Hong Kong Food Trip – Aberdeen Restaurant, Spring Deer, Chuk Yuen (Part 2 of 3 – Mid Range Dining)

Prepare to spend: HKD 120 – 150 per person (USD 16 – 20 per person)

(1) Aberdeen Fishball and Seafood Restaurant
Where: Humphreys Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
While passing by the area of Tsim Sha Tsui, we got attracted to the retro ambiance of Aberdeen Restaurant and had our first dinner there. Serving size is quite generous. We ordered their roast Peking duck, kailan vegetables and fried rice. The Pecking Duck is tender, tasty and without any odor. Fried rice is quite too salty for our liking. Overall, food taste is so-so. I think I can get better value for my money somewhere. But if you drop by here, I would recommend you to order their Peking Duck.

Roasted Pecking Duck

Milk Tea

Kailan

Fried Rice

 

(2) Spring Deer Restaurant
Where: 2F, 42 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
The entrance of Spring Deer is very unassuming. If you are not intentionally finding this restaurant, you won’t be able to find it as the entrance is located in a building alley. We did not make any reservations ahead, luckily we were able to snag the last seats at 6:00pm for dinner. This place is famous for their roasted pecking duck but be forewarned that they don’t sell quarter or half duck. So we had no choice but to order a whole pecking duck for the three of us.
Spring Deer Restaurant Entrance

The Chef Slicing The Duck Skin

We had our duck in two-way style. Duck skin wrapped in Chinese pancake dough for the first way and minced duck meat wrapped in lettuce for the second way. I have to admit that the Pecking Duck is perfectly cooked, very aromatic without any duck odor. Fat is just right. However, I was quite surprised that the duck skin was sliced with a lot of meat and the Chinese pancake dough came out unusually thick. It tasted yummy though, different than the usual first way Pecking Duck where other restaurants only slice off the skin only. The second way is not to my liking as it was cooked with too much celery.
First Way

20 pcs of Chinese Pancake Wraps

Duck Skin Wrapped in Chinese Pancake with Onions

Second Way

(3) Chuk Yuen Restaurant

Dimsum Lunch