Local Restaurants - General Info, Hong Kong

If truth be told, lower-priced Western food in Hong Kong is always glazed with oil, cooked till its well-done and contain loads of preservatives. Yes, they do score high in terms of looks and taste but rather low in nutritional value. I may be wrong for now but there is hardly a lower-priced local joint that serves Western fresh/ healthy/raw food. The last time I ordered a fruit salad, it consisted mainly of sweet, processed cocktail fruit on top of a dollop of industrial mayonnaise and a rather sad lettuce leaf. Other horrors include instant noodles with luncheon meat or boiled coke served hot(!) .

So, I nearly cried tears of joy when I discovered Pret Manger. Yes, finally, a lower-priced healthy alternative in HK! Here was one place where you could find raw food, sandwiches and other deli items ( Real Fruit Salads!) at reasonable prices. On top of that, they had good coffee too. No, make that real coffee, brewed from roasted beans and free from odd mixtures of evaporated milk and tea. I went here for lunch almost every other day and feasted on the crayfish and rocket leaf sandwich, granola with yogurt, chicken caesar salad and real coffee of course.

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Good idea is to go as a group so u can try lots of different dishes!

Favorite Dish: Best thing bout this sort of dining is the fun in ordering because a lot of venders dont speak english so u'll not be sure what ur gettin at times! U have to use chopsticks too lol messy fun! :)

The ambience is nothing much as in Hk noodle shop.Very cramp due to space constraint.

Favorite Dish: Beef n wanton are very good.The soup is tasty,rich in stock .The noodles are not soggy ,in fact it has a certain bounce.The serving s are small.However u can order a set for 2 with one wanton soup,one beef soup, 2 bowls of noodles n a oyster sauce veggie for Hk$80.00

I couldn't remember what is the restaurant name. But what i'm trying to suggest is stroll down of Nathan Road, Kowloon. You will find many mini food stall with great chinese food. It is consider affordable for budget travellers or else you gotta stick on with McDonald or Burger King. Anyway, fast food indeed expensive to compare food stall.
Please don't expect local to be nice! You gotta to firm when ordering, i guess thats the hongkie style!
At food stall or known as 'Tai Pai Tong', don't be suprised to see local waiters handling drinks with finger inside in the glass! Im sure you all know!

Favorite Dish: If you like chinese food, try the local'Chee Cheong Fun',Dim Sum also recommended. 'Wan Tan Mee' is sort like pasta shrimp noodle and the best thing is dumpling it's about size of the Ping Pong Ball,it's damn Good and Tasty.

You don't have to visit China to go to a good, expensive chinese restaurant because every big city in the world has one.

We prefer trying small local shops. They look like "real" to us.

Noodles, Chinese fried rice, rice gruel, dim sum... super cheaper than eating in a formal restaurant... Try everything, and you will be happy!

I don't remember the names of most of the restaurants we ate at, except that we preferred eating at those hole-in-the-wall diners frequented by the locals. The disadvantage, however, was that none of the service staff spoke any English, so we were forced to just point out our orders and use a lot of sign language! The most memorable restaurant we patronized was the ubiquitous Planet Hollywood, where most of the friendly service staff spoke our language of preference...Filipino!
My two little sisters in front of Planet Hollywood.

Favorite Dish: Take-away Peking Duck from one of the stalls near Mongkok.

The variety of Hong Kongs bars and restaurants is unsurpassed around the World. Claiming a great number of top Chefs from every corner of the globe, you will be sure to find something to satisfy even the fussiest of eaters.

Hong Kong actually has the most number of restaurants per capita in the World. Even with that being the case, it is often wise to book a table in advance if the restaurant will allow you to. In most cases it is a first come first serve basis.

Hong Kong is a very social society and as such takes pride in the quality and variety of food available.

Tease your taste buds by looking through all there is to offer....

Wander through the streets of Kowloon (away from the crazed shopping areas north of Austin Rd and Tsim Sha Tsui park) and take your chance! I came across one called 'Macau' somewhere near Jordan Rd - mix of Chinese & Portuguese and was a formica-topped, noisy, quick in-and-out place full of locals (I certainly got stared at, although not in an unfriendly way!). I generally chose well (bit of a chance - the menu was in English but little description....). But loads of places in and around the area, you just enter the one you fancy the look of.
Alternatively try your luck in the restuarants and shops in China Town on HKIsland. Again, I picked one that looked interesting (no English name) with Peking Duck hanging in the window. Also try the little bakers that abound everywhere - help yourself and see what you come up with: sweet cakes that look savoury, doughnuts that are filled with meat....