VERY Attractive Price Dim Sum Restaurant - Hak Ka Hut

Everything so so, except price which is extremely attractive. Last weekend I tried a new restaurant in Causeway Bay which is famous for its good deals - no service charge and tea is also free. The two of us spent only HK$66.5 (US$8.5) for an early lunch. Except weekday peak hours, this restaurant has special offers all the time, such as 40% off dim sum if you settle your bill before 12.45pm.

The food, environment and services are reasonable. However it just costs like a fast food take-away shop which is really tempting. Although its name indicates Haka food, but I can find all the Cantonese dim sum here.

Deep Fried Dace Fish Balls, with clams sauce

(not spongy enough!) 蜆蚧鯪魚球

Stir Fried Rice Roll 煎腸粉
Pan Fried Stuffed Trio 煎釀三寶
(should be three different pieces,
but we got two eggplant and one tofu;
oooops also no soy sauce!) 雖然有三件, 但只有兩寶!
Wanton Soup with Chicken 雲吞雞湯

Steamed Rice with Minced Pork 蒸梅菜肉餅飯

Hak Ka Hut 客家好棧

21/F Lee Theatre Plaza, 99 Percival Street,

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Tel: 2881 8578

Allow some waiting time, as there are plenty of people at early lunch and late afternoon tea. (Six branches altogether)

Hong Kong Food Blog - Special Price Dim Sum

Anna’s Health eBook Store - Buy One Get One Free

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2010 Chinese New Year Kick Off Lunch

2010 Chinese New Year falls on the Valentine's Day. In Hong Kong, Cantonese tradition is to have our new-year kick off lunch on the second day of Chinese New Year, hence February 15, 2010. Let me show off my family cooked CNY kick off lunch. All dishes are carrying wonderfully good names.

A Great Start (Assorted Vegetables)

羅漢齋 (開齋)

Great Profit (Pig Tongue)

金錢大利

Pig Tongue with Gold Coins (Mushrooms)

冬菇豬利

Great Surplus & Wealth Generation

(Fish Cake & Lettuce Soup)

生財有道, 年年有餘 - 生菜魚餅肉片湯

Hong Kong Chinese Food - Chinese New Year Kick Off Lunch

Museum Cafe - Ideal High Tea Venue

Museum Cafe - Podium Level, Hong Kong Art Museum, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

Hong Kong musuems are free on Wednesdays. So I take a day's off, go to Tsimshatsui to have lunch at Peking Garden and spent some time exploring the nearby Space Museum, Art Museum and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Though I eat one meal a day, but sometimes I'm naughty. It is a personal rule, not a law, so it doesn't matter. After my museum tour, I had a cup of tea at its cafe on the podium. I really like to recommend this place becasue it is never crowded and it has superb views of the Victoria Harbour. Make sure to sit outdoor and the whole podium is yours.

Most important of all, the 5-star views here won't cost 5-star price. My latte is only HK$28 and the garlic bread is only HK$25. The food here is really nice and not expensive at all.

Garlic Bread HK$25 (US$3.2)

Anna at the Museum Cafe
The Museum Cafe podium offers great views
of the Victoria Harbour

Hong Kong Food Blog - Museum Cafe

Learn Restaurant Cantonese

Let's learn a couple of Cantonese phrases to speak in any Hong Kong restaurant. See if you can shock the waiters.

Mai Dan 埋單 - please give me the bill
mmm goi 吾該 - thank you / please

Now click on the video, and listen to how I say it. The card I am holding is a dim sum record card.

Chinese New Year is approaching. This year it falls on the Valentine's Day. When you are at a restaurant, waiters will say this to you:

Kung Hei Fat Choi 恭喜發財

You can also say this to anybody during CNY period in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Food Blog - Learn Restaurant Cantonese

Hot Pot Specialty Restaurants in Hong Kong

Restaurant name: Little Fat Cow小肥牛火鍋活魚專門店
Restaurant address: 141 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Restaurant telephone: 852- 25290660
Cost: HK$280 (US$35.8), all inclusive for two people

In Hong Kong, some hot pot restaurants have specialties. Little Fat Sheep is famous for lamp hot pot; Little Fat Cow is famous for beef hot pot; Tanyoto (Tam's Fish Head) is famous for giant fish head. If you want to enjoy a delightful hot pot meal, better go to specialty shops where their table settings and ventilation systems are all set.

There are other hot pot restaurants charging a fix price and you can eat all you can. Of course, you would have to comprise on food quality, service and everything.

The other day I went to Little Fat Cow. Their special offer was only HK$10. We ordered the best deals on the menu - local beef (HK$28) and beef in Huadiao wine (HK$18). You can also order beef from overseas like Canada, USA, Australia or Japan which costs up to HK$88 per dish.

Neck Beef - Special Offer HK$10 (US$1.3) 牛頸脊

Beef in Huadiao Wine - HK$18 (US$2.3) 花雕肥牛

Local Beef - HK$28 (US$3.6) 本地肥牛
We can turn this big lump of prawn's meat into
small balls to cook in the hot pot
Prawn's Meat - HK$55 (US$7) 蝦膠

For the soup base, I always go for vanilla,

although there were other choices.

Even so, I have tofu and some vegetable

as accessories in the soup base.

Cooking in the Hot Pot

Little Fat Cow has seven branches in Hong Kong.

Opens daily between 6pm and 3am (Wanchai shop).

Advance booking is advised.

Hong Kong Food Blog - Hot Pot Restaurants

500+ Healthy Chinese Recipes Cookbook

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About Nicholas Zhou’sNicholas began to learn cooking Chinese food from his mom when he was 9. When he was 12, he began to help his aunt in the kitchen (this was how he paid for my school clothes and supplies). His aunt was a very famous chef in town. Actually she was like the local chief chef and was invited to cook for all the major events, feasts and wedding parties held in town. She taught Nicholas everything about cooking - selecting ingredients, balancing nutrition, 6 key techniques in Chinese cooking, 8 Chinese cooking styles and even table etiquette. In memory of his aunt, he started his research and completed his eCookbook in 1998 and has since then became one of the best-selling cookbooks for Chinese food.

Hong Kong Chinese Food - Cookbook Review