HONG KONG DESSERTS | Sweet Flavours of Hong Kong's Past at Kwan Kee Store 

I was told cha gor originated from the Guangdong coastal area in particular regions around Chao Zhou where the famous kung fu tea came from. Chao Zhou people are food connoisseurs who pair their tea with various simple but hearty pastries and snacks. that's why we call it tea fruit. the fruit sound in Chao Zhou dialect refers to anything related to or made of flour starch

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oh man, this video came across to me... I left hong kong back in the late 80's and my grandma would take me around to go food shoppng for the late morning... towards the end of it, she would stop at one of these shops to get one of these desserts... especially the bowl pudding... I would get the brown or the white pudding... boy, I missed her so much...*sobs*

Really enjoy your videos... I like it when you visits all the "hidden" places but are really in plain sight. You bring out the rich history about the HK culture that is meaningful and yet, with a bit of meloncholy, the culture is fading in front of our eyes. Thank you!!!

I believe most of the treats you highlighted originated in the region of Taishan in Guangdong, the "put chai ko" in particular. Love that you place emphasis in learning the history behind everything you taste and experience in your videos. And yea to the 'bounty bar' reference! Cheers.

One of my favourite haunts, sham shui po. Awesome 🥰🥰🥰

Glad that you were able to find these treasures and like them. They are very different from the western desserts, and not many foreigners like them as they looked WEIRD, especially the black sesame ko. It makes my mouth watering - I wish I could find these traditional HK treats in Los Angeles. You should try the brown sugar red bean as well. It's even better than the white rice pudding.

Hey Sam, great to see a bunch of new videos on your channel again!! Good job in exploring this hotspot of amazing cheap eats in Sham Shui Po!! I doubt many tourists know about this gem in the rough... it's all a good variety of cuisines and street food...

Another very enjoyable video to watch, you sure do have the open mind to try out different food.

One of my favourites growing up was the banana cake, and it never had bananas! The texture would be chewy and gelatinous, and made of glutinous rice.

Sam, this looks great and it’s a good way to publicise and support local HK businesses

I love your channel,thanks for introducing all the Hong Kong’s food😀

Kwan Kee 砵仔糕👍。Thanks for sharing.

Like this episode 👍💕glad Kwan Kee is still there selling the traditional deserts of our past😍 Sam’s description on them is so good arousing our eagerness to try them all👏

Native HKer and naturalized NYer here. Just discovered your channel recently and your videos are making me homesick! Missing family and childhood friends there and the food (of course)! Keep up the good work and good eats!

Your Cantonese is so cute. Make yourself a challenge of making a Cantonese video or just a snippet of it haha😂😁🤣

I love HK and has not stepped foot on it since the "take-over" my heart goes out to the food vendor 'cause i know how much money they pay for the space.

You lucky young guy, you can eat anything! Another great video!

Something I want to try when I go to HK. Thank you for a little background history. 👍

What a nice video... Thank you so much for this lovely video...

Nice one Sam! This place is definitely on my list of must do’s when I eventually get to Hong Kong.Off to buy a bounty bar now!!!

I love Hong Kong and English at the same time so I'm really into your vlogs ❤ support your channel so keep up the good work 🥰

Awesome video ..Sam brother.. nice desserts

Chinese desserts are so interesting. They got so many different flavors and texture. I love Kwan Kee desserts very much!

Thank you for the video, sounded like a place to visit but alas I read this. According to local sources, the owner had plans to retire and closed up shop in May 2023.

You really enjoy the hk style foods. Good!

Honestly I am not into traditional puddings as there isn't much taste in them, perhaps they are usually not sweet enough for me. But after watching your video, you made them look more appealing than they are. In my view, you are one of the best advocates for local food!

Just love looking at videos of good places to eat in Hong Kong, miss that place so much!! Can you do a video on the famous bakery called bakehouse and the products they have???

