My fave Vietnamese place

Next time you're in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, you cannot go far wrong with lunch/snack/dinner at Perfume River Vietnamese restaurant. The decor is old and tacky but the food is delicious and so are the prices. I have been to posher Vietnamese places but honestly, have not found any better than good ol' Perfume River. Back in the days when I ate meat, the beef pho was to die for. Lots of fresh ho fun in nice beefy broth with thinly-sliced onions. Squeeze in your lime, add some freshly-chopped chillis and mint before you start. We always used to get Set Menu A for 2 people which gives you 2 bowls of beef pho, fried spring rolls wrapped in lettuce and garlic-pepper chicken wings. Plus dessert! But there is also a fairly extensive menu as well - no worries if you are vegetarian and after some nice rice paper rolls...

Pre-wedding jitters? - try some tong yuen

So to continue on with the chinese wedding theme - Kee had to scoff down 9 of these beauties on the eve of his chinese wedding. Timing was all choreographed - apparently, the bride-to-be has to eat them first followed by the groom not so long after.

Ingredients are just glutinous rice flour with water. You do have to knead before breaking off sections to make into balls. To make the pink ones, just add a little red food dye. The soup is simply rock sugar with some ginger slices.