Chui King Lau — Restaurant in Hong Kong

One of a few selling Kwangtung East lake cuisine restaurant still operate in the territory. East Lake cuisine is famous for it salty baked chicken, Braised pork belly with preserved vegetables and tofu dishes. This cuisine used to be quite popular in the 70s and 80s because they charged cheap when people didn't earn much. At the height of its popularity, there were scores of restaurants bearing this same name scattered in all areas. But as people gets richer and earned more, East Lake cuisine slowly being faded out to give ways to better...

This restaurant has been around for more than half a century, although the owners have changed hands several times. It is well-known for serving Hakka cuisines in which Sliced Pork with Preserved Vegetable is one of my favourites. However, for recent years, lean sliced pork (sometimes without any fat attached) has been used instead of the traditional half-fat-half-lean. It has become less tasty than before, although this substitute should be good for your health. I really treasured the traditional taste, as I only order this dish ...

I had decided on some ham-egg rice (火腿煎蛋飯）for $50, but after got seated the price suddenly went up to $72 because "dinner-time", but then it was lowered back to $65 as soon as the staff heard me speaking Chinese. I should've left at this point...

The quality of the ham-egg rice was revolting by the way: Around 3 eggs, 4 small slices of probably SPAM ham and half a kilogram of rice. For $65. (Some wulong tea was provided for free though.) In the nearby food market you can two, much more nicely prepared meals...