The Sweet Life

Anyone who tries to say that Hongkongers don’t like sweet foods is either blind or a filthy, sugar-hatin’ liar. Our saccharine city is stuffed to the gills with candy stores, patisseries, bakeries and dessert soup joints. In celebration of all things sweet—now that the festive season is underway and all diets are firmly off—we’ve explored some of the finest purveyors of chocolates, candies and desserts to help satisfy your sweet tooth. Tuck in!

Patisserie Tony Wong

This elegant pastry shop on Fuk Lo Tsuan Road was founded by former Royal Garden pastry chef Tony Wong. All the cakes here are made in-house by a team of more than 10 pastry chefs. The quaint, alpine cottage leads you to expect French-style puff pastries and irresistible butter creams. Tony knows his audience, and he fuses French mousses and macarons with Asian flavors, such as green tea custard. One of the best sellers is the eye-catching “Chocolate Truffle,” a glossy dome made with 75 percent dark chocolate mousse. If you’re not a chocolate lover, the raspberry Napoleon is another fan favorite: fresh raspberries and cream sandwiched between cookie and crispy puff pastry to make an extremely pretty cake indeed.
74 Fuk Lo Tsun Rd., Kowloon City, 2382-6639

Soy Ploy

Kung Wo Dou Bun Chong

This century-old Hong Kong institution is famed for its soybean dishes, for which it proudly uses old-school, manually operated devices rather than modern machinery. Its daofu fa, or sweet tofu, is lovingly dished out of a huge porcelain pot that’s been in use for over 40 years. It comes with a sprinkling of brown sugar and is doused in ginger syrup.
118 Pei Ho St., Sham Shui Po, 2386-6871

Famous Sweet Soups