Feast at Lamma Island, Hong Kong-Rainbow Restaurant

I was in Hong Kong in August this year for a conference and we were invited for dinner at Lamma Island. It was interesting as we need to take a ferry ride to the island, which was about 30 mins of bumpy ride. But it well worth it.

It was a rather small island, and I was told by my local colleague that the famous Chow Yuen Fatt is from this island. To me it looked as if there were only restaurants but I may be wrong.

Now, let us look at the food we had.

I missed a good photo of the appetizers, but we had a great variety from century eggs, boiled prawns, pickled onions, stir fry bak choy and fried tofu.

The next dish that came in was stir fry prawns. It was good but I could not catch the way it was prepared. There was a hint of saltiness from butter, I think. 

Next we had the fish, stir fried with veges. Light and fresh is how I would describe it.

Then we had the noodles with crayfish, which was my favourite. The noodles had the flavour of the crayfish mixed into and it was so flavourful. More pictures on this..

Look at the size, my oh my! 

Then came the crab....which was really huge. But I can't say much because I did not try it. Just did want to get messy.

The second half of the fish came in and it was prepared differently but was equally good. This was the part of the head to the neck, and it was coated with some sort of flour, fried and then stir fried. This gave some crunchiness although it had sauce on it.

The next dish that was served was roasted chicken, which was a pretty sight for my Caucasian friend, and judging from the picture, you can guess why....

Lastly, we were served with fried rice which by then I had lost interested in eating., and of course photos. In short, the meal was scrumptious and we enjoyed every bit of it.

Hong Kong Dim Sum Adventure @ Tim Ho Wan

Tim Ho Wan Dim Sum

We started day 1 with a Dim Sum feast at the most talked about dim sum restaurant along Shim Shao Pao street.  We took a walk from.our hotel and got a little lost but it was well worth it.

Dim Sum is definitely a must have in Hong Kong. Don't be surprised with the limited variety of dim sum in Tim Ho Wan but you would not mind having the sane type again and again . It is really good.

 If you need the address, it is on the menu card above.

 The pan fried radish cake was simply divine. It was not oily, lightly fried with chunks of radish and slight hints of dried prawn. No flavour was overpowering and everything was just nice.

 For a person who hates porridge, I would say hats off to the pork and century egg congee. The serving was big and was shared among 3 of my family members.

My favourite was the baked char siew pau
My ohhh my.. fantastic. It was freshly baked, piping hot with the sweet filing of char siew...yummy

The chee cheong fun had the most fullfilling fillings. That is a mouthful..literally...haha

Both the "siu mai" and "har kow" (prawn dumplings) were really good. As you can see, before I could take a photo, one piece went missing. It was filled with fresh and plump prawns.

I forgot what these spring roll looking are called but it was basically egg and prawns wrapped in beancurd skin. Not too bad but was not by favourite.

And finally, my favourite was the stewed pork ribs Juicy, thick meat over the bones, with a little bits of fat, was a mouthful of flavours.

Tim Ho Wan should be one restaurant that you should not miss but just be beware if you are a non  Cantonese or Mandarin speaker, be ready to use sign language.

Honalulu Cafe Hong Kong

Polo Pao is one of the most eaten buns in Hong Kong either as breakfast or snack during tea break. You should not miss the Polo Bun if you visit Hong Kong. One of the best of the Polo Buns is said to come from Honolulu Cafe oven. The outlet is located at Central and I heard or read somewhere it was featured on CNN. You have choice to have the Polo Bun plain or sandwiched with butter or egg The salted butter is said to be home made and gives a good contrast of flavor since the Polo Bun’s crust tastes sweet. Being non Chinese, we just had to point out to the pictures to make our point.

 We also sampled the egg tarts which is also  good choice here and tasted fantastic.

 We also tried the Hong King milk tea which is so different from our teh tarik. HK’s Milk Tea has a stronger tea aroma, smoother on the throat and a lot less sweeter due to the fact that they use more evaporated milk instead of condensed milk. It does not come with and you need add sugar to your preference.

 We were lucky because we went in early to have our breakfast before going to the Peak, and escaped the queue. If you are going to HK soon and contemplating a Honalulu cafe visit, trust me and mark it down as one of the must-visit. Thanks to my dad who made this place into our list.