Matsubishi Japanese Restaurant

This teppanyaki restaurant is very popular so a booking is essential. We normally order one of two meals, the "Tsuke" meal for $190 includes salad, King prawn (or scallops), salmon, beef, soup, pickles, fried rice, dessert or the "Mui" meal has everything except the prawn and salmon $130. There is a 10% service charge.

We have been there many times and have never been disappointed as all of the chefs here are highly trained. The food is always fresh and cooked to perfection. My favourite is the prawn head and the thinly sliced beef. Mrs Fisher likes the thick beef.

If you haven't been to Matsubishi, you definitely should try it out. It is among our recommendations for top five restaurants in Hong Kong and gets 5 out of 5.





Matsubishi Japanese Restaurant
Shop 301 3F
Renaissance Harbour View Hotel
Wanchai.
Tel 28241298.


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Roast Goose King Sham Shui Po (燒鵝大王)

This restaurant serves all of the standard types of barbecue food but its specialty is roast goose. Whenever we go to Sham Shui Po, one of the most interesting suburbs in Hong Kong, we stop there for lunch. It serves the traditional stuff such as soya sauce chicken, bbq pork, roast pork etc. A normal rice dish costs about $25 and two kinds of meat are an extra $3. Soup is $6 a bowl.



Goose King has a lot of atmosphere and is highly recommended if your hygiene requirements are not too high. Service is fast an efficient and it is located very close to the Golden Shopping Center, the closest MTR exit being D2 of the Sham Shui Po station. Overall, we give it a 4 out of 5.



Roast Goose King
119 Fuk Wing Street
Sham Shui Po
Tel. 27259118


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Sichuan King Lam Rice Noodle Restaurant

It is easy to tell the difference between rice and egg noodles, the rice ones being white in color. We love both types of noodles and this restaurant specialises in rice vermicelli. It is always crowded around lunch and dinner times and is very conveniently located for people in Hung Hom or visiting Whampoa Garden.



There are not a lot of options on the menu but you can choose any number of the following toppings: beef, pork, goose, pig's liver, spicy minced beef, fish skin dumplings, bean curd, abalone, ham, cuttlefish balls, beef balls, fish balls, fungus, beef and mushroom balls, and fish head, pickled vegetables, lettuce, mushrooms, turnips, red sausage, wonton and pig intestines. Every bowl has bean sprouts, fried tofu and chives. You can optionally ask for Sichuan spice soup with many different levels of spicyness. Price is dependent on the number of toppings, 1 topping being HK$21, 2 toppings $24, 3 for $27, 4 for $30. They also have set meals and a $40 very large bowl with almost everything.

Bbq chicken wings (optionally spicy) $10 for 3 are a specialty and you should definitely try them out.



They also have afternoon tea specials from 2:30-6pm. Set A includes noodles with one topping, chicken wings and a bean curd drink for $21. Set B is also $21, and you get two toppings but no chicken wings.



We had a slightly spicy pig liver, mushrooms, fried bean curd rice vermicelli and a non-spicy wonton and turnip as shown in left and right hand side of the picture below. The service was fast and the noodles come piping hot. We also had a vegetable dish.




This is one of our regular restaurants and it costs about $30 per head. Perfect for a quick meal, the food is always excellent. There is also a branch in Jordan. We give it 5 out of 5.

17-27 6A Man Tai St
Hung Hom
Kowloon Tel 27656855


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Noodle Dim Sum King (面点王)

Noodle Dim Sum King (MDW) is a restaurant chain which sells handmade noodles, sort of like a Chinese McDonalds. We had lunch there on our visit to Book City.





You get a card which is stamped as you take food from the front counter and return to your table to eat it. Unlike McDonalds, waiters and waitresses are on hand to serve you. It is more upscale than typical noodle places on the mainland and is hence a little more expensive.



Noodles are freshly made and have just the correct amount of chewiness.




Many people order the braised pork ribs which are a specialty of the house. There is not much meat but they are very tasty. This a favourite of Mrs Fisher.



Kailani likes the cucumber marinated in soya sauce, chilli and garlic.



I like the beef cakes and Chinese pizza.


All in all, this restaurant is dependable in quality and we always look forward to having lunch there. It costs about RMB20 per head and we give it 4 of out 5.

Da-li Restaurant, Tai Wai (大利興隆茶餐廳)

We went to Tai Wai, Shatin, and had dinner at the Da-Li (大利興隆茶餐廳) Tea Restaurant. It offers a wide range of Hong Kong style food. We had curry beef brisket, beef and turnip rice and red bean curd vegetable pot. The food was tasty and the bean curd pot excellent.

We highly recommend the red bean curd vegetable pot, which has dried mushrooms, vermicelli, broccoli and cabbage. The mushrooms were juicy and extremely delicious. The radish and beef was very good as well. The beef was tender, and the turnips, unlike most tea restaurants, were not cooked until they were soggy. If you like spicy food, then you will surely enjoy the curry beef brisket. It is cooked in mildly spicy curry sauce with juicy beef and potatoes. You would not regret this choice.

Da-li was full even when we arrived at 6:45pm on a Monday, so if you are planning to have dinner there, get there earlier. The restaurant is located about a 5 minute walk from Tai Wai station.

We give this restaurant 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Address: 22A Chik Fu St Tai Wai
Telephone: 26950113

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Four Seasons Hot-Pot Restaurant, Fortress Hill (春夏秋冬火鍋店)

This unpretentious restaurant, just across the road from Fortress Hill MTR station, serves Cantonese-style hot pot food to a mainly local clientele. It has the unusual opening hours of 5:30pm to 5am and is a favourite of the city's insomniacs. We recommend it to adventurous tourists who want to experience an authentic Cantonese dining experience. You can get a feel of the place from the photos above.

They have a wide selection of soup bases, we chose pickled cabbage and pig stomach. Make sure you order the top grade beef which is sliced paper thin and melts in your mouth. Among other things the three of us also had sweet corn, Chinese lettuce and dumplings, the latter being excellent. The food was very fresh and the helpings a good size. This economical restaurant ($310 for 3 people including a 10% service charge) is one of the best hot-pot places in its class and is highly recommended. We give it 4 out of 5 stars.


Shop 1 G/F and Shop 4-7 1/F Rialto Mansion
177-191 Kings Road North Point, Hong Kong (see map below)
Tel: 31066933, 31066077

春夏秋冬火鍋店

這家餐館位于砲臺山港鉄站出口對面馬路,只需橫過路面的唯一行人天橋即達。 它有異常的开放时间:下午5:30至零晨5時，並且是我們吃過最好的的火鍋店。您能從下面照片到地方的感觉。 那裏有很多不同類型的湯底，而其中最好的就是胡椒豬肚湯。入口即熔的高級的牛肉(每盆$98),玉米、生菜和餃子都非常新鮮,也值得一試。 我們三個人一共花了$310塊錢。（包括10%服務费)

我們給它4出于5個星。

地址: 香港北角英皇道177號1/F

(砲臺山地鐵站天橋旁)


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