No need to worry about food in Hong Kong — there are 82 affordable Michelin-recommended restaurants

▲Kao De Kei Congee & Noodles, a reliable congee and noodles shop, makes its first appearance on the Michelin-recommended list. The photo shows eel ball and yellow sand pork congee. (Photo / From Kao De Kei Congee & Noodles Facebook)

Travel Centre / Comprehensive Report

The 2018 Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau will be published on November 30. Recently, the guide’s Bib Gourmand (tire man) recommended restaurants were announced, with a total of 82 restaurants selected—73 in Hong Kong and 9 in Macau, including 17 new entries. Among the new additions is the restaurant “Please Sit,” opened by two Taiwanese in Hong Kong, serving traditional Taiwanese cuisine that highlights authentic Taiwanese snacks.

Among the new entries, 8 serve Cantonese cuisine, including “Gathering Joy Home” helmed by Chef Ng Kong Kiu, two Cantonese soup noodle shops “Ying Kee Noodle” and “Mak Man Kee Noodle,” and the congee shop “Kao De Kei” known for its fish broth-based congee. The Taiwanese restaurant “Please Sit” is making its first appearance, run by two Taiwanese women offering classic Taiwanese-style dishes. The Thai boat noodle specialist “Samsen Thai Noodles” serves authentic Thai flavors, spicy where it should be and sour where it should be. Additionally, the newly listed “Tsuta” ramen shop has earned one Michelin star in Tokyo.


▲Tsuta Ramen Hong Kong branch is also recommended. (Photo / Photo by Wong See Yuen)

Taiwan’s most internationally recognized restaurant, “Din Tai Fung,” has three branches recommended: Causeway Bay, Sun Hung Kai Centre, and Macau Studio City. As a result, Din Tai Fung Taiwan is also a hot contender predicted by the market to be included in the 2018 Taipei Michelin Guide.

Being selected as a Michelin Bib Gourmand recommended restaurant means having superior quality and being able to offer a three-course meal for under HK$400 (approximately NT$1,550).

Complete list of 2018 Michelin Bib Gourmand recommended restaurants:

Hong Kong

●A Chuen Shandong Dumplings
●Gu Yue
●Bai Yi
●Bombay Dreams
●Brass Spoon (Wan Chai)
●Shu Xiang Men Di (Sai Wan)
●Chan Kan Kee Braised Goose Restaurant (Sheung Wan)
●Chiu Leung Yuen (*New Entry)
●Quan Zhang Ju (Mong Kok)
●CIAK - All Day Italian
●Congee & Noodle Shop
●Din Tai Fung (Causeway Bay)
●Din Tai Fung (Sun Hung Kai Centre)
●Yung Lung
●Ying Kee Noodle (*New Entry)
●Fu Sheng (Causeway Bay)
●Fu Sheng (Wan Chai)
●Fung Shing (Mong Kok)
●Zeng QG Yi Chuang (*New Entry)
●Ho Wong Kok Noodle (Fa Yuen Street)
●Ho Dau Dik
●Ju Xing Jia (*New Entry)
●Kau Kee
●Kung Tak Lam (Causeway Bay)
●Kwan Kee Bamboo Pole Noodles (Cheung Sha Wan)
●Kwan Kee Claypot Side Dishes (*New Entry)
●Lan Yuan Xuan
●Lin Heung Heen
●Lau Yuen Ya Siu
●Ho Yuen Indonesian Restaurant
●Mak Man Kee (*New Entry)
●Mei Wei Chu
●Sun Hu Fang
●Kam
●Bo Kee
●Putien (Causeway Bay)
●Qiao Shan Fang
●Please Sit (*New Entry)
●Ramen Jo (Causeway Bay)
●Saba (Wan Chai)
●Samsen Thai Noodles (*New Entry)
●Sang Kee
●She Wong Yee
●She Kee Kitchen
●Chang V Tou Wu Mu Xi (*New Entry)
●Chang V Wan Yi Hang (*New Entry)
●Min Xian Jiang You Fang Zhou Yue (Central)
●Min Xian Jiang You Fang Zhou Yue (Quarry Bay)
●Sing Kee (Central)
●Wah Jie Clear Soup Brisket (Tin Hau)
●Shiu Shun Ming Wui River Delicacies Specialist (Kowloon Bay)
●Suet Yuen
●San Yuen Hing Kee
●Da Wing Wah
●Tai Hu Seafood City (Causeway Bay)
●Tak Kee (*New Entry)
●Zhu Jia
●Zheng Dou Congee & Noodles Specialist (International Finance Centre)
●Thai Chiu (*Sham Shui Po)
●Tim Ho Wan (North Point)
●Tim Ho Wan (Tai Kok Tsui)
●Kao De Kei (Wan Chai) (*New Entry)
●Xin De Kei (*New Entry)
●Zam Zai Kee (Wellington Street)
●Tsuta (Causeway Bay) (*New Entry)
●Wong Fu (Central)
●Wing Lei Yuen
●Wing Wah Wanton Noodle
●Yu Yuan Xiao Xu
●Yi Xin (*New Entry)
●Yue Kee
●Yue Loi Shun (*New Entry)
●Yung Kee Xiao Cai Wang (*New Entry)

Macau

●Castiço
●Chan Shing Kee
●Cheung Kee
●Din Tai Fung (Studio City)
●Hou Kong Zhi Ji Mei Shi
●Tourism Institute Teaching Restaurant
●Lau Kee (Kai Chi Kei)
●Luk Kee Congee & Noodles
●Tao Tao Ju