Preparing for my first visit to Hong Kong – next week!
Have perused all the old report threads, and they have me so excited about everything there is to eat and to explore! (I am actually worried that this is going to seriously affect my enjoyment of Chinese food anywhere else… hmm.)
I’m staying in Chung Hom Kok and there will be a bunch of other friends in town, so several meals and activities will be organized / planned by the locals, but I should have a good bit of flexibility on adding to that framework.
So far I’ve focused on what foods I’d like to try there, will expand that to experiences as I continue my research (haha – start with the food, always). Focusing on Cantonese first, but I think Hong Kong will have better other regional Chinese and other Asian food than the US does, so I’m going to look into those as well.
Open to input & advice from those who have traveled in the area (have read @Google_Gourmet, @damiano, and @naf’s old reports closely).
On my to-eat list so far:
– DIm sum / yum cha – as much as I can squeeze in, with 1 stop at a high end place just for interest
– Cheung fun (including the crispy / za leung kind with the youtiao inside)
– Roast meats plus – Char siu, bbq ribs, roast duck, roast goose (never tried), plus soy sauce chicken and white cut chicken and/or hainanese chicken, maybe roast squab (which I’ve read about here a lot from @Google_Gourmet)
– Clay pot rice
– Cha chaan tengs
– Wonton soup (wish @THECHARLES’ explorations from chowhound days were still accesible!)
– Hotpot
– Regional cuisines like Shunde and Chiu Chow (love the braised duck in NYC which I understand is an adaptation of goose, and the curry chicken and beef noodles)
– Cantonese banquet – wondering if I should propose this for the group, as we have enough people for it to make sense, and I’ve never experienced it in the US
– Cantonese high end – either/or vs banquet
– Islands / Seafood – I read the reports about Sai Kung, not sure if it will fit into the rest of the plan, but perhaps a wet market stop on HK Island and having a stall nearby cook the catch would satisfy this
– Night market
– Noodles – wondering if there’s somewhere that specializes in E-fu noodles, and also curious about the crabmeat noodles at Fu Sing given @klyeoh’s unequivocal praise of them!
– XLB / soup dumplings / xiao long bao
Anything obvious missing?
(Strikes me that there are probably outlets of Malaysian jerky specialists in HK which I might seek out to bring some back, as I was silly enough not to carry any back when I transited via Singapore last year.)
), when our buddy will be there for a teaching gig after retiring here. No doubt he’ll have his own favorites, but I’ll share a few of yours to get his opinion. He won’t be shy about them, either 
