The Wife Cake (老婆餅)

Today I can’t wait to have wife cake (老婆餅) for breakfast. I bought 6 pieces from Wing Wah bakery (榮華) and took it back to office and shared with my collegues for breakfast. But I kept 3 pieces for myself ! (hahaaa…..) Oh…. the puff of the cake was utterly crusty, and the cake is just-right sweetness…yum..yum !!

The Tortoise Jelly (龜零膏)

Maybe eating too much spicy food, there are some pimples on my face and I can feel myself a little bit hot inside the body. Therefore, I decided to order a bowel of Tortoise Jelly (The glossy blackish pudding made of turtle’s plastron and Chinese herbs) this afternoon. Put few spoons of syrup on top of the jelly and eat together… Feeling so good…..This is to flush away toxins and remove the damp-heat in my body.

Egg Tart (蛋撻)

Well, we talked about Egg Tart yesterday. It was happened to me that I passed Central today. Therefore, I went to Tai Cheong, bought 1 dozen of freshly baked egg tart and brought it home.

I couldn’t wait and ate on the right outside. Wow…delicious! I loved Egg Tart(蛋撻)! Puff pastry, egg custard which was just sweet right. No wonder why Chris Patten could not wait to taste the tart (Tai Cheong Egg Tart泰昌蛋撻) in his hand every time when he is over to Hong Kong.

Address: No. 35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong中環擺花街35號地下 (近閣麟街)

Tea & Tart

Continuing with our trail of local food, even if the limit of your stomach is reached, you should at least take away the Milk Tea and the Egg Tart, which are representative of Hong Kong style delicacies. For as long as over 40 years, Milk Tea and Egg Tart have been with every hongkonger. As perfect a match as bread and butter, a mouthful of Egg Tart followed by a sip of Milk Tea is enough to awake every of your taste buds. You gotta eat it to believe it!

Despite their fame and history, places serving Milk Tea and Egg Tart nowadays do take time to find. Modern restaurants no longer have them available. Nevertheless, there are some local (less well-furnished) eateries in Mongkok areas still offering the legendary goody. Having tea there after visiting the “Lady’s Street” nearby makes a very nice half-day trip.

Mini Clay Bowls (砵仔糕)

Again, this time....Hong Kong local street food. Rice puddings in mini clay bowls (砵仔糕) from San Lung Bakery (No. 68, Pei Ho Street, ShumShuiPo). The white one is made with white sugar, and the brown one is made with brown sugar, both embellished with red beans. A lot of red beans with very pleasant note of rice !!

YumYum!! A lot of red bean....

"Pork intestine" rice rolls (豬腸粉)

"Pork intestine" rice rolls is nothing related to animal organ, it is vegetarian Hong Kong local snack, chu cheung fan (豬腸粉). It represents the glory of Hong Kong street food. I remember when I was in primary school, I usually had HK$5 dollar with 5 pieces of rice roll after school on the way back home (but now it is HK$5 for 4 pieces). It looks very plain which is white rice roll without anything inside it. However, once you drench it with sesame, chilli sauce, peanut sauce and sweet bean sauce….wow…. it taste so good !! You can find "chu cheung fan" (豬腸粉) in any local congee shop in the street.

Hong Kong style waffle - “Gei Dan Jai”(雞蛋仔).

One of my nephew's favorite food is “Gei Dan Jai”(雞蛋仔), the Hong Kong style waffle and he always asked his parents buy him one when he goes down to Jordan. The price in this shop is a little bit expensive than the same shop in other places (usually around HK$8), but strange that there is always a lot of people queue up in front of the shop and waiting his number is calling up to get HK$10 “Gei Dan Jai”(雞蛋仔). Thus, I decided to try it today as I passed the shop.
The shop is very tiny and looks old, no expensive decorations but with a lot of newspaper/magazine cuttings and photos with famous people. I firstly line up the queue to pay HK$10, then get a number, and wait quietly in the busy street for about 15mins… to get my “Gei Dan Jai”(雞蛋仔).
Wah, smell good...strong in egg…pick one small piece and have a bite....oh, my goodness! crispy outside but soft and warm inside. No wonder why so many people would like to spend 15mins waiting in the busy street just to get HK$10 “Gei Dan Jai”(雞蛋仔). By the way, spicy fish balls (麻辣魚蛋) are also recommended in this shop.

Waiting in a Big Big Queue.... !!!

Yummy Yummy!!

(sorry, the picture is not in good quality as I hold my carmea too close to the food)

Location: Shop A, #178 Nathan Road, Jordan (Exit D, Jordan MTR)