HONG KONG: Exploring Michelin Guide Restaurants in Mongkok

June 22, 2018

HONG KONG: Exploring Michelin Guide Restaurants in Mongkok


If you are booked in a hotel in Mongkok, it will be worth visiting these three dining places to find out why they are listed in the Michelin guide. They are listed in the Michelin street food section which evolved into a new category in 2018 called plate Michelin, which doesn't earn them a star or a title as bib gourmand, but are considered by Michelin inspectors to serve quality food.

The three dining places I chose is just 250 meters to 1.5 kilómeters from each other. So it will be easy to do food tasting in these restaurants. As you can see in the map below, they are just near each other




My suggestion is for you to visit Soupreme first for the Matsusake soup, then eat pan fried shrimp, truffle and signature buns at Cheung Hing Kee. Then eat the famous Michelin desserts of green tea lava cake with green tea ice cream and Mango Napoleon.


SOUPREME


Unfortunately, when I visited Soupreme, it was closed. So all I did was take a photo of the front. It would have been a wonderful experience since they have consistently been in the Michelin list in 2016, 2017 and 2018.






WHAT TO ORDER:
Matsusake soup (45 HKD)

You can get discounted vouchers at klook.com.






CHEUNG HING KEE


The branch I visited and shown in the photos is the branch in Tsimshatsui. This is just to give you an idea of the price and what to order. They also have a branch at Mongkok, about a kilometer from Soupreme and a few meters from the third Michelin restaurant I'm recommending. 


WHAT TO ORDER:

Signature Pan-fried buns + Pan-fried buns with shrimp
(2 pieces each) (35 HKD)
Pan-fried buns with black truffle (2 pieces) (16 HKD) 


They were listed in the 2016 Michelin guide.
In the photo are other items in the menu. 


The buns are pan-fried. 
They taste like large crispy xiao long bao.
It's bigger than the ordinary xiao long bao. 
It's like xiao long bao coz there's soup when you bite into it. 
The bottom is crisp because it's pan-fried. 


JOYFUL DESSERT HOUSE 

I will rave about the Joyful Dessert House because they make the most fantastic desserts. They truly deserve being in the Michelin list for 3 consecutive years: 2016, 2017, 2018. If there is one thing I would say, this is worth going all the way to visit even if it's out of your way. 







WHAT TO ORDER

Green tea lava cake with green tea ice cream (64 HKD) 


If you are a matcha lover, you will love the full-bodied matcha flavor of the cake and the oozing matcha lava. Heavenly! 


Mango Napoleon (64 HKD) 


You can see the lightness and crispness of the pastry


Even the drinks are really good. If you happen to visit in the mid-afternoon, one drink is free when you order the Mango Napoleon or the Green tea lava cake. 
Matcha milk
(36 HKD) 


Honey Peach Slush
(40 HKD)
For discounted vouchers like the one below, you can purchase those at klook.com 



THE 2018 MICHELIN GUIDE STREET FOOD LIST







PHILIPPINE AIRLINES: Meals on Manila to Hong Kong Roundtrip Flights

June 10, 2018

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES: Meals on Manila to Hong Kong Roundtrip Flights

Sharing with you photos of our meals for the Manila to Hong Kong flights. Meals are included in the fare, aside from 30kg checked baggage. So I'm posting photos of the meals to help you decide if it's worth purchasing the Philippine airlines flight with meals included.

MANILA TO HONG KONG, PR 306, HOT MEAL

 Aristocrat chicken with Java Rice
Dessert is coffee mouse

Pork with Pasta
Dessert is coffee mouse


HONG KONG TO MANILA, PR 319, LUNCH (It became dinner because we were delayed by 4 hours)

Pork with rice
Dessert is Ube jelly with beans in coconut milk

Chicken with mashed potatoes
Dessert is Ube jelly with beans in coconut milk


Included with the meals are unlimited drinks such as softdrinks, beer, red wine, white wine, juice, tea, coffee. 

MANILA: Dining at NAIA 2

June 6, 2018

MANILA: Dining at NAIA 2
(Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 or the PAL Terminal):
Food Choices and Price List 

I needed to write this post because of the very limited dining options at the NAIA 2 so you can  prepare yourself by bringing your own food or simply to not expect too much in terms of food choices. 

The best of the lot in terms of variety and taste is CAFE  FRANCE. 

Below are the dining options and food stores:


CAFE FRANCE






BRING CASH IF YOU WANT TO EAT AT CAFE FRANCE 

DELI KIOSK



DELI CORNER 



GOLDILOCKS





RED RIBBON 

The menu you see is Deli corner.
The small stand on the right is the Red Ribbon stall. 

BY THE WAY, no matter what the airport website says, THERE IS NO JOLLIBEE INSIDE NAIA 2.