Try God of Cookery’s ‘sorrowful rice’ roast meat dish for less than HK$100 at Chop Chop in Fortress Hill
- Head chef Dai Lung is the creator of the ‘sorrowful rice’ dish from Stephen Chow’s film God of Cookery
- The dish – roast pork belly char siu rice with egg – is the stand-out
Chop Chop in Fortress Hill serves roast meat. Head chef Dai Lung created the “sorrowful rice” dish for Stephen Chow Sing-chi’s God of Cookery film.
The neon green and red signage and clean, bare basics interior gives Chop Chop a retro vibe, which sets it apart from other restaurants in the neighbourhood.
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Roast pork belly char siu rice is the signature dish at Chop Chop, but the restaurant serves other roast meats with rice and noodles. Our dishes arrived promptly.
Chop Chop version of the famous dish – roast pork belly char siu rice with egg and served with soup (HK$80) was the highlight of the meal. The char siu was marinated in a sweet sauce and was succulent, with just the right balance of fat and meat underneath the charred, slightly crisp exterior. It went well with the garlicky sauce.
There were small brown pearls of American wild rice in the bed of rice. The fried egg had a runny yolk that we mixed into the rice. The bowl of clear soup served with the rice contained tender pieces of pork and shreds of lotus root.
