Hong Kong’s new food trend: mainland Chinese chains

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More Hongkongers have been heading north to mainland China for recreation, bringing back with them a taste for new types of Chinese food. Mainland Chinese F&B chains have been capitalising on the trend by expanding their trade in the city. The Post spoke with one restaurant specialising in suancai, a traditional Sichuanese fish recipe. It opened five branches in a year and plans to expand even further. Hong Kong consumers meanwhile explain why they have changed their perceptions about mainland food and drink brands, which in the past had been affected by food safety scandals across the border.

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[lwh]

Sure looks a lot better than Taco Bell or McD.

[okwatever]

This restaurant is one my favorites, their fish is fresh which makes them stand out from other restaurants that make the same dish. They have their own fish farms and supply chain is very well established, which provides fresh fish every day to their restaurants across china

[hectorar]

They even got TaiEr here in Bangkok. And yes even the Thais loved it.

[ongsengfook]

HK will be able to enhance Mainland brands.

[Takealookat]

This is one of my favorite Chinese dish . I often eat it

[darkcloud]

There are thousands of dishes that the mainland has that Hong Kong doesn't have. Not sure why Hong Kong limited itself in the past.

[JSL]

Why do they keep asking the white guy ? is he a food expert ?

[terencetong]

As a hong Kong, I would like to try different things

[wpwebsitecc]

I mean better than american KFC and Mcdonalds

[_MANASYt]

I live in Xiamen and my wife orders this all the time 😁 It's the only Sichuan dish i can eat hahaha, rest is way too spicy 🌶️🥵

[ukno]

as long as cantonese people keep their standards for food, i'm okay with whatever comes

[wangjim]

You want to be an international cuisine centre, you need to feature all types of food, from all over the world - high end, mid range and street food! And China alone has such a wide range, from north to South and east to west, So what's the fuss?

[therealnoble]

Chinese Hotpot > American Hamburger

[BigJoe-go]

but there's no evidence they're more popular, just that they can afford the rents which the old hong kong restaurants can't because their customers have fled.

[cac]

Hong Kong is losing influence in every sense.

[irritatedanglosaxon]

The challenge is China needs to establish food chain with noodle, like mcd or KFC they will be accepted worldwide as new superpower of world

[BigJoe-go]

or it could be that those chinese restaurants aren't doing well in china and so are trying their luck in hong kong ??

[pathua]

Been 27 years, wonder what a “typical” Hong Kong dish will be 23 years from now? Spicy hor fun soup, shrimp dumpling no longer made from rice flour 🤔😅

[marvinsantos]

make sense since most mainlanders are now the citizens of HK

[andreandree]

Suancai : I dunt know but where I live (Kuala Lumpur), there is also the same Chinese restaurant. I tried it one time, nothing special, the dish is oily and the taste average, it certainly don't make me wanting to come back again!. Plus most of the customers are mainland China folks (tourists I guess), so it is noisy, everyone speaking loud! Sorry but not for me..