Sushi in Tokyo, gourmet pho for those in the know, congee in Happy Valley – an IT executive on where she’ll eat once lockdown ends
- IT executive Ho Wan-yee craves some out-of-this-world sushi in Japan and spicy, oily Sichuan food in Hong Kong as she works from home in Happy Valley
- She lets us in on her secret place for Vietnamese pho, her go-to restaurant for ‘old-school Cantonese seafood’, and a recent discovery that left an impression
Ho Wan-yee is an IT executive who was used to working from home long before the coronavirus.
I would like to be a foodie but I don’t eat out enough to be a foodie. Lately, I have not been going out much.
My comfort food is just simple chicken congee which I get from Tasty Congee & Noodle Wantun Shop (21 King Kwong Street, Happy Valley, tel: 2838 3922). It’s a neighbourhood place that’s been around a long time. I wouldn’t say it’s the best anything but the quality is consistent. I also enjoy their crispy fried noodles with pork and mushroom gravy and stir-fried flat noodle with beef.
Once in a while, I’ll crave very spicy and oily Sichuan food. When I do, I go to Chili Party (4/F, Island Beverley, 1 Great George Street, Causeway Bay, tel: 2178 4898). I like to order the dried hotpot and add in all kinds of veggies. The spicy boiled fish is also good. Sichuan Paradise (3/F One Capital Place, 18 Luard Road, Wan Chai, tel: 2205 0020) is another favourite I always go to with friends. We always have the mapo tofu, stir-fried shredded potato and the sauerkraut fish.
Golden Branch (49-51A Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley, tel: 2386 2898) is one of the best kept secrets in town for Vietnamese pho. It’s a tiny small place opened by kids who are really into music as we learned by talking to them. The soup is really nice – kind of gourmet and expensive because they’re not cheap on ingredients.