lin heung kui 蓮香居

This is a follow on post on my two other posts about a dim sum restaurant in Hong Kong - Lin Heung Lau 蓮香樓 part 1 and part 2.

Located in Sheung Wan, Lin Heung Kui is one of the three restaurants operated by the same owner. This one is in less than a mile from the more widely known Lin Heung Lau 蓮香樓 located in the Central district. In the latter part of my stay in Hong Kong I came here to Lin Heung Kui 蓮香居 instead to avoid the crowd.

lin heung kui 蓮香居is located within a stonethow distance from the very popular lin heung lau 蓮香樓. Because of it's relative anonymity one can easily find a seat here. Most of the patrons are regular locals and you can tell them apart from what they order.
it has the same decor as it's sister location but is much more spacious - a rarity for Hong Kong

 this steam rice with Chinese sausages and cured pork had become my favorite

the down side with it is - it is a meal in itself and left little room in my stomach for other things I want

the dim sum lady would fry these to your order - the two on top of photo are daikon and the bottom one is made of taro

 just three dishes and I was stuffed

 both are very delicious - there are bits of sausages and dried shrimps in them

this is their version of Chinese BBQ pork buns - is take cue from a very popular Hong Kong sweet bun called pineapple bun 菠蘿包 prized for the sweet and crusty topping

 I love the classic tables and chairs

 they still use copper kettles - these must be decades old

one day instead of just having dim sum I wanted to try this dish called gold coin chicken 金錢雞; it is very similar to char sui 叉燒 but made with chicken (on top) and chicken liver (on bottom)

 

it is listed on the specials menu on the wall

 alas it is sugar glazed and just too sweet to my taste

 I also order this soup noodle with slow cooked duck in a broth with aged tangerine skins 老年橘皮

 it is only pedestrian at best

 you can see it is not crowded as the sister location - no tourist here

The variety of dim sum dishes here taste very consistent with those found at it's sister location in the Central. Clearly it is the result of the owner wanting to preserve the original authentic Cantonese taste which has became rarety today even in Hong Kong 香港 and Guangdong 廣東 (or Canton).