My family and I were excited to sample a variety of local cuisine during our brief visit to Hong Kong. Our meals included dim sum, fancy dinner, street food, and dessert.

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We had to try the famous Tim Ho Wan Michelin star restaurant for dim sum, and others apparently had the same thought. The store front was crowded with people waiting for tables. After about half an hour, our party of seven people was escorted to a table that was probably sized to accommodate six people total (which we shared with two strangers). Other than the chicken feet (not fall off the bone) and the vegetables (boiled cabbage), the rest of the dishes were delicious.

We made reservations for dinner at Spring Moon Chinese Restaurant located in The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel. This was probably one of the fanciest Chinese restaurants in my family’s experience, complete with decorative holders for the community chopsticks on the lazy susan turntable and hot towels provided before the meal. We ordered several of the restaurant’s signature dishes, including the Peking duck (served two ways), which was carved tableside. This was my first time having Peking duck “the authentic way” (according to my brother Tommy who had Peking duck in Beijing this past January), served in a tortilla-like wrap.

We went to Temple Street night market and noticed (1) the stands were mostly selling goods rather than food, and (2) many food stands advertised spicy crab. We decided to have dinner at Temple Street Spicy Crab since the restaurant seemed to be attracting many diners. The restaurant was definitely what we would consider to be a dai pai dong, with self service folding chair seating and expectation of BYO-napkins (fortunately, I had a package of tissue in my purse). The dishes were flavorful, but the signature spicy crabs were small and dry. The meal was not as cheap as we had expected from dai pai dong (based on our knowledge from Chinese television dramas).

One of my family’s favorite desserts is steamed eggs with milk. We went to Australia Dairy Company, and found their version of this dessert to be delicious! We had ordered this dessert a la carte (for HKD $26 each), but later realized that we should have ordered the set meal, which consist of scrambled eggs, buttered toast, and steamed eggs with milk (for HKD $32). We will need to remember that for next time we’re in town.