Lee Lo Mei

ABOUT

As the city continues to thrive on modernity, the fast-paced life in Hong Kong often leaves people reminiscing about simpler, more idyllic times. While you unfortunately cannot travel back in time, you may visit Lee Lo Mei, the city’s new hideout coupled with a trip down memory lane.A play on a cer ...More

As the city continues to thrive on modernity, the fast-paced life in Hong Kong often leaves people reminiscing about simpler, more idyllic times. While you unfortunately cannot travel back in time, you may visit Lee Lo Mei, the city’s new hideout coupled with a trip down memory lane.

A play on a certain Cantonese profanity, Lee Lo Mei also translates to “Lee’s Delicious Food”, a cheeky nod to both culinary director Max Lee. The space takes on an unmistakable nostalgic charm, from the drawings of bird cages and mahjong tiles plastered across the walls, to the humble wooden furniture on both floors of the sprawling two-storey space. For some Hong Kong-inspired signature cocktails, don’t wander too far from the first floor, where your trusty bartender will shake up inventive concoctions behind the edgy bar top. Sip on Yum Cha, a refreshing twist on the traditional Jasmine Tea with splashes of Grey Goose La Poire, honey, Choya, and apple sour, or the N*8 Elixir which gives the earthy flavours of ginger, lemongrass, and chrysanthemum a playful edge with some pisco.

Head up to the second floor for some stellar culinary creations, and if you haven’t figured it out yet, it’s traditional Hong Kong street food with a contemporary twist. The classics are adapted to modern tastes using high-end ingredients, and this may sound ostentatious but the result is assuredly mind-blowing. The Taro Dumplings are fried to crisp perfection while the accompanying mushroom-stuffed glutinous rice balls are exceptionally fragrant; Claypot Rice could be said to be a quintessential Hong Kong street food, and at Lee Lo Mei, it’s taken up another notch with the likes of the Salted Egg Yolk Claypot Rice, featuring pork head meat sausage on a crackling bed of salted egg yolk fragrant rice, drizzled with sweet soy sauce. Give it a good mix and dig into delightful street favourite bursting with flavour. This is merely the beginning of a tantalizing epicurean journey, and we suggest you bring reinforcements for maximum enjoyment! (Jul 2018)

THE BUZZ

“You’ll see taro dumplings made with duck confit, steamed cheung fan stuffed with foie gras and black truffle, and Hong Kong-style ho fun topped with luxurious A4 wagyu beef. Claypot rice bowls come in two versions: one with black ink and Canadian spot prawns and squid ink, the other with salted e ...More

“You’ll see taro dumplings made with duck confit, steamed cheung fan stuffed with foie gras and black truffle, and Hong Kong-style ho fun topped with luxurious A4 wagyu beef. Claypot rice bowls come in two versions: one with black ink and Canadian spot prawns and squid ink, the other with salted egg yolk and a sauce made from pork-head meat. There’s also a showstopping cold dessert, simply called “black”, which features black sesame prepared in a variety of ways; it arrives at the table releasing cold vapours and waiting to be Instagrammed.” -Lifestyle Asia

DISHES WE LOVE

Salted Egg Golden Shrimps, “8” Seafoods Claypot Rice Bowl, Beef Trio, Crispy Noodle Rolls, Sweet Rice Dumplings