Recession Cuisine

Recession Cuisine

A piping hot chicken for HK$1 (US$0.13) at a well-known restaurant (http://www.taoheung.com.hk/tch/promotio ... sup-cr.jpg) in Hong Kong!

No limit on the number of chicken one can order. No gimmicks, no add-ons. Half a chicken is HK$0.50. We had one and a half chickens. Also we had deep-fried squid, and stir-fried beef with bitter melon. With a large beer the meal for two came to HK$131.

Finally I can thank George Bu$h for something.

[Jenise]

The Chinese community needs to start throwing some recession specials in Vancouver. (Do you ever come up this way?) We went out for Dim Sum on Saturday, and spent almost $90 for four. That didn't break the bank or anything, it just semed rather higher than usual and we didn't order anything special or unusual. And the place was packed--it's not like they have to entice people to come.

Jenise

You need to come back to Los Angeles. Good dim sum places now charge $1.39 per plate for everything, before 11 am.

By the way, when I am in Hong Kong I have dim sum daily, sometimes twice a day.

[Jenise]

Jenise

You need to come back to Los Angeles. Good dim sum places now charge $1.39 per plate for everything, before 11 am.

By the way, when I am in Hong Kong I have dim sum daily, sometimes twice a day.

$1.39 a plate? Neato. We usually average $15/person at Richmond restaurants. And there's no eating Chinese in my town, Bellingham: sure there are a number of restaurants, but they all make the food they think the locals want. That is, I have to instruct whoever takes my order to tell the kitchen we're Chinese so they don't add sugar and kethup to every dish I order. What a difference once I'm over the border.

By the way, when I am in Hong Kong I have dim sum daily, sometimes twice a day.

What are the best places to go to in HK for dim sum these days?
Lived in Hong Kong several years ago (did my high school there at HKIS) - but I'm guessing the dining scene has changed significantly since I left (although most of my dinners out back then used to be around Lan Kwai Fong, I'm sure that's at least as busy and colourful as ever ).

Recession Cuisine

A piping hot chicken for HK$1 (US$0.13) at a well-known restaurant

If the head is on the plate, then why not the feet?

[Jenise]

Recession Cuisine

A piping hot chicken for HK$1 (US$0.13) at a well-known restaurant

If the head is on the plate, then why not the feet?

I'll bet the answer is that the feet, a delicacy, are removed and saved for whole dishes of chicken feet.

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Salil

Everywhere I go there is really good dim sum. You can't stay in business in Hong Kong if you do not do it well. Try the Michelin three-star restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel at IFC2. They have dim sum. Bring money.

SueNZ

I think Jenise has the right answer. They put the head there to show they have given you essentially the entire chicken. Sometimes they even include the gizzards.

I am in Belgium on my way to Ukraine and Poland. Boy are things expensive here!

[Jenise]

I am in Belgium on my way to Ukraine and Poland. Boy are things expensive here!

Have an order of Moules Frites for me, would you? And wash it down with a triple Karmelheit. That is, in Belgium. Once you get into the Ukraine you're on your own.