Hong Kong Cuisine
Hong Kong is a gourmets' paradise.You can find cuisines around the world here.The eating habit of Hong Kong people is mainly Chinese with much Western influence,for example,they love Western food such bread,beef or pork steak,fried potato and spaghetti and drinks such as English style milk tea,coffee,Coke,beer and brandy or whisky and so on.
Dim Sum(点心)
No Hong Kong visit would be complete without a trip to one of the territory's fine teahouses or restaurants that specialize in dim sum.Served throughout daylight hours,dim sum (literally meaning "to touch the heart") are snacks of freshly-steamed or fried Chinese "canapes".These remarkably-diverse examples of culinary innovation (and engineering) feature many different ingredients.
Large dim sum restaurants offer scores of different varieties,though the daily selection will always include steamed shrimp dumplings (har qau),steamed pork and shrimp dumplings (siu mai),deep-fried spring rolls (tsun quen) and steamed barbecued pork buns (cha siu bau).Dim Sum ladies wheel their trolleys through the bustling teahouses,willingly allowing customers to lift up the lids of the bamboo baskets to identify and check the contents.
Hong Kong Seafood(香港海鲜)
If there is one food you must sample in Hong Kong,it's the seafood.Huge tanks of live fish and bubbling containers of prawns,crabs,scallops,clams,oysters and other seafood vie for attention.Preparing fresh,live seafood is a culinary art in Hong Kong,where skilled Cantonese chefs will have you salivating over the distinctive flavours and textures of their fishy dishes.
There are four prime seafood locations for waterfront dining–Sai Kung,Lei Yue Mun,and the islands of Lamma and Cheung Chau.So don't miss the great opportunity to join the lively atmosphere of alfresco dining Hong Kong style,and savour a gourmet meal,this is sure to be one of the high points of your visit.
Hong Kong Dessert(香港甜点)
Hong Kong people love to eat and they have special place reserved for desserts.Hong Kong boasts a whole range of dessert houses that cater to Hong Kong people's sweet tooth.Most traditional Hong Kong desserts are liquid-like and thus called "sweet soup".Some of the most popular are sesame paste,sweet red bean and green soup,sweet bird's nest and something called stewed tremella with pawpaw and milk.Not only will these sweet desserts satisfy your cravings,but they are also good for your skin.
Besides a host of local favourites,Hong Kong's coterie of experienced international chefs are sure to tempt your sweet tooth with their dessert creations.Hong Kong's stunning array cuisines also provide an amazing array of desserts such as Japanese and Thai.With many Hong Kong restaurants featuring fusion dishes,it is not surprising that new desserts are always being invented and added to the menu.
Hong Kong Tea Culture(香港茶文化)
A cup of steaming fresh tea is the perfect complement to many sumptuous dishes or dim sum.As any tea lover will tell you,the traditional drink: whether Chinese,English or Hong Kong-style,sends forth its unique,delicate fragrances to help shape daily life in Hong Kong.
The ritual of thanking someone in the traditional Chinese-style yum cha has much historical significance.When you see tea-drinkers tapping the table with three fingers of the same hand,it is a silent expression of gratitude to the member of the party who has refilled their cup.
Meal Times
Locals eat lunch between noon and 1:30 PM; dinner is around 8.Dim sum begins as early as 10 AM. Reservations aren't usually necessary except during Chinese holidays or at of-the-moment or high-end hotel restaurant like Alain Ducasses's SPOON or the Caprice.Certain classic dishes require advance notice of at least 24 hours. You'll also need reservations for a meal at one of the so-called private kitchens-unlicensed culinary speakeasies, which are often the city's hottest tickets. Book several days ahead, and if possible, join forces with other people. Some private kitchens only take reservations for parties of four or more.
Dan Ryan's
If,after a few days of goose web and thousand-year egg, you have a sudden burger craving, this is the place. You'll find good approximations of the kind expats dream about when they think of the States. The popular bar and grill is often standing room only, so call ahead. Apart from burgers and beer, the menu offers a smattering of international dishes-pasta and the like-but we recommend avoiding anything complicated. Stick to the simple,rib-sticking fare, served up without fuss.
Lung King Heen
It's made a serious case for being the best Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong-and consequently,the world. Where other contenders tend to get too caught up in prestige dishes, and hotel restaurants in name-brand chefs, here there's a complete focus on taste. When you try a little lobster-and-scallop dumpling, or a dish of house-made XO sauce that is this divine, you will be forced to reevaluate your entire conception of Chinese cuisine.
Amber
When the Landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel opened in 2005 its aim was to be seen as the preeminent hotel on Hong Kong Island. It only made sense, therefore,that it would contain a flagship power lunch restaurant that aspires to a similar level of impeccable, modern style. At his best, chef Richard Ekkebus shows shades of true genius, as when he serves a gentle bisque of New Zea land scampi daringly paired with chicken-liver custard, unexpected but passionate bedfellows. Amber also excels with desserts, for instance a crisp hazelnut and Caraibe chocolate bar served with a "moccachino" Prices are high, but so is the ambition-and the wavelike amber sculpture that soars like a grandiose pipe organ above the room.
