Day 5 in Hong Kong was hectic and after we were done with the sneaker street, it was a train ride back to Olympic MTR station and while we were looking forward to a good rest at Dorsett Mongkok Hotel; we were waylaid by the appearance of a dessert shop along the way.
Sugarbird (天糖鳥) - it was an interesting name as the Chinese pronunciation sounded like birds of paradise (天堂鸟) and as desserts sound pretty nice after a long day; Alex and i decided to step in.
It was empty and this is usually a telltale sign to leave! But our legs were sore from all the walking and we figured that even if the desserts were unacceptable, at least we were paying for air-conditioning and place to rest our legs.
From the first page of the menu, i figured that it served desserts made in a traditional way but with a modern concept. As its desserts were generally less sweet, you may request for extra sweetness if you have a sweet tooth. Alternatively, you may make use of the sugar syrup placed on the table.
There were many items on the menu and all of them looked real good from the pictures! However, i always prefer to stick to something i am familiar with. If my mom were with me, i would likely order the above shaved ice which was made with osmanthus flower honey and the nutritional huai shan.
Ordering was self-serviced; just indicate the item on the laminated order list and you can choose from hot / cold and whether you want to top up with tang yuan (glutinous rice balls) and / or peach gum.
Mango Red Bean Sago - Alex's order as i am not a huge fan of sago. Even though it was more than 9 months ago, i decided to ask Alex about the taste; am surprised that he still remembers it being very good. His food vocabulary is rather limited so we shall leave it at that.
Nine-Dragon, Two-Phoenix - with two hard-boiled eggs, dried longans and Chinese wolfberries, this is your typical Hong Kong Tong Shui (sweet drink) and a dessert i absolutely love! In Singapore, it's the equivalent to our beloved cheng tng.
Compared to the mulberry lotus seeds egg tea at Yuen Kee Dessert, it didn't have that tea-infused flavour although it's still as thirst quenching and once you break up the yolk and stir it into the soup; the taste factor was significantly elevated. Put it simply, we were there on Day 5 and were back again on Day 6!
Maybe it also helped that the lady who served us was friendly; despite her poor Mandarin, we still managed to hit up a conversation. Certain words she can't express in Mandarin, she would write it down. In the above note, she was telling us that the shop doesn't use fine sugar, only rock sugar or honey.
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Address
G/F, Kar Hing Building, 14 Li Tak Street,
Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong
Opening Hours
12.00 pm till 1.00 am
Menu (Signature)
As above.
Pricing
Mango Red Bean Sago - HKD $38
Nine-Dragon, Two-Phoenix - HKD $32
For the summary of my seven days' itinerary to Hong Kong (with a day trip to Shenzhen), please click here.
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