Food - where to eat?

We%26#39;ve got 4.5 full days in HK

We%26#39;ve got breakfast at our hotel.

We%26#39;d like to eat at nice places with good food (a mixture of tastes (anything really), but everywhere I seem to search the prices are WAY over what I%26#39;d think was a nice meal.

We spend around 拢70 on food and 拢35 on wine for 2 people at home for a %26#39;luxury%26#39; night out. (But we come from the poor North!)

We want some suggestions of place to get a good meal (starter/main) for the above price as well as some cheaper (拢30 for 2 people) places to eat over the 5 days.

I don%26#39;t think I understood what I just typed, so if you do and can help Thanks

Chris

Food - where to eat?

When you arrive in Hong Kong, there are a bunch of little books on a stand at the airport. Grab them and they will give you lots of options. All good places to eat just depending on what you%26#39;re looking for.

Food - where to eat?

If you are talking about 拢70 on food and 拢35 on wine for 2 people, your budget is quite enough to go to some of the nicest places already. 拢1 is HK$15 right now so your budget is really enough for most of the pricey restaurants at 5-star hotels.

I was thinking this, but a steak at the intercontinental is $700HK, which x2 and including a starter going into 拢100s!!!

Thanks for your advice

yeah but why would you bother with a steak at the intercontinental!

When there are so many better chinese, cantonese and local places to eat at a fraction of the cost!!

We%26#39;re visiting China for over a month...sometimes it%26#39;s nice to have a change, as I think we%26#39;ll be having plenty of chinese food.

I won%26#39;t be eating at the IC as it is way too much, and I will eat at cheaper places, I was just slightly worried that food was rather expensive in HK.

Actually, not ALL steaks at the Intercontinental Steakhouse cost HK$700 a piece. Having been there several times for business dinners, here is what I think the cost breakdown looksl like:

Starters: $80-160 (the buffet salad bar is the best choice)

Steak: $500-600 (chicken dish around $300+, Australian steaks $300+, US beef $500-600, Australian Wagyu beef $700)

Side dish: $80

Dessert: $90 (one is enough to feed several people)

Drinks: $60

10% service charge (mandatory at almost all restaurants in HK)

Wine can be $400 a bottle up to thousands.

A slightly less expensive steak option is the American chain Ruth%26#39;s Chris. You can probably expect to pay around $700 per head for the whole meal.

Mistral at the Intercontinetal Grand Stanford Hotel is a pretty good Italian restaurant. Around $600 per head.

Swiss Chalet at Pratt Avenue has great Swiss food and has a real Swiss owner and a relaxed atmosphere. $300-400 per head. For a higher end but still good value Swiss experience, try Chesa at the Peninsula Hotel.

One of my favorite Italian places is Grappas at the Pacific Place at Admiralty. The pasta and the meat dishes are very good. Around HK$300 per head.

For simple fares, the Canadian burger chain, Triple O%26#39;s, is located at Harbour City on Canton Road, near Citysuper, or at the basement of Pacific Place Admiralty, or at the Exchange Square Mezzanine right next to the IFC.

Or you can just walk around Soho and Lan Kwai Fong and find a restaurant you like. $300-$400 per person can get you a good meal there.

Your budget will allow you to eat well in HK, including at most upscale reataurants. All you need to do is avoid the sections of the menu that are more about ';giving face'; than giving flavour - birds nest, sharks fin, Kobe beef, Chateau Petrus....

You%26#39;re from the UK so it%26#39;s difficult to imagine that eating out in HK won%26#39;t appear reasonably priced. London restaurants charge way more than their HK equivalents.

Try the Cafe D Coral chain a good steak, rice, some veges and a glass of coke HK$30 a head (or was it HK$35). For up to HK$1500 for a meal for 2 people you will have an unlimited choice available for one of the best things about Hong Kong is the selection of restaurants available.

Thanks,

That list looks good, I%26#39;ll take it with me!

Cheers

Actually, even though Cafe de Coral is cheap, and I eat there a bit too often myself, I wouldn%26#39;t recommend someone to fly thousands of miles to eat there. It%26#39;s really just basic HK-style fast food, and you can get a more authentic, though not necessarily better tasting, experience at a Chinese Tea Cafe.

Do try the HK style milk tea though just for fun as it%26#39;s only $5 between 2 to 6 pm at Cafe de Coral.

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