A trip to Hong Kong is not complete without eating dim sum and other Hong Kong specialties. Find out about the must-try foods and drinks in Hong Kong.
1) Tofu pudding
Next to the market in Sham Shui Po you can find a small restaurant called Kung Wo Dou Bun Chong. Here you can eat the best tofu pudding in Hong Kong! Ideal as breakfast or lunch because it will keep you satiated for hours. This place is always busy, but the turn-around time is quick as well.
Location Kung Wo Dou Bun Chong: 118號號地下, Pei Ho St, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
If you happen to visit Tai O on Lantau Island: there is a lovely little shop called Bing Bing selling tofu pudding and other delicious desserts like tea cakes.
Location Bing Bing: 18號 Tai O Market St, Tai O, Hong Kong
2) Spicy Crab
A visit to Hong Kong is not complete without eating at the Temple Street Night Market. From seven PM onwards, the Temple Street turns into a vibrant evening market with pop-up shops in the middle of the street and restaurants at the sides. Dining outside at its best.
One of the must-try foods is spicy crab at one of the other restaurants in this area. I can recommend Tong Tai Sea Food Restaurant. Their lemon chicken is very good as well.
Location Tong Tai Sea Food Restaurant: 186 Temple St, Jordan, Hong Kong
3) BBQ pork / Honey roasted pork
Don’t worry if you don’t like crab (or fish in general). The same restaurant also offers delicious chicken and pork dishes. Another must-try food at the Temple Street Night Market is honey-roasted pork (BBQ pork). The pork you eat here will taste very good, but keep in mind that it has street food preparation and price. If you visit a fancier restaurant it will taste even better.
4) Dim sum
There are many great Dim Sum restaurants in Hong Kong. My favorite restaurant was actually the Tsim Sha Tsui branch of the Taiwanese restaurant Din Tai Fung. Try their Steamed Black Truffle Pork dumplings; their xiao long bao specialty. I wasn’t very fond of the Drunken chicken in Shaoxing rice wine though, but sometimes you just have to try things, right?
Location Din Tai Fung: 132 Nathan Road Shop 407, Mira Place One, FoodLoft, L4, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
I basically loved all the dim sum I ate. Sometimes at a fancier restaurant and at other times on the street. The best dim sum I ever tasted was steamed rice with chicken (including bones and organs) on my first trip to Hong Kong in 2014. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the location of the restaurant so I couldn’t return to it on my second trip in 2019. Maybe I’ll remember someday.
If you like tea, then you can try the all-vegetarian dim sum options at Lock Cha Admiralty. These go really well with a well-brewed Pu-erh or Oolong tea.
Read more: Best tea houses in Hong Kong
5) Coconut milk smoothie
What’s better than a refreshing coconut drink when it is 30+ degrees Celsius? They’ll make it right in front of you. If your home, like mine, is far away from any coconut tree, then this is a treat. You can find this coconut smoothie drink at the Temple Street.
Location: where Temple Street and Ning Po Street cross, diagonally opposite Tong Tai Sea Food Restaurant.
6) Hong Kong egg puffs
A Hong Kong streetfood original: egg puffs (or egg waffle). So if you see a Mammy Pancake while strolling the Temple Street… Of course, I had to try the matcha egg puffs flavor. With a coconut smoothie in one hand and my egg puffs in the other, I had the perfect dessert.
Location: G/F, 219 Temple St, Jordan, Hong Kong
7) Cheung Chau bao
Your day trip to the island Cheung Chau is not complete without trying a sweet bao filled with for example red bean paste. The bright and colorful stamp on its own should be enough to draw you in. Other nice foods to try on Cheung Chau island are frozen watermelon ice cream, mango rice cake, and very good seafood dishes.
Read more: How to spend one day on Cheung Chau island?
8) Bubble tea heaven
Bubble teas are increasingly popular all over the world, including Hong Kong. In many streets, you can find a bubble tea to try like Tiger Sugar. I didn’t actually like this mix (too sweet), but I hadn’t seen it before so naturally I had to try it.
For variety, you can also buy tea and smoothies with creamy cheese topping or fruit tea with huge chunks of fruit. When will they all come to my country?
Location Tiger Sugar: 70號號地下E舖, Parkes St, Jordan, Hong Kong
These are the foods and drinks I liked best in Hong Kong. I also tried an interesting convenience store bun filled with egg and ham… it didn’t taste bad but not great either.
What is your favorite Hong Kong specialty?
