Keung Kee — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

I have been meaning to try acclaimed Keung Kee for awhile.

With 70 years of history in hk and years of Michelin recommended street food honour, the restaurant is most famous for their glutinous rice with preserved meat. From a stall to a new store in wan chai soft opened less than 2 weeks ago, and they are consistently full at dinner time.

We have tried their glutinous rice (of course), and it was kinda good. The Chinese mushrooms in the rice were especially flavourful. The glutinous rice itself was worth revisiting.

Amongst the signature dishes, their fried noodles and pork congee were sold out tonight but we have tried the Cheung fun (rice rolls), they were not bad but we wouldn’t say they were amazing either… We tried the duck congee on the new menu, it was ok. But neither were matching the fame we must say.

Then we moved on the the desserts and ordered mixed beans soup and beancurd sweet soup, which were really disappointing.

The general mixed beans soup that we know of are full of visible and “tangible” mixed beans; their soup was with almost no beans, they have got the colour but tasted diluted and watery. As for the cold beancurd soup, I am pretty sure it should not tasted like shaved ice… We meant to try the green beans soup as well, but we were put off by the two we have tried. So, if we revisit, we are likely not going for the sweet soup again.

Overall, we liked the environment of the new store, the team were friendly and helpful, and we would recommend the glutinous rice if you go visit. There goes my...

We didn’t come here by accident: We were searching for cheung fun vendors and came across positive reviews about this decades-old Hong Kong-style snacks eatery that had its start as a cart-pushing street vendor. There’s also the tourism drawcard: Michelin’s recommendation (it certainly doesn’t hurt their popularity)

There wasn’t a spare seat in sight when we arrived, so we had to queue outside for about 15 minutes, but that’s all part of the charm.

There are sticky rice, congee, noodles and snacks to choose from the menu, so you don’t have to worry about what to eat. Although what they serve is simple and not ovation-worthy, the food was delivered fast, certainly good, and most definitely tasty enough to make it worth a visit (the Michelin’s recognition is well earned).

We ordered:

Sticky rice with preserved sausage slices & duck liver dried sausage slices (highly recommended) Rice congee with pork ribs, peanuts & dried oyster (quite good) Pan-fried rice cheung fun with dried shrimps (make sure you pay extra to add the fired egg)

Although relatively pricey for street snacks, given the quality of the food, service, and experience, the price is admittedly...

Outstanding at what they do. A semi-random mix of street food and main dishes. It’s a tight menu and I’d happily eat any of it.

9.5/10 - The Beef Rib Congee, after the initial stir it came to the perfect consistency. The beef rib’s bone made it more of a decorative piece but the beef in the congee was on point.

9/10 - Sticky Rice with Red Preserved Sausage and Black Duck Liver Sausage. The Duck Liver Sausage was 10/10, the Red Preserved Sausage was far too dry for my liking and the sticky rice was the perfect level of sticky, nothing left on the bowl!

9/10 - Rice Rolls with Fried Egg was really good, could have had more peanut sauce you go along with it but the fried egg was a great addition that I’ve never had anywhere else!

8/10 - Imitation Shark Fin Soup, solid bowl. There wasn’t masses of flavour but the consistency was on point.

7/10 - Squid, sadly flavourless and a little overcooked.

& the Black...