hong Kongers grew up eating egg tarts from Tai Cheong Bakery in Central. Opened in 1954, the bakery's menu features a variety of traditional Hong Kong pastries such as pineapple cakes, wife cakes, orange cakes, but the most special is the egg tart. The soft, creamy custard filling blends with the crispy, melt-in-your-mouth crust, creating an irresistible taste. It's no wonder this bakery is considered one of the best places to eat egg tarts in the city.
Inspired by the British custard tart, Hong Kong egg tarts typically use biscuits as the base, lard instead of butter for the crust, and steamed eggs instead of custard. The result is a tart with a crispy crust and a smooth, eggy filling. This innovation also helped to make egg tarts more affordable, making them the popular snack they are today.
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