Asiana Restaurant

This Chinese restaurant has witnessed the last 70 years of prosperity and changes in Hong Kong. Located in Wan Chai, Asiana Restaurant (喜萬年) is probably one of the few established restaurants in Hong Kong. Many people still visit this awesome place for lunch and dinner, and no doubt you should make a reservation before visiting Asiana.

Tonight we came here to celebrate the Father's Day. Most of the items on the menu were actually ordinary Hong Kong or Cantonese food but all were of high quality. We started the dinner with two dishes, the Chicken Feet in Vinegar Sauce (白雲鳳爪) and Roasted Pork with Honey (蜜汁叉燒).

We of course ordered the amazing Roasted Suckling Pig, since this is why this restaurant is so famous. It was so nicely done, and it was not common to see people putting a red bulb in the pig's eye!

The Tempura Grouper Slices wasn't really tempura but merely deep frying, but was also delicious and surprisingly light without much oil.

The Baked Egg with Fish Intestine is probably not everyone's cup of tea, but is one of the signature dishes in Cantonese cuisine. It looked like normal baked or steamed egg dish, but actually had fish intestine mixed inside.

It was better than I expected, but probably the chef mixed some bladder juice of the fish too and so it had a little bitter taste.

The old restaurant has a reason for standing still over such a long time: it still delivers high-quality food while preserving some of the traditional dishes which are probably extinct in other places. The food does not only bring gastro pleasure but also memories of the past. It is the taste of the past, and the food takes us back. If you want to get indulged in the old style of Hong Kong, you should definitely come to Asiana.