Mango Mania and Chewy Balls.
I wasn’t too excited when our friend suggested some Hong Kong style dessert after dinner because I thought everything would be filled with some sort of beans or corn or whatever but boy, was I wrong. She brought us to Hui Lau Shan (許留山) and it was a-mazing. Everything seemed to be made out of Mango and I went for the ‘Mango Chewy Ball’, a nice mixed bowl of sweet fresh mango, funny chewy glutinous rice balls, mango ice cream and an amazing cold mango mousse. Even though it might not have been, everything tasted natural, fresh and sort of healthy. My new favourite dessert place that is.
Hui Lau Shan 許留山
G/F 2-6 Yee Wo Street 銅鑼灣怡和街2-6號地下3號舖
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Tel: +852 2972 2292
http://www.hkhls.com/
I had this on my list for a million years but never seemed to narrow one of their shops down during my previous visits to Hong Kong. This time around wandering the streets of Causeway Bay today we literally ran into one.
These must be up there with the best takeout snacks there is, I mean “Guotie 2 Go”, come on! We had the original and the kimchi flavoured dumplings and both were fantastic even though the kimchi one was by far better because of the extra spicy flavours going on in there. The skin was super thin, nicely crusted and filled with a smooth meat, cabbage and chives mixture. I could’ve eaten this stuff all day. Watch out for the yellow sign.
Arrived in Hong Kong, we stayed with our friend who just had moved to Causeway Bay. The first morning wasn’t our designated dim sum day so I looked around the internet for a coffee place close by. I found a joint called ’18 Grams’ that turned out to be just a two minute walk away, a small pretty coffee shop that at most maybe holds 15 people including the outside tables.
Get Your Grub On! 