Where to eat the best beef brisket noodle soup in Hong Kong, and the best Sichuan poached sour fish – a Shenzhen native’s favourite restaurants
- Chiu Hing Restaurant’s beef noodles are so good it deserves a Michelin star, reckons Marissa Hu, a Shenzhen native raised on Cantonese food
- The Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong housekeeper also tells us where to find the city’s best Sichuan poached sour fish and why she can’t wait to eat pizza in Bangkok
Marissa Hu is the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong hotel’s executive housekeeper and sustainability champion for her efforts in waste reduction and resource conservation. She spoke to Andrew Sun.
I grew up in Shenzhen [in Guangdong, southern China] so I always ate Cantonese food, but I moved to the UK as a teen and was exposed to all kinds of foods. I love pho, Thai grilled fish, and I prefer noodles over rice.
I can be adventurous, but not with things like intestines. Other than that, I will try anything.
One of my favourite places is Chiu Hing Restaurant (481 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay, tel: 2833 1001). I like the beef brisket flat noodle soup. The meat is extremely tender and melts in your mouth. The noodles are very smooth and the soup comes with spring onion, fried garlic and Chinese celery and their own chilli oil.
I’m surprised it’s not in the Michelin Guide when others not as good are in it.
A good place for lunch is Mak’s Noodle (various branches including 77 Wellington Street, Central, tel: 2854 3810). They are known for their wonton noodle soup. The wontons taste really nice and the noodles are very good too.