- Oh that is a, oh that piece keeps on going. (upbeat music) - Good morning everyone it's Mark Wiens with migrationology.com in Hong Kong. I just took the metro to Sham Shui Po and on our way to have a
quick breakfast this morning. (upbeat music) (customers chatting) - Only one. - [Mark] Scrambled egg
beef sandwich for one and then lemon tea and coffee. This is a classic and they serve a number of my tea has just arrived. It was just about a five minute walk from the metro station
and this place is famous for their breakfast
especially their sandwiches. So we came here to have
a tea and a sandwich and it's kind of right
within a market area and luckily there was a
table right in the back with available seats. My tea and sandwich came
out literally seconds after ordering and this
is one of my beverages of choice in Hong Kong
which is a lemon tea. I love how they just slice up, that's at least half
a lemon just sliced up and put into a cup of dark black tea, and what you do, if you really squish down that lemon, release
all of that lemon juice and that lemon peel, get all
of that goodness out of there into the tea and then I think a lot of people would add sugar to this, but I like it just black tea, no sugar, and just that strong lemon. (gasps) Oh that'll wake you up in the morning. Oh that's sour, really really sour! It will almost make you squint and then it's really
strong black tea that, yeah, it's delicious and it's so soothing on the throat. The main thing I came to eat
here though is the toasted beef and egg sandwich and again, this came out literally in like seconds. Let's take a look inside. I think it's like a oh, oh it
looks awesome on the inside. I wasn't expecting it to
look that good on the inside. There's minced meat, there's egg in here, and then just toasted bread. Oh that looks fantastic. The beef is so tender and
then just coat it in egg and then with that white bread toast, it has maybe a sesame oil flavor to it. That is a very good
delicious breakfast sandwich. And I think it goes
fantastic with lemon tea. For my next half, I think I'm
gonna bump up the taste level by adding some of the chili oil to it, but it is really good. It's remarkably simple and good. This is the chili oil that's used for the noodles that they serve here, but I'm gonna take advantage of it. All right, I'll add maybe a bit more. The dried chili oil maybe and some kind of sesame oil or something. Mm! That steps up the level
of flavor one more notch. I don't need too much oil but that dried chili is just stunning. You just add it to that bite there. I'm gonna put away the chili before I consume the entire bottle. This is like a five star omelet sandwich. Thank you, thank you. (people speaking in a foreign language) The tea was good, but
that beef egg sandwich was the real reason that it
was well worth coming here so simple but so good,
perfect amount of butter and he whips up all the sandwiches and cups out the tee and the drinks from just
a little tiny like kitchen within the cafe and they
have been doing it since 1968 and, yeah, just a classic
little cafe in Hong Kong and by the way they do
also have bowls of noodles and they have a pretty good selection of different dishes on
their menu but I just came for that toasted beef and egg sandwich, and I wasn't disappointed. We are just walking
around this market area. There is a lot going on around here and a lot of fruits and vegetables. Ying is about to buy some more cherries. (women speaking in foreign language) We are coming in here to
the fresh wet market now. That is a lot of meat and we're gonna just walk
around here for a little while. Oh there's seafood there's meat and visiting fresh wet
markets along with eating is one of my favorite
things to do when I travel. (upbeat music) You can get any type
of food at this market and we just passed through
the meat and fish section, seafood section, and now moving on. Well lot's of tofu and
preserved vegetables and moving on into more of
the fresh vegetable section. There's some stalls that
are so busy it's hard to even get a glimpse
of what they're selling. So many people are fighting
to get the fish and the meat. (upbeat music) It's starting to drizzle
again this morning. It's been very rainy so
far this trip to Hong Kong but it doesn't look like it's
gonna rain too much today. We are walking over to a
place now to eat noodles. I don't know a whole lot
about this restaurant but when I was doing research for where to eat won ton noodles, I came across this place
and what I like about it is that they still made the
noodles using a bamboo pole to press the dough, and so I'm hoping that I'm gonna get a chance to
see them making the noodles, not fully sure but gonna
go check it out and see. (men speaking in foreign language) We made it to the restaurant
