Hong Kong Street Food Pictures

We sampled some street food while in Hong Kong.  Most of the "stalls" we saw are actually store fronts that are completely open to the street.  Since we spoke only a little Mandarin and most of the food stall vendors spoke only Cantonese, point and gesture was the language of choice.  On our first night in Hong Kong we tried beef satay skewers and deep fried squid and shrimp balls.  Later, our local host had us try enoki mushrooms wrapped in very thin slices of fatty beef and grilled — utterly decadent — and dried chewy squid with a sweet and spicy coating. Click on the photos to view a larger version in a pop-up window. The beef-wrapped enoki skewers are the second item in the upper left corner of this food display.  They look like fatty bacon strips coiled around the skewer.   No, we are not standing in the kitchen behind the cook — half of this food vendor's cooking area was right on the sidewalk. 

Comments

[Joe]

I don't know how people from Hong Kong who come to the US survive without this stuff. I'm having cravings, and I think we're going to have to try to make some.

If anyone who reads this knows what's in the sauce they serve fish and squid balls in, please let us know. The first night there, we had skewers of them that the guy threw into a pot of brown sauce to marinate for a few minutes after they were already grilled. We can buy and grill fish/squid balls, but the sauce is a mystery.

The beef and enoki skewers, I think we can figure out. (The spiced dried squid, we'll just have to wait until the next time we go...)

[raspberry sour]

hi kitchenchick. i don't know what's in the squid ball sauce, but i do know that if it's the same one they use in taiwan, it's super yum. the squid balls are all over the streets of taiwan, in all the markets, etc.

does ann arbour have any taiwanese restaurants or bubble tea shops? i'm in toronto and just stumbled across a taiwanese bubble tea shop which claims to serve the squid balls too (directly across from a ben jerry's). i haven't tried them yet for fear of major heartbreak and angst.

good luck and if you're ever in toronto, drop me a line and i'll point you in the right direction (no guarantee on the results though).

cheers, raspberry sour

[Joe]

(This is KitchenChick's husband) Actually, we're going to be in Toronto later this month. I'd like to know where these guys are so we can try the squid balls. Thanks!

[Chan Pak Hong]

Hi, can i know where can i get the recipe for the HK street food?

[Joe]

I'd like recipes for the Hong Kong street food too!

[moo]

http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=moocow422&tab=weblogs&uid=196061881

is it the same sauce as in the second last pic here .. ? it's a sweet & spicy sauce .. i think you can buy it in bottled form in chinese supermarkets in toronto .. if i'm in a supermarket i'll try and snap a pic of the bottle/jar for u ..

[Joe]

Yeah! It's the sauce they put on the fish balls!

Please snap a photo, or tell me what it's called (I can pronounce Mandarin if you give me the pinyin, but I'll try Cantonese if I have to ;-)

Thank you!

[Amy]

Hi, those are takoyaki balls, a street snack originally from Japan. I don't know the name of the sauce off the top of my head, but I'm sure you can find out what it is by doing a google search using something like "takoyaki sauce" Hope this helps a little!

[Alice Cheng]

I want to know where can I study how to cook/prepare the hong kong street food. Who can teach me?

[Elly]

Hey! I'm also from Toronto and am looking for a plce to try takoyaki balls.....anyone know where i can go?

[Sharon]

Hi, I'm a super fanatic for the HongKong Fishballs that they sell along the streets. Does anyone know where i can buy the sauce or the recipe?

[bernard]

where in hongkong i can get in touch with respect to supplies of hongkong street foods such aas meat balls, lobster balls etc...including the sauces they use...is there any culinary school where i can study HK street foods?

[bernard]

where in hongkong i can get in touch with respect to supplies of hongkong street foods such aas meat balls, lobster balls etc...including the sauces they use...is there any culinary school where i can study HK street foods?

[tasia]

has anyone tasted those egg-shaped sweet pancakes in the streets of HK. they are everywhere on the streets and I would love if someone could help me out with a recipe. Thanks.

[ebony]

This food looks delicous so if you help me with the recipes if so send them to: [email protected]

[Negosyo franchise]

In Hongkong there is so many street food there and I assure that most of them are delicious I missed their food.

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