Chinese Restaurants in Hong Kong

We’ve mentioned what regional cuisines to expect from Hong Kong’s Chinese restaurants, but for those who may not already know, here goes a summary of what each of them means for your belly. Dim sum is a Cantonese speciality which means plenty of steamed or fried dumplings, while Peking, or northern cuisine, focuses on bread and noodles, lots of fried stuff and spicy sauces – Peking duck, anyone? Meanwhile, Chiu Chow cuisine is more about light, vinegary sauces and dressings and uses a lot of seafood. Hakka food is generally the simplest you’ll find at Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong with a favourite dish being salt-baked chicken, while Sichuan is always hot and fiery and goes big on barbequed meats. Our recommendation? Tour Hong Kong’s Chinese restaurants over time and try a bit of everything.

The fact you’ll find food in Hong Kong from just about every region of China is only the beginning, because the restaurants themselves are wonderfully varied as well. Hong Kong’s Chinese restaurants comes in all shapes and sizes, from floating restaurants on boats to hole-in-the-wall affairs or restaurants at the top of towering luxury hotels. Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong are for budgets, for birthdays or for blowouts – for whatever your occasion might be and however much money you feel like spending. We love them, and once you’ve done a spot of exploring and, more importantly, tasting, we’re quite sure you will, too.