Cuisine of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong, with influences from aspects of eastern and western culture, has developed a blend of eating habit incorporating Chinese, notably Cantonese, and western cuisines, and earned itself a reputation as one of the major food havens in Asia.
Most people serve Chinese cuisine at home. While most people are of Cantonese ancestry, there are also many Hakka (especially the indigenious residents in the New Territories), Teochew (Chiu Chow, Chaozhou) and Shanghai peoples. Home dishes are usually a mixture of these traditions. Rice is the main course of most meals.
Hong Kong style dishes
Indigenious residents in the New Territories have a tradition to have poon choi during festivals. Cake shops in Yuen Long are famous for Lo por cakes.
- Traditional breakfast food includes congee and yau cha kwai (油炸鬼 literally oil-fried ghosts); however, bread and butter, egg, sausage, etc., are now popular.
- Cha chaan teng (茶餐廳) serve inexpensive food such as instant noodles, wonton noodles, beef brisket noodle soup, vermicelli (rice noodles), fried eggs, rice dumplings and congee, but what is actually provided varies. Dai pai dong were once common, but now close to extinction due to strict sanitary regulations and bureaucratic licensing. There are also many fast food restaurants serving Chinese dishes, such as Maxim's and Café de Coral, as well as many kaiten sushi bar.
- Milk tea (奶茶), brewed with silk-like cotton bag filters with a mixture of several types of tea leaves and mixed with evaporated milk before serving, is a fascinating fusion of cultures. And Yuanyang (鴛鴦) is a special Hong Kong concoction of milk, tea and coffee.
Typhoon shelters, where many fishing boats stay, imported many food from Southeast Asia. Some restaurants in Wan Chai serves post-war typhoon shelter–style dishes.
Major food districts are Causeway Bay, Kowloon City, Lan Kwai Fong, Tsim Sha Tsui and Soho. Stanley, with its expatriate population, has many seaside pubs and European restaurants. Sai Kung, Lamma Island, Lau Fau Shan and Lei Yue Mun serve seafood. Old fishing towns such as Cheung Chau and Tai O also have many original restaurants.
Most pubs and bars are at Lan Kwai Fong, Lockhart Road and Jaffe Road of Wan Chai; Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East; and around Prince Edward MTR station in Mong Kok. Since 1991, Oktoberfest has been held annually on Canton Road.
See also
- Culture of Hong Kong
- Chinese cuisine
- Cantonese cuisine
- Hakka cuisine
- Chiuchow cuisine
- Shanghai cuisine
- Hong Kong tea culture
- Private kitchen
External links
- [Hong Kong Restaurant Reviews]
- [Hong Kong Restaurants]
- [Maxims]
- [Café de Coral]
- [Gourmet Paradise - Hong Kong Tourism Board]
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