咖喱魚蛋
ga lēi yú daahn

curry fish balls

Fish balls (fish meatballs) stewed in curry, are a popular Hong Kong street food and also dim sum...

炸魚蛋
ja yú daahn

fried fish balls

Deep-fried fish balls (fish meatballs), a street food, usually smaller and cheaper, than regular ...

油炸鬼
yàuh ja gwái

fried dough

A stick of deep-fried dough, basically a long doughnut, listed variously in English as Chinese cr...

炸兩
ja léung

fried dough crepe

Rice roll wrapped around fried dough. Often served with porridge.

炸雲吞
ja wàhn tān

fried wonton

Deep fried wonton (dumplings with shrimp and pork).

炸蝦雲吞
ja hā wàhn tān

fried shrimp wonton

Fried wonton with just shrimp inside.

潮州粉粿
chìuh jāu fán gwó

Chaozhou style dumpling

These half-moon shaped steamed dumplings are wrapped with a translucent skin and contain a choppe...

鮮蝦粉粿
sīn hā fán gwó

steamed shrimp dumpling

Shrimp wrapped in a translucent skin, steamed.

芋角
wuh gok

taro dumpling

A classic dim sum item, taro dumplings, sometimes called taro croquettes, taro puffs, or yam puff...

鹹水角
hàahm séui gok

deep-fried dumpling

Deep-fried dumplings with a sticky rice-flour shell and filled with pork. At a dim sum shop in a...

咖喱角
ga lēi gok

curry puff

A flaky puff pastry filled with curry and beef or potatoes.

雞叉燒角
gāi chā sīu gok

BBQ chicken puff

A flaky puff pastry filled with BBQ chicken.

白糖糕
baahk tòhng gōu

sweet rice cake

This spongy cake is made from rice flour and sugar, fermented then steamed. Also known as steamed...

gáau

dumpling

Chinese dumplings, typically steamed, boiled, or pan-fried.

蝦餃
hā gáau

shrimp dumpling

Steamed bonnet-shaped shrimp dumplings, encased in a thin, pleated (typically twelve pleats), tra...

龍皇蝦餃
lùhng wòhng hā gáau

lobster shrimp dumpling

A deluxe version of shrimp dumplings with lobster.

韭菜餃
gáu choi gáau

shrimp and chive dumpling

Steamed dumplings filled with shrimp and Chinese chives.

菠菜餃
bō choi gáau

spinach and shrimp dumpling

A sticky, translucent wrapper filled with spinach and shrimp.