just as they opened and this restaurant has
an interesting story. It's actually a newly
opened restaurant in 2010, but the owner got his recipe
for making the noodles from his grandfather who had a restaurant or a shop in Macau and made
the traditional style noodles and kneaded the dough with a bamboo pole and so they still make the
noodles the traditional way here and unfortunately, I don't
think I'm gonna have a chance to see them making the noodles, but they have a room in the front you can see the bamboo poles. So when they still need to make noodles, they still make them that way, and so I'll have a
chance to try the noodles but maybe not see them being made. Ying and I got two
different dishes to share and they have come out. They look fantastic and these
are bamboo kneaded noodles. This is the classic bowl of
won ton on noodles with soup and shrimp dumpling. Let me just taste the broth first. (slurps) Mm! Oh that is a richly flavorful broth. I think it's fish based broth and then you can taste
kind of like the flower of the noodles within there are well. Grab chop sticks and
before doing any seasoning, I just gotta taste those noodles. And this is very light and
you can just see the beauty of these noodles. Yeah, look at that
individual-ness of the... (laughs) Okay, I don't know if that made any sense, but they do look good. Mm! It has like a little bit of
a rubbery texture to them but then at the same time
they chew very easily and just sort of like almost
dissolve in your mouth. Mm! It's awesome, like a
slight rubbery al dente, not really al dente more of
like a very tiny elasticity like almost like your
chewing on a rubber band, but then it just breaks. Probably go for one of the won ton. Mm! Filled with shrimp! Oh that's delicious. The owner said he used the
dry chili oil for the soup and then there's a different chili sauce for the other noodle. Okay let me add some of this chili. This is the dry chili oil. Oh this looks fantastic. Oh and that smells just so good. I'll just add a little bit to start with. (customers speaking in foreign language) Mix this around, oh oh yes. Follow that with some soup. Mm! That adds some nice heat to it and then I can feel that
chili oil down my throat. Oh that's a wonderful burn. The texture of those noodles is amazing. It really has a little
like rubbery factor to it, but it's fantastic. They're bouncy, that's what
they are, they're bouncy and this has probably gotten
a little bit dried out. These are like tossed noodles so I'm gonna re-toss them a little bit and this is with beef brisket. Oh, you can immediately
smell that like braised aroma to that brisket. Now let me just taste
a few strands of noodle before adding anything again. There's just a very light sauce to it. The bounciness and they
don't really have a strong like starchy taste to them, and then he gave me
some of this chili sauce to add to these noodles he said. I'm gonna scoop it on,
or maybe wipe it all out. I didn't want any of it to go to waste. All right, toss them up a bit and on the noodles, it's
just a very light glaze but I think it's some of the broth from that beef brisket has a beefy, a very light beefy taste to it. That chili sauce is a little bit sour and it has like an amazing
like almost nutty flavor to it. And it's a little bit spicy. Oh yeah, that is tender indeed, and it has that wonderful
like star anise flavor to it. It is, that's good. I'm really enjoying these noodles, but I really love this soup. Oh man it is so good. (slurping) (man speaking in foreign language) But normally it's every day. - Uh, not every day, maybe
three or four times a week. - Oh okay, but all of the noodles are made with the bamboo pole? - Yes. - All right, thank you. Those were some serious
good quality noodles. I enjoyed that and I was
just talking with the owner, he said that all of the noodles
that you'll eat at the shop are all made with the
traditional way, using the bamboo to knead the dough, but if you come, he said about three or four times per week they make the noodles and
sometime in the afternoon. So if you are lucky not only
will you get to eat the noodles but also see them being made. And also I should just quickly
mention that the bamboo pole kneading method for noodles
is becoming very very rare. It is a traditional way to make noodles and it's very very hard to
find these days in Hong Kong. We're heading to the subway station and going down a couple stops to Mong Kok. (carefree music) This is one of the busiest
areas of Hong Kong, a big shopping area. The streets are just clogged
with signs and stores and lots and lots of people. One of the things that's
just crazy about this area of Hong Kong is the signage. There are so many
billboards and so many signs and so many colorful bright lights and this is always a
