Hing Kee Restaurant (claypot rice)

興記菜館

Charcoal-cooked claypot rice: pour soy, scrape the crust

⚠ Break 15:30–17:30

Hours

Daily 13:30–15:30 and 17:30–23:00 per OpenRice; the HKTB blog says evenings until midnight

Budget

HK$90–150 pp

Address

G/F, 12, 14, 15, 17 & 19 Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei

A claypot rice place at the start of the Temple Street night market that has spread into the neighbouring shopfronts. Rice is still cooked in clay pots over charcoal; at the table you drizzle the house soy sauce, put the lid back for a minute, then stir in the crust. Features on TV street-food shows and Mark Wiens's channel bring plenty of tourists, so there's an English photo menu. The oyster omelette is famous too.