Here’s my favorites in other countries. This list will be updated regularly as I discover new favorites.
Hong Kong
Favorite Milk Tea – Gong Cha (cold), Cafe de Coral (Hot)
Favorite Dim Sum – Chuk Yuen and Pak Loh Chiu Chow
pan fried buns stuffed w/ pork & vegetables (Pak Loh Chiu Chow)
Favorite Xiao Long Bao – Wu Kong (best Shanghainese food too!)
Favorite Chinese Desserts – Honeymoon Dessert and Hang Fa Lau
Favorite Cheap Bowl of Noodle Soup – Chiu Fat Porridge Noodle Restaurant
3 kinds fish balls in noodle soup
Favorite Cheap Rice Meal – Hang Fa Lau’s sweet & sour pork ribs w/ vegetable rice
Favorite Cheap Eats – Cafe de Coral
Favorite Chicken (I guarantee you will love it) – Spring Deer’s Siu Kai (lunch only)
Favorite Breads – Little Mermaid’s triple chocolate donut, Panash’s pao de quiejo (iSquare, Ocean Terminal) & Donq’s spinach & cheese rustiq bread (basement of Sogo Causeway Bay)
Favorite Hainanese Chicken – Hak Ka Hut
Favorite Buffet – Intercon’s Harbourside and Grand Hyatt’s Grissini
Favorite Expensive Meal – L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
mushroom salad w/ foie gras shavings and chives (Robuchon)
USA
Favorite Bakery – Tartine
Favorite Gelato – Pitango’s chocolate orange sorbet
Favorite Appetizer – Anchor and Hope’s Angels on Horseback
angels on horseback
Favorite Fried Chicken – Central Michel Richard, Addendum
Favorite Burger – Ray’s Hells Burger, Cafe Des Amis
Favorite Brunch – Carlyle’s Crab Cake Benedict
Favorite Cupcake – Georgetown Cupcakes
Favorite Cookies – Levain Bakery’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip, Blue Bottle Coffee’s double chocolate chip cookie
dark chocolate peanut butter chip cookie
Favorite Coffee – Sightglass Coffee
Favorite Biscuits – Red Lobster
Favorite Veggie dish – Grilled Romaine from Orris
What are your favorites? Share them with me on the comments section below.
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