This is truly authentic Hong Kong food for the people - 涼瓜炆火腩飯 - braised bitter gourd and roasted pork belly with rice.
For those who are not familiar with it, this is 涼瓜火腩飯，涼瓜即是苦瓜，in English, bitter gourd. When one eats 燒腩， it should be freshly roasted, still hot or at least warm, and the skin crispy. But when the belly is roasted, the texture has become completely different. It should become spongy, soaking up the soy-based source and the fragrance of the biter gourd. When it is done well, of course. Nowadays it is difficult to find it done well, in the cha chaan teng (茶餐廳, tea restaurant) that charges you 50-60 Hong Kong dollars for a dish.
This is my favourite. Washed down with milk tea, Hong Kong style 港式奶茶. The milk used is evaporated milk.
Let us live authentically. Eat what we truly like. Believe what we truly believe. Tell the truth (while staying safe). No lies, please!
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