HK 2013 – Claypot Rice War @ Temple Street
November 26, 2013 | 11,704 viewsClaypot Rice is one of the staple item in a rice-loving Chinese community of Hong Kong; especially in the cooler season whereby huddling over a warm pot of rice cooked with various meats; fresh or preserved, sounds very inviting.
After the ‘yum cha’ session at Sheung Wan’s Teakha (not your conventional idea of ‘yum cha’ though, as this was a cafe at a back alley serving cakes and coffee), we went even further west past Sheung Wan MTR station; towards the west coast of Hong Kong island. Of course, if walking’s never in your dictionary (shame on you …), then by all means you can take the tram running the east-west direction across Des Vouex Road to commute.
Our destination? Claypot rice at Kwun Kee on Queen’s Road West; one of the most talked about claypot rice stall in all of Hong Kong. But as luck would have it ….
Kwun Kee Claypot Rice does not open until 6pm onwards on a Sunday. We were there about an hour before, with nowhere else to kill time. Thus … we left with tails between our legs.
But no fear, once again, there’s always Plan B. Read on to find out more … Read the rest of this entry »