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Elaine Yau

Still too hot to do barbecue in a countryside setting? Oolong BBQ, a new restaurant in Mong Kok, lets diners gather around gas stoves while roasting skewers in air-conditioned comfort.
Oolong BBQ has an open-plan layout, and an adjustable ventilator at each table hangs from the ceiling to take the cooking fumes away.

They offer the usual barbecue fare, including chicken wings, pork, beef and vegetables. And fresh seafood, such as shrimp, fish and conch, is purchased from a Mong Kok wet market every day.
They also have some inventive versions of claypot rice, including ingredients such as beef bone marrow, mushrooms and oysters.
We liked the ginger, green onion and oyster claypot (HK$48). The succulent oysters were fresh and went well with the garlic.

For those who want more filling dishes, there are three bamboo rice offerings. The rice is stuffed into bamboo, and comes with a timer telling diners when the roasting time (about 10 minutes) is up.
We liked the black and white glutinous bamboo rice with purple sweet potato (HK$43). Slathered with coconut milk after roasting, the rice was chewy and flavourful. But the dried shrimp, pickled radish and pork floss bamboo rice (HK$46) was too salty.

From a list of snacks, we chose the roasted dried pufferfish (HK$45). The thin slices of pufferfish were savoury and enjoyable, but needed to be eaten immediately, or they became very hard.
The restaurant serves seasoning powders (seaweed, kimchi and mushroom), honey, and different sauces, so customers can customise the dishes to their tastes.

The restaurant is small, with only five tables. Each table gets only one stove – and if you have a group of about six, it’s going to take a long time to cook enough food for everyone. But it’s a slow, relaxing way to spend an evening while cooking for yourself.


Oolong BBQ, Ngai Hing Mansion, 24 Pak Po Street, Mong Kok, tel: 2336 7370. Open: 6pm-3am (Friday and Saturday until 4am)


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This handout image shows the black and white glutinous rice purple sweet potato bamboo rice by Oolong BBQ, at Shop 14, G/F, Ngai Hing Mansion, 24 Pak Po Street, Mong Kok. [28SEPTEMBER2016 FEATURES BELOW 100] Photo / Elaine Yau

This handout image shows luncheon meat, bacon, octopus and sweet potato by Oolong BBQ, at Shop 14, G/F, Ngai Hing Mansion, 24 Pak Po Street, Mong Kok. [28SEPTEMBER2016 FEATURES BELOW 100] Photo / Elaine Yau

This handout image shows (L-R) chicken, conch and fish by Oolong BBQ, at Shop 14, G/F, Ngai Hing Mansion, 24 Pak Po Street, Mong Kok. [28SEPTEMBER2016 FEATURES BELOW 100] Photo / Elaine Yau

This handout image shows roasted dried puffer fish by Oolong BBQ, at Shop 14, G/F, Ngai Hing Mansion, 24 Pak Po Street, Mong Kok. [28SEPTEMBER2016 FEATURES BELOW 100] Photo / Elaine Yau

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Food & Drink

Grill your own meat skewers and fresh wet market seafood and sample inventive claypot rice dishes at this Mong Kok newcomer. But be warned, if you’re in a big group the food will take a while
