Five places for Hong Kong gourmet popcorn: curry, milk tea, chilli among the flavours
A new trend is popping up – literally – around town: gourmet popcorn, by itself or paired with desserts. Here are five spots to get your fix of this classic snack
For those of you with a sweet tooth, get ready to try Sweet Monster, a popular ice-cream chain in South Korea that opened its first Hong Kong store in Mong Kok’s Langham Place this month. Cute monsters adorn the walls of this shop, best known to locals for its popcorn ice cream. For HK$39, you get a monster-sized soft serve topped one of five popcorn flavours – caramel, milk, cheese, strawberry and chocolate.
Sweet Monster popcorn with ice cream, cheese and caramel.
The most popular flavour of popcorn is the caramel, but coated with flavouring, it’s very sugary. If you prefer something slightly more savoury, try the cheese flavour instead. The popcorn (which you can also buy separately), is made using non-GMO corn, meaning it’s not oil-fried and contains no saturated or trans-fats. The ice cream is handmade, and contains 75 per cent milk. The shop also serves milkshakes and juice drinks. It’s very popular; on our visit, there was a queue of more than 20 minutes.
