Made In Hong Kong

Nice food with an old-fashioned Hong Kong cafe vibe. Pricing slightly on the high side in the neighborhood though. Noted that they had two different menus in two languages. The Hong Kong menu in Cantonese had more authentic Hong Kong cafe type of food and drinks. The English menu, as I understood, was an adapted version to suit local tastebuds and preferences. But that was very confusing to customers who read either one or both menus really. One bilingual menu would easily solve the problem.

On our visit to Edinburgh we are delighted to visit this authentic Hong Kong cha chaan teng 茶餐廳, serving delicious classic dishes with a rather tongue-in-cheek menu (if you read Chinese - fear not they do of course have a menu in English!). We gathered that they have only opened in the last couple of years (?) We sampled the honey chilli chicken wings 蜜辣雞翼which were fresh and still steaming hot when served, and were crispy and super flavourful. The beef brisket rice牛腩飯was tender, and the tomato, egg and beef rice 港式茄蛋牛飯just tasted like how it is in Hong Kong. The best dish was the Peking sauce pork chop rice京汁豬扒飯 - the pork was lightly battered and fried and was juicy and succulent against a zingy sauce. We were rather full from the generous portions but managed to fit in a warm pineapple bun 菠蘿包，an egg tart 蛋撻and a pastel de nata (Portuguese tart) 葡撻。Again they were fresh and not too sweet but rich, eggy and creamy. We will have to go back to try the French toast (it looked huge!) The server was very friendly and attentive: giving us wet wipes when he spotted us enjoying our wings by hand, and asking if we want our water cold or hot (very Chinese!) They don’t charge a separate service charge as this has been factored into the prices already. For me this is one of the best Cantonese/Hong Kong food outlets in the UK and is far superior to those much more expensive/low value for money Cantonese restaurants of London. Highly recommended. We would definitely be returning for a taste of authentic HK food on our next Edinburgh trip.