The travelbug hit me all of a sudden as I was driving today.
Alas, I had no passport with me at the time, so I did the next best thing: Headed straight to Hong Kong Cafe in Monterey Park for some HK-style tea and snacks…
HK Style “Roadside” Steamed Rice Noodles ( 路邊蒸腸粉 )… No joke, this was prepared perfectly. The mouthfeel of the rice noodles, the complex sesame-peanut sauce, the flirty slipperiness of each bite as one wrests to grab the delicate noodles with chopsticks - Just the right thing for a HK-style mid-afternoon pick-me-up.
HK Style Milk Tea ( 港式奶茶 )… Not overly sweet (condensed milk can be added by the customer to adjust sweetness levels), this warm serving of tea is a reminder of HK’s British colonial past.
HK Style Pineapple Bun with Butter ( 香軟菠蘿油 )… Denser than its Taiwanese cousin, heated up, and stuffed with a generous pat of butter while hot, this pastry accentuated the HK milk tea beautifully!
Total tab before tip: $9.50. Lovely service to boot.