‘Food I can’t find overseas’: where a Hong Kong native eats authentic Chiu Chow food, dim sum and more when he’s back home

Ed Ng, a Hong Kong luxury interior designer who spends part of the year in Karuizawa, Japan, knows where to find his favourite dishes when he is back home

He shares where he goes in Hong Kong to eat ‘classic Cantonese food’, wonton noodles, and Chiu Chow fare, and where he would take guests for dinner and drinks

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Chilled Chiu Chow crab at Hong Kong restaurant Pak Loh Chiu Chow. Interior designer Ed Ng, who spends part of the year in Japan, shares where he enjoys authentic Chinese food when he returns home, and offers dining tips for visitors to Karuizawa, Japan. Photo: Dickson Lee

Published: 6:15pm, 13 Dec 2023

Ed Ng is a co-founder of international luxury and hospitality design firm AB Concept, started in Hong Kong in 1999. He spoke to Andrew Sun.

I am a Hong Kong native, but now I live part of the year in Japan. Every time I come back, I can’t wait to have dim sum or Cantonese food.

You can find good Chinese banquet restaurants overseas but for the Hong Kong kind of soup and al dente noodles, it’s hard to find them outside the city.

Usually, the first thing I do when I get off a plane is get a bowl of wonton noodles, usually at Mak’s Noodle (various locations including 77 Wellington Street, Central. Tel: 2854 3810) or Ho Hung Kee (Shop 1204-1205, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay. Tel: 2577 6060).

Ed Ng is a co-founding principal of international luxury and hospitality design firm AB Concepts. Photo: Ed Ng

Signature shrimp wonton noodles at Mak’s Noodle. Photo: Mak’s Noodle

I’ve also been to Tasty Congee & Noodle (Shop 3016-3018, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central. Tel: 2295 0101).

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