A typical Hong Kong outdoor food market... quite a stinky place really...
Day 4 in Hong Kong, it's time for some local stuff! Walked around the local market, in one of the most popular places, Mong Kok.
Mong Kok is probably my favourite place to be in Hong Kong, it is packed with people most of the time, not that I love crowds but it just is a very lively area, a place where you can find everything; street food, open markets, food markets, shopping malls, high street shops, little cafes etc. There's also a building dedicated to anime/mangas/figures which munchasaurus, I and grumpasurus spent most of our time hanging out and digging out our collection of "treasures".
Of course we can't really miss the street food while we're there:
Plenty of choice, the most popular being fish balls. You can't expect the world's best fish ball and you have to accept it's not the most hygienic eatery ever, but it is one of those things that you'll miss if you can't get it. You can make a very cheap meal out of it too, $8 HKD (about 60p) will get you a fish ball skewers (£5 and you're pretty much full). It's also a great quick stop munchie while you're between meals/shops.
After a quick munchie, we go for a proper meal... Wonton noodle soup is one of grumpasaurus' favourite dish, how can we miss it when we're at a city where it originates from?
Had a little look at the reviews online for a nice Wonton place in Mong Kok, Good Hope Noodle seems to be rated okay so we thought we'll give it a go. Prices of wonton noodle soups are great in Hong Kong, after all i guess it is one of the most local food you can get. $42 HKD (£3) for a noodle soup, bargain.
You'll normally find rice congee in a noodle place in Hong Kong...just how they are. I haven't had rice congee for a while so I gave it a go. There were plenty enough fillings in the congee.. the congee was cooked right and it was just fine (don't expect spectacular tho).
The wonton noodles was good, chewy/bouncy noodles with shrimpy wontons which were quite small, and all hidden at the bottom of the soup. However the soup base wasn't anything special...
Also ordered a chinese beef brisket and tendon noodle soup, which is one of Munchasurus' favourite. The noodles again was good, but the same goes with the soup.
Munchable score (5 Max)
Taste: **
Locations: ****
Atmosphere: **
Price: *****
Address: G/F, 123 Sai Yee Street, Mong Kok
We went shopping after, and of course munchasaurus pi needed munchie breaks - one of the most amazing thing about Hong Kong is they have dessert places everywhere, just a place where you can just go and eat some dessert and not get weird looks. We just stopped by a chain called Honeymoon dessert, the one inside the Langham Place shopping mall.
Ice coconut milk, vanilla ice cream with black glutinous rice topped with fresh mangos - One of munchaurus' all time favourite chinese dessert. They could of made the coconut milk a bit sweet tho, slightly bland...
One of the most favourite fruit is Philippine's yellow mangos, and that is the most common mango in Hong Kong. Couldn't miss the chance of eating more mango; Mango crepe/pancake. Just, so mango.
Munchable score (5 Max)
Taste: ***
Locations: ****
Atmosphere: **
Price: ***
Website: http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=12858&tc=sr1&con=phto
Address: Shop 409, Level 4, Langham Place, 8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok
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