- All right, so check it
out, it's Trevor James.
I just got into Hong Kong
and today we're going
for a full on street food tour.
I am so pumped, let's go check it out.
Hong Kong, you'll fall in love
at the first time you visit.
The food is world class.
With specialties from all over the world.
There's enough local Cantonese street food
to eat here for a lifetime.
If you love elegant dim sum and classic
Cantonese wok cooking,
you've found the right video.
'Cause we had one day to
eat as much as we could.
Starting with the world famous dim sum
at local classic (speaks
foreign language) tea house,
Lin Heung Lau.
All right, so first up we're
going to Lin Heung Lau,
Lin Heung Tea House for some
specialty Hong Kong dim sum.
When you walk in, you instantly
feel like you're stepping
back into dim sum time.
The kitchen pumps out
steamer after steamer
of dim sum and the locals love it all.
Just watch the magic in the kitchen.
All the classic dim sum dishes
are pushed around on carts
and you can choose whatever looks good.
That really is part of the fun.
This is beautiful.
We're having a feast of dim sum here.
We ordered a lot of unique dim sum
that I had never tried before.
Mainly because the classics
like (speaks foreign language)
pork dumplings, chicken feet
and (speaks foreign language) sticky rice
were just in between
batches when we arrived.
Stuff like peanut and sesame stuffed baos,
shrimp and pork dumplings,
more shrimp and pork
dumplings with cilantro
and a whole quail egg,
(speaks foreign language) beef
stuffed rice noodle rolls,
covered in light soy sauce,
cilantro infused ground beef
on top of rice and sticky
rice filled with peanuts,
mushrooms and little
shrimp, we got it all.
Dim sum is just okay, I'm not blown away.
But the experience I'm
coming into a traditional
push cart dim sum style
place is worth it alone.
You heard it right, if
you come to Hong Kong
and choose Lin Heung Lau come here
for the traditional
atmosphere and to witness
the classic push cart style dim sum.
But don't expect to be blown away.
That's just how it is sometimes.
All right, that was a lot of fun to watch
the push carts in a classic
dim sum joint in Hong Kong.
We're gonna walk around and
see what else we can find.
It is deadly hot here in Hong Kong today.
I just had to buy a cooler
t-shirt because I was dying
and now we're gonna make
our way roast goose,
I am really excited for this.
After a walk around enjoying the sights
of central Hong Kong, with
all the busy cross walks,
bright lights and high buildings
and to warm up for the
roast goose lunch feast,
we made our way to search for a tiny hole
in the wall noodle joint.
We found Hong Kong style
noodles with a rich
and complex broth stuffed
full of organs and meats
that are to die for.
All right, so right up here
(speaks foreign language)
I've heard a lot of good stuff about this.
- Hello.
- Hello.
(speaks foreign language)
- Look at this.
- Let's see, the mushroom
and fish ball, fish ball.
Oh yeah, beautiful and
maybe one of the sausage.
Is that pig skin?
Oh yeah, that looks good.
Maybe some sausage, hot dog.
It looks good, beautiful.
Look at that.
- Chili.
- Yes please.
Oh is that pig blood?
Oh yeah, fish ball.
Very good.
Here we are.
(speaks foreign language)
This looks rich.
Look at that.
Awesome.
Look at this.
Wow, what a bowl of noodles.
Look at this monster bowl of noodles.
I think the noodles are
hidden on the bottom.
I ordered all of the add-ons.
This is like a bean curd skin.
I've got curry squid, they
throw a hot dog in there
and this is like a spicy bean paste
that you have to mix in.
I have no idea where I'm gonna start.
I got fish balls and cabbage,
and look at that down there.
I also got pig blood.
This is just, this is just...
Overflowing, I'm gonna go right
in for this bean curd skin.
Mmm!
Oh that flavor.
It's slightly herbal and
the spicy bean paste,
is really a nice kick.
There's also a sweetness
on this bean curd skin.
I think there should
be some, oh there, yep.
There should be some
noodles on the bottom.
There it is and that is a full on meal.
There is a lot going on here
in this bowl of noodles.
It's spicy, very savory, quite herbal
and there's actually a bit of sweetness
from this bean curd skin
and a bit of a curry flavor,
probably from the curry squid.
(mumbles)
Hong Kong, there really is everything
you can dream of here for food
and we're here to eat the classics.
Right up ahead is a
famous roast goose joint.
We're gonna go try it out.
We made our way for another walk
to try a famous roast goose restaurant
in the Michelin Guide.
Kam's Roast Goose and the
line up was out the door.
Here, you can order Hong Kong specialties
like char siu barbecue pork and of course
the succulent fatty roast goose.
Order it over on top of noodles or rice.
There's nothing like it.
Okay.
Beautiful.
- Hello.
Thank you.
Beautiful.
Thank you.
Very nice.
Oh yeah, look at that.
Look how succulent the skin is there.
Oh and there's all the layers.
It's on top of egg noodles.
