Smile Sep 2015 - page 29

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omnom
nom
ready, set, eat!
taste of
paradise
Food writer and
blogger Janice
Leung Hayes
walks us through
a full and happy
day’s munching
(and supping) in
Hong Kong
7.30am
At first sight, Central may
seem a bit stiff with all its
banks and luxury retail, but
even the suits need some
dai pai dong
(street hawker)
action to kickstart the
morning.
Yue Hing
(Shop
82, Stanley St, Central) is
famous for its
chaan daan
ji
— sandwiches filled with
scrambled egg, lettuce,
peanut butter and luncheon
meat. The ingredients are
about as un-Chinese as they
could be, but when they’re
combined, few things say
“Hong Kong” like this.
10am
With several of its baristas
taking away trophies
at the World Barista
Championships, Hong
Kong’s specialty coffee
industry is on the rise.
Caffeine connoisseurs
should head to
Cupping
Room
(Shop LG, The
Centre Mark, 287-299
Queen’s Rd Central;
enter on Cleverly St).
Speak to the baristas,
and you’ll be amazed by
their knowledge of and
dedication to the humble
coffee bean.
Noon
Go a little earlier
than the lunch rush
(which starts at around
12.30pm) to get some
of the city’s best roast
goose at
Yat Lok
(G/F, 34-38 Stanley
St, Central). This is a
classic Cantonese-style
barbecue shop, so
they make roast goose
and pork, and chicken
poached in soy sauce
too. Try a plate of rice
with
sheung ping
(two
choices of barbecued
meats) — I’d go for roast
goose with
char siu,
or
barbecued pork glazed
in malt sugar.
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