Beef noodles not to be missed and a top Thai restaurant for grilled pork neck rice in Hong Kong

Simon Yuen of fashion brand Maison Margiela likes being adventurous with different cuisines and ingredients – here are his top Hong Kong food picks

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“Sam Bo” noodles with turnip, beef brisket, tripe and tendon in a soup base made with Chinese herbs served at Eight Treasures in Tin Hau, Hong Kong. Photo: Eight Treasures

Published: 4:15pm, 4 Nov 2020Updated: 10:26pm, 5 Nov 2020

Simon Yuen is the retail and merchandising manager for fashion brand Maison Margiela.

It has been difficult to explore restaurants so much over the past year with Hong Kong’s anti-government protests and then the Covid-19 pandemic, however I still enjoy being adventurous in town and overseas with different cuisines and ingredients – but no exotic animals, please. Here are some of my current favourites.

Thai Kitchen by Chanatcha (Shop 5D1B, Dragon View House, 16 Hoi Tai Street, Quarry Bay, tel: 2157 1195) is mainly a takeaway place that only features a handful of Thai dishes – such as green curry chicken, pad kra pao, grilled pig knuckle and my favourite, grilled pork neck rice – but it always has a long queue during lunch. Occasionally you can find Thai coconut pandan cake (khanom chan) there, too.

In Tin Hau, Eight Treasures (124 Electric Road, Tin Hau, tel: 2889 8366) is a local beef noodle place that – as their menu says – serves noodles with heart. Their “Sam Bo” noodles with turnip, beef brisket, tripe and tendon is my favourite. Their soup base contains Chinese herbs, so the taste is different from other beef noodle shops.

Grilled pork neck rice served at Thai Kitchen by Chanatcha. Photo: Thai Kitchen by Chanatcha

I recently discovered Yu Chuan Club (Shop B, 1/F, 7-17 Amoy Street, Wan Chai, tel: 2838 5233) as I was looking for authentic numbing and spicy Sichuan food. For HK$318 (US$40) per person, you can choose a number of dishes according to the number of people on the table (three people can order two appetisers and four mains, for example).