Oooohhh now I'm craving for a yummy wobbly pudding 😍😫

i want your channel to blow up :) i love the content!

Sam, another good video before I sleep.

huge applauds to Sam for trying these unattractive, gloopy- and loopy-looking traditional puddings. They are less and less favoured by the young generation now (you can see how many western-style bakeries suddenly got hyped in the city the last two years). These puddings are meant to be grass-root, stomach-filling and easy-to-made by housewives using the simplest and humble ingredients. These puddings did have a heyday when Hong Kong economy relied on laborious light manufacturing industries 1950-1970s (before Apple products are made in China, Hong Kong was the world's no.1 manufacturer of affordable watches, toys, clocks, calculators etc.). All my family likes the sesame pudding best - Asians do love sesame (the darker the better). Modern science has also proven its high nutritious value. Seeds are full of vitamin E and essential fatty acids (hence good for our kidney coz in Chinese medicine, kidney and hair health are closely linked). I always suspect sesame is kind of super food. Look at the Arabs who consume huge amount of sesame, many of them have lush dark hair!

Thanks Sam. I didn't know about this cake shop even though I go SSP regularly.

Sam, I did place comments on your two videos but they are not posted, dont know why. Anyway thanks again for this excellent video showing us how to go find the traditional HK Sweet Flavours especially the BuJaiGo. I can only recall in the 1960s that we used to buy those sweet deserts along the streets of HK. The deep fried porkchop buns should be competitive against the buns selling in Macau !

Sam, u really surprised me that u like these traditional treats. Some foreigners or even locals didn't like them given that their appearance aren't that appealing. I am glad that u enjoy it. Would u please try the moon cakes which is a festival food during mid autumn festival?

Not many westerners like the texture of traditional Hong Kong dessert (red bean soup, black sesame soup)

great!

In a box of Celebrations, Bounty is one of my go to chocolate 😏

Try making videos on variety of mooncakes, dragon beard candy, sesame balls, crullers, wife's cake and husband's cake. Younger generations are no longer attracted to little bowl cakes and they are more interested in western pastries.

one of the best desserts i had in HK was purple rice (not the thai sticky version and it wasnt a pudding) - hardly seen an example of it since!

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Please more desserts 🍮🧁 vlogs 👍🏼

Thanks!

Nice video ☺️ the Guo in Cha guo is written as 茶粿 instead of 果, literally means tea “rice cake”. ☺️☺️

This one came as a surprise too. Sam coming up with nice vlogs but no announcements on Instagram. Anyways this one was sweet just like the desserts featured in the video. Keep up the good work and the surprises. Cheers

it's nice that black sesame puddings will keep your hair dark, but look at the guy in the background inside the store. His hair is kinda grey. 😬

actually Cha Go should be “茶粿” （Tea rice cake） instead of “茶果” （Tea Fruit） I guess this suppose to be a snack to take together with Tea.

Really i want to see behind the scene How you priper for this Vidio . 👍👍

Obviously your hard work pays off judging by the No of your followers, which includes me ! 👍💪👌😜🍥🍝

I went there today

To consider from healthy standpoint, I would purchased the brown sugar red bean pudding-Put Chai Ko instead of the white sugar red bean.

Sesame one is my favourite. The sign says $48 each. Suppose it’s worth it. Question: do you normally eat all the foods you ordered? Do you share with your camera person? Lol

Hi can I ask did you write any script before filming or you just spoke on the spot?

Have you come across "ding ding" candy yet? Bear in mind I'm not sure it even exists anymore,nor is it anything special but it's something from a definitely bygone era and nostalgia for the old folks.

What is the address of Kwan Kee坤記士多 in Sam Shui Po, Kowloon ?

Kwan Kee has moved to Malaysia.......

always get the brown put chai ko first! they sold out too fast

Kwan Kee has turned a little expensive imho

Hope you bought them for your cam assistance?

Geletamous or jeletamous ? 😂

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