Kong Long Café
东三环中路7号, 财富购物中心地下1层
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Modeled on the family-run cafés typical to Hong Kong, this restaurant serves all the classics, like made-to-order dim sum, barbecue and stir-fry. The décor’s a heartfelt, scrubbed-up homage to the experience of eating in a Hong Kong night market. While the flavors aren't all authentic, the “tofu casserole with shrimp in a stone pot” tastes just the way it would in a good neighborhood HK restaurant.
You haven’t tried authentic Hong Kong style café until you have visited Kong Long Café; Hong Kong style BBQ, Cantonese stir-fry, made-to-order Cantonese Dim Sum, and delightful HK style beverages. So come and discover the real taste of Hong Kong at Kong Long Café.
Flavors of Kowloon
3.5/5 Stars
Beijing’s CBD is a long way from the cramped confines of Hong Kong’s legions of small family-style restaurants, but that’s just the atmosphere that Kong Long Café tries to recreate. And for the most part, the café, itself a family business owned by native Hong Kongers, succeeds.
Although the décor’s a heartfelt, scrubbed-up homage to the experience of eating in a Hong Kong night market, any HK foodie will tell you it’s not what you hang on the walls but what you put on the table that counts. “Tofu casserole with shrimp in a stone pot” (¥38), brought out bubbling in the pot, strikes all the right notes. Every flavor and texture pops just the way it would in a good neighborhood HK restaurant.
None of the other dishes are the same kind of unqualified triumph. The suckling pig platter (¥78) lacks the savory sweet oomph you expect in good char siu, and the water spinach casserole in shrimp paste sauce (¥32) doesn’t pack the same punch we remember from many a visa run. Understand, though, that these are just nitpicks, not red cards. In fact, calling this pleasant newcomer “good for Beijing” is not a put-down, but an endorsement.
Matt Schrader