I think they put lots of goose oil.
It's very oily, oh yeah,
look how oily that is.
They give you a little plum sauce as well.
I'm just gonna pour
some of that plum sauce
over top of that roast goose.
Oh yeah, that looks,
so succulent and then I also ordered
just for the fun, preserved century egg
over top of pickled ginger.
Let's try it out.
We're gonna go right in
for this roast goose first.
Let's get a nice piece.
Look at that.
Just gonna get a nice, big
bite from that roast goose.
That super fatty skin, succulent,
we're gonna try it out.
It just melts in your mouth.
The skin is perfectly succulent and fatty.
The meat is unbelievably tender.
With the slightly sweet plum
sauce, oh that is just...
Whoa, the meat is so soft
that it's like butter.
Really this might be the complete contrast
to what I've just eaten, a century egg.
Look at the gooey yolk
that is just bursting.
Look at the outside, it's
almost as if there's some
snowflake pattern on it.
Let's try that out.
Mm!
I can't believe it.
But that is actually good.
The pickled ginger that it's over top of,
that flavor is right into it.
It's actually a little sweet
and the preserve like fermented funkiness
really isn't there.
Thank you, that was really nice.
Bye bye.
- Bye bye.
- Thank you.
- Bye bye, thank you.
- Bye bye.
- Bye bye.
We have a lot more food to eat.
We're gonna take the Star
Ferry across the water
and see what we can find in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Beautiful day here in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong skyline is
one of the most iconic
in the world and taking the Star Ferry
is a sure way to enjoy it.
This is a perfect thing
to do in between meals
while you're getting
ready for the next one.
Here it is, guys, the
postcard Hong Kong shot.
What a beautiful city.
We're here to eat though.
We're gonna walk around,
we're on the other side
of Hong Kong now, we're gonna
see what else we can eat.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I know you.
- Oh, hi.
- [Woman] I saw your
video on the internet.
- [Trevor] Really, nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Can we take a picture?
- Sure, sure, yeah.
- [Woman] My husband also like you.
- Good, okay.
- Thank you.
- Thanks, see you.
- Bye bye.
- Bye bye.
- How are you doing Ting?
- Good.
- So we just got out of the subway
and we are going to go for
a daipaidang experience.
We're gonna find some wok hay,
some delicious stir fry dishes
on the street side in Hong Kong.
Hungry?
Here we go.
(upbeat music)
We're on a quest for a local daipaidang,
like a back street alley wok
with all the flavors and
all the stir fried dishes.
So we're gonna go see what we can find.
So we found the local daipaidang
in (speaks foreign language),
we're gonna have a feast.
One of the best things about visiting
a daipaidang Hong Kong
is getting to watch the chefs at work.
It's worth coming to one
just to watch them cook
dish after dish.
It really brings you into the location.
Experiencing the food alongside
the chefs and the locals.
The heat, the fire, the oil, the sizzle
and the smoke along
with the busy atmosphere
is a great indicator that
the food is gonna be good
and you'll crave for this
atmosphere every time you leave.
It is all here now.
We just got the last dish.
This is a true street
side Cantonese feast.
I don't even know where to start.
It is all here.
Look at this, this is a fish head
with ginger and onions.
This is tofu, deep fried,
salt and pepper style.
This is (speaks foreign language)
one of my go-to classic
dishes in Guangdong
or Hong Kong.
Stir fried rice noodles
with nice slices of beef
and spring onions, oh
yeah, that's gonna be good.
This is deep fried salt and pepper squid.
Oh yeah that is gonna be good.
We have some veg and then over here,
this is mantis shrimp.
These look like bread
crumbs with some peppers,
sliced green onions, oh
yeah the meat in there
is gonna be fantastic.
They give you some chili
sauce and some soy.
Everything here was superb.
The salt and pepper squid had a crunch,
and light seasoning that
keeps you going for more.
The rice noodles along with
all the other wok dishes
had a perfect wok hay, known as the flavor
of the wok, something much easier to find
in these deep street joints.
Cantonese street food like
this is just elegantly
spiced, nothing too
powerful but so enjoyable
at the same time.
This is very similar to
the Chinese food that most
of us are familiar with in the west,
but so much better.
- I grow up in Guangdong
and this is the kind of
food that I'm similar with,
it's like really strong wok hay,
is like really good and it's not too oily.
Special the (speaks foreign language),
(speaks foreign language) is the best.
It's (speaks foreign language) favorite.
- So we have had a marvelous
day here in Hong Kong,
so much delicious food.
We wanted to eat a lot more,
but we couldn't, it was just too much.
I have made a map of all
the places we've been to
as well as your
recommendations for my last
Instagram post, so you can check that out
in the description below, click that link.
Next time you're coming to Hong Kong,
you can have a full day
of eating just like this.
We just scratched the
surface, there is so much more
so we're gonna be coming back hopefully
in the next couple of
weeks to film another
full day of eating in Hong Kong.
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