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This cafe belonging to the Italian automotive brand offers one of the best deals in town for a
casual bite and a decent espresso. Perhaps after munching on grilled sardines, customers
will be in the mood to hop over to the Fiat showroom and buy a Panda.
CANTONESE
HONG KEE CONGEE SHOP
Tin Hau, exit B)
Family-run Hong Kee has been sitting quietly in this corner of Tai Hang for 30 years. The
food is fresh, homemade and inexpensive - a generous bowl of congee for as little as
HK$13. Try the rice dumpling, fried bread stick and congee with liver, frog or tripe, fish or
chicken, or maybe thousand-year-old egg.
JAPANESE
IRORI
from HK$150/300; noon-3pm & 6-11pm; Causeway Bay, exit A)
Irori's versatile kitchen turns out raw and cooked delicacies of an equally impressive stand-
ard. Seasonal fish is flown in regularly from Japan and carefully crafted into sushi and
sashimi. To warm the stomach between cold dishes, there's a creative selection of tasty tid-
bits, such as fried beef roll and
yakitori
(grilled skewers).
JAPANESE
IROHA
lunch sets from HK$110, dinner from HK$300; noon-3pm & 6-11pm; Causeway Bay, exit E)
Bright and noisy, Iroha specialises in
yakiniku
, the Japanese style of grilling meat or veget-
ables over a burner. Among the dizzying range of Wagyu cuts on offer, the beef rib finger
(nakaochi karubi)
with its perfect fat-to-meat ratio and just-right chewiness comes highly
recommended. If you love steak, be prepared to spend.
SOY SAUCE WESTERN, CHINESE
TAI PING KOON
from HK$188; 11am-11.20pm; Causeway Bay, exit F)
Soy sauce Western is believed to have been invented by the first Tai Ping Koon in Guǎng-
zhōu. Today tasty classics such as smoked pomfret and ox tongue with rice are still served
in neat, if slightly worn, surrounds by the waiters who have been here for decades. There are
branches in Central, Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui.
