Peruse a vast and varied menu of Cantonese-style desserts at Cong Sao while you wait your turn. Don't be surprised if you encounter long, serpentine lines of hungry customers anxiously waiting their turn outside this local dessert shop. The popularity of Cong Sao is well-deserved and hard-earned; a must try if you are ever in the vicinity of Causeway Bay. Shaved ices, creamy milk custards, durian pancakes, ice cream and watermelon sago are just a few of the sweet treats that await discovery at this charming little eatery. The mango desserts are especially good, although you aren't likely to find a whole lot to complain about except the long lines at Cong Sao Dessert.
This gorgeous restaurant is located near the waterfront of Honk Kong. Specializing in seafood, Limewood is like a tropical oasis. Influences for both the cuisine and cocktails are inspired from places in South East Asia, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and South America. Exotic spices make for bold flavor profiles in dishes like Thai style fried snapper, or sea bass with barbecued limes and chimichurri sauce. For those opposed to seafood, land options included Australian wagyu or pork neck. The drinks are just as exotic and flavorful with signature cocktails like pomegranate watermelon margarita or a grilled pineapple Cuban mojito.
A favorite of the locals as well as tourists, Dim Sum is a gem of Happy Valley. The charming eatery, as the name suggests, is a dim-sum-specialist that encourages its diners to revel the simple yet delicate flavors that Chinese cuisine brings to the table. While the focus is on dim sums, dumplings, wontons and other such Yum-Cha small plates, the restaurant also serves a hearty selection of noodles, soups and congees. Midst nostalgia-inducing interiors, that will take you back in Hong Kong of the 1960s, Dim Sum serves an impressive feast at pocket-friendly prices. You will want to return here - ask Gwyneth Paltrow if you don't believe us!
Arirang Korean Restaurant on W Square opened in 2012, though it was initially located on Times Square. Their menu comprises of BBQ, meat, soups, noodles and rices. They even have a set menu. Savor their dishes like spicy marinated pork, marinated lamb slices, pork belly, buckwheat and seafood pancake, beef short rib and octopus in sweet soy sauce, kimchee and pork, oxtail and beef tartar. They also have options for vegetarians.
Sometimes it is difficult to find an eatery on High Street as it is dotted with many! Jack's Pizzeria is among the hidden gems on this street. Using only fresh ingredients imported from Italy and the United States, their menu also includes pastas and salads. Their pizzas are creative and delicious. Savor their Pizza Mexicana, Umbria, Indiano, Alla Tandoori and Florentina. Their drink list features bottled beer, wine and whiskey.
M Garden Vegetarian is among the popular vegetarian restaurants in town. Their Chinese menu is wide and features mock meat specialties which have become quite a hit among the locals. Savor their dishes like Black Truffle Scramble, Stewed Vegetarian Pork in Soy Sauce, Deep Fried Vegetarian Pork Chop with Salt & Pepper, Szechuan Style Vegetarian Chicken, Sweet and Sour Fungus, and Spicy Eggplant with Minced Vegetarian Pork. Delicious and with lots of variety, you will surely love this modest eatery for its fare.