"Hong Kong Tea House"

My brothers and I went to "Hong Kong Tea House" located on the premises of the old Joo Chiat Police Station.

The place looks simple from the outside and has a poster-stand with local magazine and newspaper write-ups on it.






Glutinous Rice Style Rolls or "Zhu Chang Fen" - $3.50
Served plain, without stuffing or gravy. Chilli and sweet sauces are given on the side
The rolls are flatted and lightly seared like Japanese Gyoza.


Steamed Pork Soup Dumplings or "Xiao Long Tang Bao" - $3.80
Definitely not Crystal-Jade standard, but still passable given that its an eatery.


HK Style Shark's Fin Soup - $3.50


Rice with Stew Beef with Satay Sauce - $5.80
Satay Sauce does not have the taste of satay sauce we know and love (ie, peanut).
Beef is tender, but at the expense of taste - if it was a taste test, no one would know its beef.


Rice with Stewed Beef with Portuguese sauce - $5.80.
Its my first time taking Portuguese sauce so I don't know how its supposed to taste like.
It's not bad, but the beef suffers from the same malady as the Satay Sauce Beef (above).
It's like having marinated 'venison' from your neighbourhood zhi-char stall at the kopi tiam.
Tasty, but you just cannot tell what you are chewing.


Fried rice with minced beef - $6.00
Your standard fried rice with tiny minced bits of beef.


Salted Lemon 7-Up (my fav HK drink), Perfect Match aka Yuan Yang, Honey Lemon 7-up
$3.50 + $2.80 + $3.50

Total Damage inclusive of 5% GST: $39.40
The good thing here is that they don't have service charge! :)
Good to come here with some friends if you are not fussy abt your food.

Our Rating based on taste, presentation and pricing: **/*****

Hong Kong Tea House Pte Ltd
86 East Coast Road, Blk A, #01-01
Singapore 428755.