Porridge and Noodles, Hong Kong

Last Update: 2008-6-19; By iris

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On both sides of the streets, there are lots of cafes serving porridge, noodles, and wanton and featured dishes. Porridge in Hong Kong is specially cooked. Normally, firs material like chicken and cow hells are boiled into thick soup, then rice is put into the soup and stewed into paste and then added with different contents, like beef, pork, chicken, fish egg, sliced fish and preserved egg. Besides, white pepper and soy sauce will also be mixed in the porridge when it is ready to eat. Porridge cook in this way is adequate in nutrition and Hong Kong people like to eat them at breakfast.
As to noodles, the common ones are noodles with beef, noodles with rolled meat, wanton noodles, noodles with dumplings, noodles with pig’s foot, noodles with rolled cutter fish and noodles with soybean pastes. Besides, other main food in store for porridge and noodles include rice noodles, steamed rice roll and so on. Steamed rice roll is a kind of noodles made of milled rice, which is really tasty.

Wherever you are, in business area or residential area, you will find eateries for porridge and noodles everywhere. Generally speaking, these eateries are small only with several collapsible tables, and some are in the open air. But they are operated for a long time, some from 6:00 in the morning till midnight.

Recommended Restaurants:

Macwin Kee
Macwin Kee has been serving delicious Wonton Noodles and Noodles with Fresh Shrimp Wonton.
Address：No.51, Parkes Street
Telephone: (852) 27365561

Lan Kwai Fong Noodles Cafe
The café is arranged like a bar, and customers can eat noodles as well as drink. The price is various according to types and sizes.
Address: Lan Kwai Fong, Central
Telephone: (852) 28400153