Mak Kee — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

Many remained nostalgic about the good yet cheap food at this neighbourhood eatery! Famous for their cheap juicy potstickers, Mak’s also serves other Hong Kong style and Shanghai style snacks. I got the potstickers, as well as the wonton dandan noodles (雲吞擔擔麵). Potstickers were good for the price (only $10 for 3!) and were juicy due to the half fat and meat ratio but they were not hot enough which made the dumpling skin a little hard. The wonton dandan noodles were yummy and was perfect for the gloomy weather! The peanut & chilli soup was not as thick as I expected but it was hearty and delicious, and went very well with the noodles as it perfected coated them. Those mini wontons were ok for me as they tended to be on the fatty end (I like mine more meaty lol). Nevertheless, this place is good for value and definitely deserves...

On Google Map, Mak Kee shows the location of the small snack shop at No. 21 Fort Street, where there is no table seating. The address for the dine-in restaurant is rather No. 19, Fort Street, which is across the N View Street on the other side of Fort Street.

A Michelin-recommended street food shop for a consecutive 7 years, Mak Kee certainly delivers super value for the money. There is a long list of set menu items and I picked the spicy mala ground meat over noodles set, which came with three of their famous potstickers and a hot drink. The meal was very delicious.

The pan-fried pork buns are a must-try. The chef makes the skin by a traditional and natural method of old dough fermentation for the skin. It is then put on the grill and slow-cooked to form crispy bottoms and juicy fillings.

Highly recommend this place for a...

First, they use the exact same wontons for both the chili oil wontons and the pork-and-vegetable ones. This isn’t authentic Shanghai dim sum.

Second, even compared with the average service standards of similar small shops in Hong Kong, the service is the worst I have ever seen - We didn’t order fast enough for the waitress' liking, so she sneered at my mother: “If you can’t handle it, I’ll order for you.”

Third, we found hair in the chili oil wonton. The waitress took away the bowl and then… nothing. When I finally lost patience and complained, the owner was called over and promised to comp the dish, yet it was still on the check. I was tired to start another argument so we walked...