New restaurants in Hong Kong: explore Burmese cuisine at Mohinga in Ho Man Tin
Hong Kong is home to many Southeast Asian restaurants, but rarely will you find one specialising in Burmese food. Explore unique flavours of Myanmar at this Ho Man Tin venue that’s named after a popular noodle soup
Say mingalaba (hello in Burmese) to Mohinga, a new restaurant tucked away in Ho Man Tin, in Kowloon, which is offering a taste of Myanmar at a reasonable price.
The cuisine from Myanmar, a country best known for its pagodas and rural charms, isn’t well represented in Hong Kong, where Southeast Asian restaurants are pretty much limited to Thai and Vietnamese, with a smattering of Malaysian and Singaporean. Perhaps diners are intimidated by the thought of fermented fish paste – although belacan (typically used in Burmese cooking) and fish sauce are similar.
The restaurant, on Victory Avenue, is named after the country’s national dish, mohinga – a pungent fish and noodle soup that is usually eaten for breakfast. Naturally, Mohinga (the restaurant) offers a version of mohinga (the soup), although it’s toned down to make it palatable to a wider audience.
The recipe seems to be working: the day we visited, customers kept arriving at the shop, some of them armed with kitchen pots to take their meals back home.
