nycfoodie

I'd only add the stewed beef noodle soup. It's the only thing I ever order there along with the scallion pancakes. Not b/c the others are bad, they're just so amazing I can't bear not to get them when I'm there.

I used to go to Jing Fong all the time but have stopped. I think the quality has definitely gone down. Now I go to a place, don't know the name but on the corner of Bowery and Canal. It's the first building on the south side of Canal and you go upstairs. We went last weekend around 11:00am and it was already crazy. I was told about it by some Chinese friends and the clientele is definitely mostly Chinese. It was awesome and very reasonable. I'll try to remember the name the next time I'm down there.

I've never had it with meat. In VN, it was always with jicama, chinese sausage, thin strips of omelette. I wonder if the meat version is like VNmese summer rolls with chicken breast. If I go to a VNmese restaurant that serves that, I know that the food has been Americanized.

After eating there twice, my feeling is that the food is fine but not some place I'm dying to try again. In NYC when you have so many choices, I just didn't think the food was on par with the hype.

Wow, thanks to all for replying. This is way better than my guidebook. I kid you not when I say that one of the recommendations for TST is Morton's. Good grief! Please let no one be offended, I love steak as much as the next person but Mortons in HK? I think it's possible to get good ethnic food somewhere other than country of origin, for example, as a VNmese person, I think you can get much better pho in California than in VN. But I just don't like fusion type restaurants. (NYC is just overrun with them and one of my worst food experience was Spice Market here in NYC which I have seen on several top 50 restaurants of the world type lists.) With only three days I want to focus solely on really good authentic Chinese food. To be honest, I'm a little afraid of the idea of Chungking House. A woman with elderly parents and a young child might not be a good fit. We are adventurous in eating and dont mind if the service is not so great but not so adventurous if the location is going to be iffy, especially since we don't speak any Chinese whatsoever. Last question, are there any places that we should definitely splurge? This trip is really for my parents and we probably won't be back again (or at least they might not) so I want to make it really special, and there is nothing they love more than food. (All my planning so far revolves around when and where we are going to eat our various meals and snacks.) Again, thank you so much for all your advice

nycfoodie: Where (what area) will you/family be staying in Hong Kong? Can you order in Cantonese or Mandarin or some Chinese dialects? What kind of Chinese food would please you most? Stir-fried entres? Cantonese noodle soups? Hot pots? Clay pot dishes? Or other non-Cantonese varieties? Would you be willing to taste street food? ← We don't know where we'll be staying, any suggestions? I don't speak any Chinese dialect at all but I'm thinking that I might bring one of those translators thingmajiggy and everyone tells me that we can rely on English to get by. Would you disagree? Should I try to learn a few things, at minimum names of some of my favorite Chinese dishes We love all Chinese food, but especially seafood. We're going to be VN and I think our meals will be mostly street food. I was there earlier in April and found that most street food was more simple and tasty than the fancy restaurants. (Can I say I love VNmese street food! I think I gain 10lbs in the two weeks I was there.) My problem with the fancy places was that they have great service and more like what we can expect at Western restaurants but they tend to have fusion touches to them which is so tiring in NYC. We just want a real authentic experience. When I go to Chinatown, I love to go to those little holes in wall with congee and noodles and roast meats as well as the huge dim sum places with all the carts so we can communicate with our hands. Is there any absolute do not miss place? And what do you think of those home restaurants that I've been reading so much about? Is that a must do and can we make reservations at those or do we just show up? I'm so glad I stumbled on to this site, there is so much good info here.

We are going to VN for three weeks in November and stopping in HK for three days. We would love any recommendations for restaurants and key places to see in HK in only three days. I have seen an earlier thread with recommendations but those places seemed to be geared towards couples on expense account. I definitely don't mind the cost but I'll be traveling with my parents who are in their late 60s and my son who is 28 mos. old. So, I need some places that would be comfortable and casual enough to accommodate children. We are Asians so we are pretty adventurous and would like an authentic Chinese experience even if the ambience is not great. (Unless someone tells me there are some to die for non-Chinese places, I thought we would stick to Chinese restaurants.) Lastly, I've bought some guidebooks but the reviewers on Amazon indicated that the accuracy on a lot of these books leave a lot to be desire. Is there any essential guide that someone can recommend beyond the Insight/Frommers/LP/Rough Guide? Any thoughts would be much appreciated!