Born in 1900s, dai pai dongs have fed Hong Kong for decades at street level and inside gritty food stalls across the city.

His hours became longer and more grueling, but he has started earning more than double his previous salary. Dai pai dongs — Hong Kong's open-air stalls serving food with a no-frills approach — are ...

With tanned shoulders and a wrinkled smile, Lam Tse-Sing has the easy demeanor of a guy who knows his job. For nearly 30 years, he has worked at the same open-air food stall in Hong Kong – known as a ...

HONG KONG, April 1, 2009 – Transforming a table for four into a table for 16 is a common sight at Hong Kong’s dai pai dongs, the popular grassroots eateries scattered throughout the city. Just add an ...

Keung Kee is a dai pai dong, a type of open-air food stall that was once ubiquitous across Hong Kong. Busy even on a humid spring evening in the middle of the week, both customers and staff jostle for ...

Planning, health, zoning and hawker laws have seen the demise of the dai pai dong, the cooked food stall, in recent years. Maybe we think that we are too grown up for street food. The stark white ...

An open-air food stall in Shek Kip Mei. Photos by Edmond Tang On a sunny autumn afternoon, Alan Cheung parks his car on the roadside in Tai Hang. As Cheung takes his seats at one of the foldable ...

Real ones know that even amidst the plethora of fantastic char siu, dim sum, roast goose, and other quintessential local eats, the most authentic Hong Kong flavours can arguably be found in our grotty ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Eight years ago, Toby To Yan Choi left his accounting job in California to help run his family's ...

HONG KONG, April 1, 2009 – Transforming a table for four into a table for 16 is a common sight at Hong Kong’s dai pai dongs, the popular grassroots eateries scattered throughout the city. Just add an ...