favorites - international

Here's my favorites in other countries. This list will be updated regularly as I discover new favorites.

Hong Kong
Favorite Milk Tea - Gong Cha (cold), Cafe de Coral (Hot)
Favorite Dim Sum - Chuk Yuen and Pak Loh Chiu Chow

pan fried buns stuffed w/ pork & vegetables (Pak Loh Chiu Chow)

Favorite Xiao Long Bao - Wu Kong (best Shanghainese food too!)
Favorite Chinese Desserts - Honeymoon Dessert and Hang Fa Lau
Favorite Cheap Bowl of Noodle Soup - Chiu Fat Porridge Noodle Restaurant

3 kinds fish balls in noodle soup

Favorite Cheap Rice Meal - Hang Fa Lau's sweet & sour pork ribs w/ vegetable rice

Favorite Cheap Eats - Cafe de Coral

Favorite Chicken (I guarantee you will love it) - Spring Deer's Siu Kai (lunch only)

Favorite Breads - Little Mermaid's triple chocolate donut, Panash's pao de quiejo (iSquare, Ocean Terminal) & Donq's spinach & cheese rustiq bread (basement of Sogo Causeway Bay)

Favorite Hainanese Chicken - Hak Ka Hut

Favorite Expensive Meal - L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

mushroom salad w/ foie gras shavings and chives (Robuchon)

Favorite Buffet - Intercon's Harbourside and Grand Hyatt's Grissini

USA

Favorite Bakery - Tartine

Favorite Gelato - Pitango's chocolate orange sorbet

Favorite Appetizer - Anchor and Hope's Angels on Horseback

angels on horseback

Favorite Fried Chicken - Central Michel Richard, Addendum

Favorite Burger - Ray's Hells Burger, Cafe Des Amis

Favorite Brunch - Carlyle's Crab Cake Benedict

Favorite Cupcake - Georgetown Cupcakes

Favorite Cookies - Levain Bakery's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip, Blue Bottle Coffee's double chocolate chip cookie

dark chocolate peanut butter chip cookie

Favorite Coffee - Sightglass Coffee

Favorite Biscuits - Red Lobster

Favorite Veggie dish - Grilled Romaine from Orris

What are your favorites? Share them with me on the comments section below.