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Hong Kong street food

Hong Kong street food
Discover the stories behind Hong Kong’s street food culture, from egg waffles and fish balls to stinky tofu and dai pai dong classics
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100 Top Tables 2024 Restaurant Directory
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Tofu was in Hong Kong headlines recently, but where does it come from? According to a widely quoted origin story, an emperor’s grandson in China 2,000 years ago created soy milk, and from it bean curd.

Fermented tofu (bean curd). Photo: Tom Wang
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Opinion | Searching for Hong Kong’s soul? Look to its street life

Like a flower growing from the pavement, Hong Kong’s unique charm comes from those who take up space in the cracks of modernity.

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Art

Dumplings dive, a lychee lounges: Hong Kong artist offers food for thought

Everyday food items reproduced faithfully in oil paints but placed in settings you wouldn’t expect – in a dragon boat, on a street – mark still-life artist Chang Ya-chin’s work, on show in Hong Kong.

Detail from Chang Ya-chin’s “Lychee on a swing”. Photo: Chang Ya Chin/Kiang Malingue
Hong Kong culture

Video | The last of Hong Kong’s dai pai dong street food rebels

Distinct, delectable, but disappearing: streetside hawker stands in Hong Kong known as dai pai dongs and the classic comfort food they serve are an iconic part of the city’s history

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Video | The last of Hong Kong’s dai pai dong street food rebels

Distinct, delectable, but disappearing: streetside hawker stands in Hong Kong known as dai pai dongs, and the classic comfort food they serve are an iconic part of the city’s history, offering up a striking contrast to the modern polished skyscrapers that throng the city skyline. While many have closed down over the years, others have adapted to the times. From the classic food stands to cooked food centres to mushroom pavilions nestled in public housing estates known as dung gu ting, this episode of Hong Kong Authentic explores the history behind the famed food stalls and the families that run them.

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‘I’m not a fine-dining person’: a Hongkonger’s top eats in the city

Charlz Ng, events company founder, gym co-owner and restaurant and bar part owner, shares his favourite places to eat local food in Hong Kong.

Toast with ham and scrambled egg, a plate of char siu spaghetti and a drink by the Australia Dairy Company in Jordan. It is one of Charlz Ng’s favourite places to eat in Hong Kong. The gym, restaurant and bar owner shares other places he likes to eat in the city with the Post.
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Hong Kong’s street hawkers are dwindling, ageing and fading out of sight

Only about 300 hawkers have mobile carts as city authorities have stopped issuing new licences.

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Au Yuk-hoo, 81, sells socks and stockings in Causeway Bay. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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Chequered waffles, a Hong Kong favourite, and 9 of the best places for them

With International Waffle Day falling on March 25, we learn the secret to great Hong Kong chequered waffles, and reveal nine of the best places to eat them – oozing with peanut butter, condensed milk, butter and sugar.

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Hong Kong’s best Chiu Chow fish balls and egg waffles – food blogger’s picks

Long-time food blogger Gary Suen reveals where to get the city’s best Chiu Chow fish balls and egg waffles, and the restaurant he thinks offers Hong Kong’s finest dishes.

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Where a foodie dentist eats in Hong Kong, from fine dining to fish balls

Dentist and food influencer Michelle Yu shares her favourite Hong Kong restaurants, from a spot for fish ball noodles to a ‘fancy splurge’, as well as where she eats in San Sebastian and Singapore.

Fish ball noodles from On Lee Noodle in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP
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Chestnuts roasting in an open wok: Hong Kong hawker on a winter staple

‘So golden and beautiful,’ says hawker Kobus Tsang as he plucks a roast chestnut from his cart. Chestnut vendors are a winter staple in Hong Kong, but their numbers are dwindling.

Roast chestnuts ready for sale on a hawker cart operated by Kobus Tsang and his mother, Chi Lee Tsang. A common sight in winter, chestnut hawker carts are dwindling in number in Hong Kong amid official measures to discourage street hawking. Photo: Kylie Knott
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Mass transit exposure puts spotlight on iconic Hong Kong egg tart and its origins

A bakery worker carrying unprotected tray-loads of Hong Kong’s iconic egg tart on the city’s busy mass transit rail system prompts social media storm and reignites mystery over the dessert’s origins.

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On the Menu | Hong Kong’s best loved local restaurants to visit before its too late

After losing the likes of Tung Po Kitchen, Lin Heung Tea House and Happy Cake Shop in recent months, here are some other favourite local Hong Kong eateries that deserve more love.

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Hong Kong dining & recommendations

5am dim sum, Korean must-eats: finance worker’s Hong Kong food picks

Lambda Li names her top places to eat in the city, from dim sum in the early morning, fish balls and pineapple buns for visitors, and a true neighbourhood venue.

Spicy pork belly and vegetables at Arirang, a restaurant Hong Kong finance worker Lambda Li names as one of her top places to eat in the city. Photo: SCMP
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‘Hidden gem’ fish ball noodles, modern dim sum in Hong Kong

Joe Lam, director of the Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and founder of LGBT magazine Dim Sum, reveals where he loves to eat in the city.

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Then & Now | Food hawkers in Hong Kong: how a city lost its street culture

Hong Kong food hawkers are a dying breed, their demise a loss for the city’s culture. The recent shambolic launch of food trucks in their place was doomed to fail, as stifled by red tape as the hawkers are.

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Egg tart history: from medieval England to global dim sum hit

Chefs in Canton, southern China, created the egg tart by adapting an English recipe for custard tarts brought there by homesick merchants. Custard tarts go back to 15th century England, where they were a savoury affair and contained bone marrow.

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The history of the famous Hong Kong dessert goes back to medieval England. Photo: Hotels.com
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The Hong Kong street food Westerners love … and loathe

In Hong Kong, food stands are arranged side-by-side, enticing diners with a heady aroma from the dishes they are boiling, steaming and frying. Here are some of the city’s most beloved street snacks you must try.

Ms Yip of Mum’s Bean Curd Pudding in Mong Kok prepares a bowl of fish balls. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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