Smoky, tangy, sour, spicy, sweet: could you pack any more flavours into a thinly sliced piece of deep-fried potato? The perfect barbecue potato chip has a balance of all five qualities. Janice Leung went in search of the ones worth their salt
Calbee BBQ Flavoured
Although Calbee is a Japanese brand, these popular chips in the distinctive yellow foil bag taste just like home to many Hongkongers. You'll find that they are made with a completely different interpretation of the word 'barbecue'. They are neither tangy nor sweet; it's all about the smokiness and inherent flavour that char-grilling imparts. Thin, light and supremely crunchy.
HK$14.90, Wellcome, citywide
Ruffles Smokehouse Style BBQ
If you want flavour, this crinkle-cut variety has it in spades. The intense taste of barbecue sauce permeates every chip and the ridges mean that compared with their smoother competitors, Ruffles have more surface area to take on the seasoning, which is sweet, sour, tangy and slightly spicy. They go down very well with a cold beer.
HK$22.90, Oliver's the Delicatessen, 2/F Prince's Building, 10 Chater Rd, Central