busy area, you can shop for just about anything
you want around this area and also there are quite a few markets. Oh and what's coming up here? Some kind of a procession. (clanging) This stretch of market is often referred to as Ladies Market and you can find a lot of souvenirs within this lane and then a lot of pretty
budget clothes and what else? Oh just rows and strips
of backpacks and handbags, t-shirts, some kids toys,
lots of random stuff, but this is a huge market area. What I love most about this market is that it's almost like
you're in a slot canyon because there are sky
rise buildings are huge like towering condos on either side and then just this like
sprawling flea market within the center of the alley. (upbeat music) We didn't really have any shopping to do so we just wondered
around for a little bit and now we are heading, well we're walking along
Nathan Road to the bus stop and gonna take the bus a
little ways down the road towards Tsim Sha Tsui. We are heading towards Tsim Sha Tsui and I'm not sure if I got that
pronunciation quite right, it's pretty tough to pronounce, but it's also a shortened
abbreviated as TST, so I'm gonna call it TST, but it's the area of Kowloon
which is right at the harbor of right across from Hong Kong island. We just drove past the Chungking Mansions and we're not gonna stop there today but it is a huge international building and you can find people from all walks of life in that building
and it's an amazing building and I have good memories because on my first trip to Hong Kong, that must have been about eight years ago, maybe back in 2009 or 2010
or something like that, I stayed at the Chungking Mansions at a hostel within the Chungking Mansions so I have some great memories there, it's a very interesting place. We just got off the bus at the promenade which is right on the harbor and overlooking Hong Kong island. This is the view of one of
the most recognizable skylines in the world and maybe one
of the ultimate skylines of the world. Unfortunately it is
pretty hazy today, though. (uplifting music) The view of Hong Kong
skyline is always nice and we actually might come back tonight cause they have a famous
light show in the evening. Still not sure if we'll make it or not, but we may but we are now
heading to the star ferry and we're gonna take the ferry across back to Hong Kong island. (upbeat music) Just going from Kowloon
to Hong Kong island, it's just a really short trip,
but enjoying some great views of Hong Kong island and also the harbor and giant cruise ships. We are gonna take the
metro now to North Point and on our way to go eat dinner. We arrived to North Point
station and the restaurant should just be a very short
walk up the street from here. The restaurant is within
the Java Road Market and I think it's on the second floor. (restaurant patrons speaking
in a foreign language) Made it to the restaurant,
it is on the second floor of the Java Road Market, and this restaurant is called Tung Po, and this is a huge dai pai dong, it is a local Hong Kong restaurant. Right now it actually just opened, so I wanted to come early
because I think it can be hard to get a table if you come
here right around dinner time so it's 5:30. There are only a couple tables occupied but you can tell how they are prepared for the masses to come in here and just chow down and hang out. This is truly an amazing menu. There are so many different
dishes on the menu and there's also some really
interesting mixes of dishes. A lot of things have a Thai influence. It says Thai style and then
also Ying and I can hear some of the chefs speaking Thai so they have some Thai influence here and then also some of the
dishes have, you know, Western influence, there's pasta dishes and also it's definitely worth mentioning that on the mention it says
all dishes do not use any MSG or chicken powder. Before the food comes
I'm gonna get started by rinsing off our dishes. You rinse your little bowls and spoons and chopsticks with hot tea. All right I think that's good, and just kind of make sure
everything gets rinsed off with the hot tea. And then also the chopsticks, and by the way this is our
order, this is what we ordered. He wrote it down and then
stuck it in the chopstick tin. (clanging) We got a table very close to the kitchen where they're
cooking all of the food and you can just continuously
hear those woks roaring. It sounds almost like a jet engine they keep those fires so hot. Cooking, cooking the food here, these are gigantic razor clams and I think that they
have taken them in half and split them length
wise and then stir fried with bell peppers, there's onions in here, there are black beans and garlic. And it almost looks like squid. Wow, okay, I'm just gonna taste a piece of that razor clam oh
