This cafe is located in Wong Nai Chung Market, Happy Valley, in the government public market building. It is one of those the traditional street food stalls that are now basically all moved up to such government buildings. The whole floor has many different stalls, and Cheong Kee is at one end. While the tables are 'shared' among the different stalls, the customers tend to sit at the row facing the stall.
We came here for brunch, so we ordered two cups of Milk Tea, one Thick Toast with Butter and Sugar, one Pickled Vegetable Noodle with Egg, plus one Ham and Egg Macaroni. For a HK-style cafe, the milk tea is a good test of their quality, and Cheong Kee did not disappoint on that regard. It was smooth, with good tea intensity while not bitter, and having the right balance of milk and tea. A really good milk tea!
The toast was another treat. It was much thicker than the normal toast you would have in any cafe, maybe around three times as thick. Not only it was toasted nicely with a crispy surface while soft inside, by accompanying with the butter which was melted completely, the sugar that sprinkled on top, there is the extra texture of crunchy coming from the sugar and the overall result again delivered a simple palate pleasure that was somehow missing in many fancy dishes.
The noodle was good as well. cooked to the right time so the noodle texture did not get too soggy, and the soup itself was not particularly salty. The highlight probably was the pickled vegetable, which was not the usual crazily salty type. Rather it was properly pickled and chopped not too finely to give the right appearance and bite. The pan-fried egg is also nice.
It is also great to visit a HK style cafe of such good quality and you can feel the care they are putting in the food they serve. Of course in the food stall setting you would need to expect to sit with other customers at the same table, but the overall hygiene and service would not be something that turn anyone away. And considering all the above only cost $82, it is no wonder a great value and one of the great examples of HK-style food that we should be proud and promote.
My overall rating is 60/100.
The toast was another treat. It was much thicker than the normal toast you would have in any cafe, maybe around three times as thick. Not only it was toasted nicely with a crispy surface while soft inside, by accompanying with the butter which was melted completely, the sugar that sprinkled on top, there is the extra texture of crunchy coming from the sugar and the overall result again delivered a simple palate pleasure that was somehow missing in many fancy dishes.
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