Chuen Cheung Kui, DimDimSum & Seaview Food Shop @ Hong Kong

Mongkok, what's good? This bustling enclave is bursting with top-notch temptations, from the luscious salt-baked chicken and fried milk custard of Chuen Cheung Kui ...

... to the deep-fried dumplings with wasabi filling, steamed dumplings stuffed with shrimp, egg white and vegetables, and the peerlessly pleasurable chicken and fish maw cooked in Chinese herbs at DimDimSum ...

... to the compulsively addictive congee and rice noodle rolls at carbs-be-damned, constantly crowded Seaview Food Shop.

Kam's Roast Goose & Fu Kee @ Hong Kong

Our goose is cooked: Come to Kam's for roast goose in all its juicy glory, accompanied by marinated goose liver and kidney, goose blood pudding with chives, aromatically cured goose liver sausages, and noodles drizzled with goose thigh juices. It's all delectable, fulfilling the promise of the Michelin star - beware though, there's a long line waiting outside during peak hours.

For a more basic goose experience, hunt for Fu Kee, where the roast goose remains delicious in its own right.

Kam's Roast Goose is at Wan Chai. Fu Kee is at Mongkok.

Shia Wong Hip Snake Restaurant @ Hong Kong

Slither over to Shia Wong Hip, which has been serving up snake specialities in Hong Kong since 1965 - the signature snake soup comprises five types of snakes in a thick, warming broth traditionally believed to bolster the body, especially for winter. 

Other headliners include the hearty snake belly claypot rice and a 'power soup' made of lizards, silkworms, cow penis, deer embryo and seahorses. Wash down with snake bladder juice wine. 

If you'd like to also see/touch a live snake, the establishment will enthusiastically oblige .

Shia Wong Hip

Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Coffee Roastery Lab @ Hong Kong

A coffee bar, with a tantalising emphasis on 'bar' - check out Coffee Roastery Lab for the Bailey's Vanilla Cappuccino, Espresso Citrus Gin Martini, & locally brewed coffee-infused craft beer by Young Master Ales, making caffeine cool again.