HK Mag Staff Pick Their Favorite Eats for the Last Time
We’re drowning our sorrows by eating our way through our all-time favorite restos in Hong Kong. Freedom has never tasted so good! By HK Staff
Things have been sad at the HK Mag offices of late, but we like to find the silver lining—lunch is about to get a whole lot tastier. Goodbye to cafeteria food!
Adam White
I’m still on an irritating low-carb diet, but we’re all allowed a cheat week, right? First, the legendary Kau Kee (21 Gough St., Central, 2850-5967) for their curry beef brisket ho fun. I’ve been eating this with glee for the last 10 years and the only problem is that the price keeps creeping up. Then Carbone (9/F, 33 Wyndham St., Central, 2593-2593) for their phenomenally good rigatone alla vodka, which I have shameful dreams about. Next everything I can cram into my mouth at Ping Kee Thai Restaurant (155-157 Third St., Sai Ying Pun, 2151-9597), a spot so good I’ve tried not to write about and ruin the secret. The grilled everything is superb; skip the pad Thai. Last, I’m planning on being disgracefully drunk a good few times this week, and you know what that means: Tsui Wah (15 Wellington St., Central, 2525-6338) for their chicken curry. It’s the taste of a good night out—and I plan to have many more.
Leslie Yeh
Wasted lunches are almost as bad as a wasted pub... (*ahem). First I’m hitting K-Roll (G/F, Sen Fat Building, 6A Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, 2234-5505) for my bulgogi beef bowl fix, followed by a REAL salad at Monsieur Chatté (121 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, 3105-8077). Wine, cheese and charcuterie await at Cochin Delicatessen (26 Peel St., Sheung Wan, 2561-3336), then it’s off to modern Japanese kitchen Okra (G/F, 110 Queen’s Rd. West, Sai Ying Pun, 2806-1038) for their carabinero prawn soup and dry-aged tuna. At night, find me drinking copious earl grey martinis at 001 (Shop 1,
L/F, Welley Building, 97 Wellington St., Central, 2810-6969).
Kate Lok
I’ll first pay a visit to my old stomping grounds in Shek Kip Mei to relive my uni days, stopping by Ban Heung Lau (Shop 204-205, 210-213, Nam Fung House, Shek Kip Mei, 2778-8791) for some fragrant “wok hei”-filled western-Chinese fusion, paired with an addictive iced chocolate milk. After eating my feelings away with sesame-sprinkled shrimp and flame-grilled beef, I’ll hop over to neighboring ice-cream vendor C+ House (Shop P20, Nam Shan Estate, 111 Tai Hang Tung Rd., Shek Kip Mei, 9790-9609), for one of 28 ice-cream flavors—all for $6 a scoop. A late-night dessert at Auntie Sweet (13 Tsing Fung St., Tin Hau, 2508-6962) never fails to make a day better. I always go for the same thing: Their signature durian tofu fa pudding. And if the undying ghost of HK Mag keeps me up at night, a 3am Mcdonald’s delivery is always a good companion.
