8 Must-Eat Street Foods of Hong Kong

Hi, I'm Maggie. And I'm Anita. And we're Sam the Local. We're really happy to show you the most popular street foods of Hong Kong today. When it comes to street food, the first place that comes to mind is Mong Kok. Mong Kok is one of the liveliest districts in Hong Kong. This part of town never sleeps. From Rolexes and toys to cell phones and street food, Mong Kok has it all. It's conveniently located in Kowloon and you can easily get there by subway. Street food is a Hong Kong specialty. It has been a part of the culture for as long as anyone can remember. Back in the days, street food vendors used to sell food via push cart. But in the 90s, due to hygiene and health reasons, the government started requiring people to have licenses to sell food. From then on, street food was sold in stalls like this. There are food stalls everywhere in Mong Kok. The food is very affordable and meant to be eaten on the street. So this is siu mai. You might recognize it from dim sum. But it's now been adapted to be a street food. There are a couple of main differences. In dim sum, it's made out of pork and shrimp. This one here is actually made out of fish. The texture is very chewy. It's very filling. It's about $8 for one skewer of siu mai, which is roughly $1. So very affordable. You can put different types of sauces on it if you'd like. I like to have it plain. But it's very good. It has a very reminiscent feel to it. It would remind you of childhood. So it tastes like fish. Like I said, it's made out of fish now instead of pork and shrimp. It's very, what they call, tan ya. Which means it has a very good chewy texture to it. Where it bounces back a little bit when you bite onto it. So that's very, very good. And here we have rice rolls. So they're actually made from rice flour with water and salt. And then they put this liquid into a container to steam it. And then after they're done steaming the rice rolls, they roll it up. And when you're done rolling it up, you get rice rolls. So here we have four of the plain ones. They're just plain rice rolls. And then they added sesame seeds, hot sauce, hoisin sauce, which is sweet, and a sesame sauce. It's $10 for four rolls. So $10 Hong Kong dollars. About $1.30 US. You get four rolls and they cut it up. And we have this. So we'll try how it is. Really good mix of the spicy with some of the sweet. Smells really nice from the sesame seeds. And the peanut sauce flavor. Really good. Not too soft. So there's something to bite on. And a little bit chewy. Really good. Highly recommended. So this is curry fish balls. They come in several forms. You can get them in a skewer like this. They can come in small bowls or big bowls. A skewer like this is $9 Hong Kong. So a little over $1 US. They also have different flavors. There's the original flavor. This is a spicy flavor. They also come in a curry flavor. And the key thing about fish balls is their texture. So there's the texture and also the flavor of the fish that comes through in the fish balls. So let's check this one out. This one has a very good spice to it. It's a very slightly numbing type of spice. A little bit goes back to the back of your throat after eating it. The texture is just chewy enough, which I love. And so, very good fish balls here. And what do we have here? We have fried pork intestines. And they recommended a particular sauce that they have with it, which is sour plum sauce. So let's see what it tastes like. Very hot. Crispy on the outside. Chewy on the inside. Quite good. I'd recommend it. And a skewer of these pork intestines with five of them on a skewer is $13 Hong Kong. So that's about almost $2 US per skewer. And they do taste a little bit intestine-y, so it might not be for everybody's palate. But I actually thought they were quite good. So here we have a skewer of octopus tentacles. It's very fragrant of barbecue smell. It has a charcoal type of barbecue smell. And this skewer here was $18 Hong Kong, which is almost $3 US, maybe $2.50. So let's check it out. So it has a very sweet sauce on it. When the lady was cooking it, she brushed some sweet sauce on it, which is really good. The tentacles are very well done. They're not overly chewy like octopus can get sometimes. So it looks a little bit alien, especially the backside with the suction cups. But it's very good and you should definitely give it a try. Here we have eggits, or egg waffles, known as gai dan dai in Hong Kong. They're Hong Kong-style waffles. And each person has their own preference. So some people that really like it crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, there are some places that are really good for that. So here we have them. They look kind of like a honeycomb. And let's try it. Hand-dried. Nice and soft. Chewy. Outside, crispy. Perfect eggit. And the eggits are called that because they're made with eggs. And there's also unique flavors. So here we have an original flavor. There are ones that are chocolate chip flavored, coconut, taro. There are savory ones, curry flavor. There are some innovation ones where people make them into sandwiches. So there's a lot of different eggits to try. So hope you try them next time you're in Hong Kong. And here we have stinky tofu. Definitely stinky. And so stinky tofu is made by fermenting these tiles of tofu. And it's fermented with shrimp and ginger. And so after they ferment it, they take it and they deep fry it. So that's why it's crispy on the outside. And then you can put a variety of sauces on it. This is a sweet hoisin sauce. Sweet hoisin sauce in a hot sauce. So let's take a bite here. Definitely there's a slight subtle stink to it. But in general, it tastes like tofu. It's very crispy on the outside. That's what it looks like on the inside. It might not be for everyone, but it is definitely one of those classics that you should try in Hong Kong. Even though it might not smell the best, definitely try it. So one tile of tofu here costs $12. Which is a little bit under two US dollars. Like $1.50. And so check it out. Give it a try. And here we have sugar cane juice. They take the sugar cane, put it through a machine, which flattens the sugar cane. And then out comes the juice. Let's see how it is. Really sweet. If you have a sweet tooth, this is pretty much it for you. But really really good fresh sugar cane flavor. And it's nice and cold since they had refrigerated the sugar cane beforehand. So you have really smooth sugar cane juice. That's all. It's natural sugar, so it's good for you too. Oh my goodness, we are so full. And that was only scratching the surface of what Hong Kong has to offer. If you've liked what you've seen here, please like the video below and subscribe. 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