Ronin 8 On Wo Lane Central Hong Kong Ronin is easily one of those restaurants that pops up as a popular, must-try Hong Kong restaurant for the modern generation. Unlike Yung Kee, it doesn’t have a long history and tradition. The place is relatively new, but has garnered quite a popularity in a short time….
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Yung Kee
Yung Kee 32-40 Wellington Street Central Hong Kong Cantonese cuisine is well known for roasted meats. Picture that roasted duck or hunk of roasted pork hanging in your local Chinese BBQ shop. Now picture the same thing, but marked up by $$$$ and with attentive table service and polite waiters. Welcome to Yung Kee! Just…
LA Food & Wine Festival 2016: Lexus Grand Tasting
I’ve always been meaning to return to the LA Food & Wine Festival. It’s taken me 3 years to do so, but better late than never right? With all the food and drink you can eat, these festivals are an utter delight to attend if you can swallow the price tag. The price has significantly dropped…
Hui Lau Shan
Hui Lau Shan Multiple locations Hong Kong When Anthony Bourdain had a layover in Hong Kong, he visited Hui Lau Shan, a mango focused dessert shop. I love mango and I love desserts, but watching Anthony Bourdain eat orange goop was NOT appealing to me. I prefer my mangoes on the tart side, and I…
Gi Kee
Gi Kee Wong Nai Chung Complex Happy Valley Hong Kong Everyone says you have to eat seafood while in Hong Kong. I originally planned to eat at Under the Bridge Spicy Crab, but made a last minute change. The reviews on Trip Advisor were a little underwhelming. It seemed the place to be years ago,…
Ippudo
Ippudo Lab Concept Queensway Plaza 93 Queensway Admiralty Hong Kong Ippudo was the one spot in Japan that I didn’t get to visit. People said it was better than my favorite, Ichiran. I found that very hard to believe, but that only made me more intrigued by the place. In the States, there’s only a…
Mak’s Noodle
Mak’s Noodle 77 Wellington Street Central Hong Kong With dim sum checked off my list, I moved onto another Hong Kong favorite and must eat, wonton noodles. There are many other Mak restaurants opened up by relatives or disciples of the original Mak Woon-chi. However, my research concluded that the original location of Mak’s Noodle on…
Tai Cheong
Tai Cheong Bakery 35 Lyndhurst Terrace Central Hong Kong The Annoyer called Tai Cheong the best egg tart in Hong Kong. It’s in my nature to question such bold statements when it pertains to food. My thought it always, “Oh yeah? Well I’ll be the judge of that!” And I arrived, ready to smear this…
Lung King Heen
Lung King Heen Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong 8 Finance Street Central Hong Kong No trip to Hong Kong is complete without eating dim sum. I’m not sure if dim sum was invented here, but the city and this cuisine are almost synonymous in my mind. The options range from cheap, quick, and dirty or expensive, high…
Gau Gee (Kau Kee)
Gau Gee 21 Gough Street Hong Kong Island Doing the research for Busan restaurants was a fruitless effort. Busan is just not as big of an international destination like Tokyo or New York City. Some simple Google search terms will get you a ton of results for the best of anything in those major cities, unlike…
Daedo
Daedo Google Maps Our final meal in Busan was at Daedo, a Korean BBQ restaurant specializing in non marinated meat. It was the most tourist and English friendly spot during our entire trip. It’s location at The Bay 101, a hip and trendy shopping/eating destination and yacht club, is more of a tourist hot spot than…
Ba Da Ma Eul
The best foods can be found at Michelin starred restaurants, but can also be found at little shacks like Ba Da Ma Eul. The name refers to the general area comprised of a bunch of seafood stalls/tents, each individually owned and operated. The specialty is fresh live seafood. You literally pick out what you want and…
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