that piece keeps on going. (laughs) Oh that is amazing. Oh that sauce, you can
really taste the onions and the bell pepper in there! And then that saltiness
from the black bean sauce and then that razor clam, it almost tastes like a
combination between squid and a scallop with a sweet tinge to it. Yeah, it's like a clam in different shape. It is wonderful. The rest of the food has all arrived now. For rice I had to go for this is their specialty rice which is I think there's some kind of duck flavoring in the rice and then also with mushrooms and then steamed in a lotus sleeve. Let's take a look at it. Lift the lid, oh, lift the lid to this. Oh that looks awesome! Oh it's packed full of I
think it's chicken as well. Chicken and lots and lots of
mushrooms in here as well. Oh and that aroma. Put some of this into my bowl. Oh this smells fantastic. Again, it's just embedded with that essence of the lotus leaf. It's really really hot, and really fluffy and it's not too salty you
can taste the fragrance of the lotus leaf and also
the mushrooms in there. And I think it does have a little bit of a duck fragrance as well. This a fried fish and I actually meant to order a steamed fish. So I think I ordered the wrong thing, but anyway, this is what it came, it's a fried fish little like nuggets of fish deep fried,
there's ginger in here, there's green onions
and sauteed in some kind of a glaze sauce. Yeah these are like deep
fried pieces of fish there's kind of a garlicky
tasting oyster sauce and also you can taste the fragrance of ginger on it as well. And then finally for a vegetable, I've got a plate of bok choy with garlic. I think it has both garlic sauce and then fried garlic on top. Let me set this into my bowl. That's just very light,
sauteed full of garlic and then yes it has both fresh garlic and then fried garlic sprinkled on top. So you've got double garlic on there. As I'm sitting here eating
the restaurant is starting to really fill up now and
even people are coming and they're having to turn away and wait because some of these tables I think all of the tables are reserved,
but now you've got more of a dai pai dong Hong Kong atmosphere and the razor clams is
by far the best dish and not only the actual
razor clams themselves but the sauce, the black
beans and these onions. These onions are jut incredibly good. Let me get a good chopstick full of them. The onions are like half caramelized but they're still crisp
and then just coated in all of that black bean sauce, chilis in there, that sauce is amazing. And this is that type of restaurant that would be really good to go to with a big group of people. If you come with 10 people
you can order 10 or 15 things off the menu and share
all the different dishes because the plates are really big and there's such a variety
of different dishes. I would've loved to try many more of those dishes on the menu, but just coming with two
people couldn't order too much but the food was good. On some previous visits to Kong Hong, I've been to some
restaurants like this as well where the service is pretty bad, or there's just zero service. But this restaurant they
actually have quite good service, very good service, the
waiters are friendly and the staff are nice and so this is like the
perfect Hong Kong atmosphere and also with good service. (carefree music) From here we're going back to the subway and I think we're gonna
head over to Kowloon because it is perfect time
to go see the light show. Made it back to Tsim Sha Tsui, and we are walking to the Harbor. I think we arrived here just in time but every night they have a lights show that's coordinated with music and the lights shine across
on all of the buildings and so it is a major
attraction in Hong Kong. The skyline of Hong Kong
island is spectacular throughout the day but at
night it really comes alive with all the lights. When you come to Hong
Kong you definitely need to come here at night and see the skyline of Hong Kong all lit up with the lights, but honestly the actual show,
the like symphony of show wich is coordinated with music, it's a little bit underwhelming. It's actually not really
that much different from the actual skyline how it looks, except it involves music coordinated with like some spot lights
coming from the top, but I think the real beauty
is just the actual skyline at night anytime so that was a good way to end the day. Thank you all very much
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find all of the details from our Hong Kong trip including where we stayed and transportation, all the attractions that we visited and especially all of
the food and restaurants plus details about how
you can go there yourself. So the link is in the
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