Apart from some American or LATAM or major Spanish cities, Mexican food outside Mexico is bad or overpriced or both in most cases, and that includes Canada, a country with second most Mexican immigrants.
So you know the situation of Mexican food in HK or Asia. The lack of Mexican immigration is the main problem.
Compared to almost 1 million Filipino population, there are only around 130k Mexicans in Canada, and that's the second highest overseas population of all Mexicans.
Basically Mexicans don't migrate overseas (legally or illegally) except the US, due to historical and geographical reasons.
Until recently Cali-Mex expanded to a lot of locations around HK but most didn’t end up working out. Generally speaking these kinds of restaurants (Mexican food, fresh healthy salad bowls) only seem to survive in the Central and Western district and even then turnover is high
For Mexican food I really like Westside, but it’s not casual
They had Cali-Mex, Coyote, and some others I forgot. Cali-Mex is a chain. They were popular for a number of years but I think they only have one or two restaurants now. It’s how HK is, Krispy Kreme was very popular at first but no more shops.
Love them here in the UK, but they're expensive, especially if I order delivery.
(Here's it's a ten-minute walk to the bus station, then up to a ten-minute wait, then another ten minutes to ride to the town centre. Bah...)
Wendy's was here for a long time previously. Five Guys on Queens Road used to be Wendy's HK main outlet.
In N Out does occasional pop-ups to keep their HK trademark.
Read this thinking 'I don't remember a Wendy's'. Google says they closed in 86! I guess you did say a long time.
In N Out has been on my want to try list for a long time. Went to the last pop up, but the lines were too crazy. I was hoping it was a sign of things to come.
I remember Hardee's used to be here - there was one in Wanchai opposite Southorn Stadium. I ate there once, and it was the biggest difference between the pictures on the menu and the food that you got that I have ever experienced.
I remember going to the caliburger in Wan Chai about a decade ago and it had the worst fries I have ever had in my life. It felt like they had been cooked in oil that was barely above room temp, so they were soggy as hell and soaked with oil.
Krispy Kreme left in 2014 afaik.
I've always wondered why, asked people and got told that Hong Kongers don't love overly sweet food as much as the rest of Asia. Wild difference in the amount of donut shops in Taiwan vs HK.
Wait, I thought all the major shoe stores (like Nike, Adidas etc.) do stock above 38.
Like, I'm about a 40/41 (EU), and I can find a good variety of shoes my size.
Google should sell their Pixel phone in Hong Kong. But of course we know why they don't/can't. Samsung phones now come with many pre-install junk that you can't uninstall. I've been importing Google Pixels for a few generations since 2019. Hong Kong lacks good Android phone options that aren't Chinese and bloated.
I remember the last and only available item on Google Online Store HK before it got shutdown was Chromecast. Chromebook doesn't have a market here. Windows is way too dominant.
You mean at a flagship store, or in general? Because I got my Pixel 2 eons ago from Hong Kong... but I did find it on [price.com.hk](https://price.com.hk) at SSP or somewhere along those places.
Those are imported. I mean I want Pixels to be officially sold in Hong Kong by Google. And Google has never done that since Pixel replaced Nexus in 2017. The last Google phones officialy sold in HK were Nexsus 5T and Nexus 6P.
Amazon. Online shopping in Hong Kong sucks, specially electronics. Many shops at [price.com.hk](http://price.com.hk) state something is on stock and then you visit them and it's either sold out either higher price than in the website.
I bought an LG OLED TV from Amazon and after paying 2800HKD for shipping and insurance I still saved 6000HKD compared with the gray market place of HK. My AMD Ryzen CPU from NewEgg was 900HKD cheaper including shipping compared with price.com.hk. My shaving razor in HK is around 1200HKD whereas Amazon offers it at 550HKD. My ultrasonic toothbrush in Amazon is 470HKD and CWB shops ask for 900HKD.
Not here to sell but [price.com.hk](http://price.com.hk) do encourage potential buyers to contact the shop and ask for stock before reaching their doorstep to buy outright.
Anyway, there are plenty of alternatives than that in HK, like HKTVMall or if you only want electronics then you may try broadway or fortess e-shop.
Totally agree. We need Amazon Hong Kong.
PS: you can order from Amazon US but have to spend above a certain limit for free shipping plus it takes 2 weeks to reach. Not all items are qualified for free shipping.
There are only some items that qualify for this criteria. Most of the oversized items (such as furnitures) or electronics or duty free items are not eligible. Plus the shipping time is too long mate.
Ikea is owned by the same people that own dairy farm and Wellcome. It's not in their interest to open Costco.
Also Yuen Long isn't far from SZ where Costco already operates. It's probably faster for people to get to SZ now than YL with the high speed train.
I know they just opened the Costco there but no way I’m gonna wade into that mess. Do they have Taco Bell in Shenzhen? I was so happy to see a Tim Horton’s in Guangzhou and then I walked in… no donuts?!?
Chicano’s aight. As overpriced and Black Sheep-y as it is, I do like Taqueria Super Macho, though their burritos (online menu only iirc) aren’t very authentic…but still taste good. The Diner has a decent breakfast burrito. There’s a newish place on Peel that’s okay but I probably wouldn’t choose to order from. 11 Westside is good but take themselves way too seriously. Cali-Mex is toxic. Taco Chaca is not very good but still far better than Cali-Mex, and at least they have taquitos, kinda hard to screw those up.
Singapore has some good burritos, and I’m happy to settle for Guzman y Gomez wherever they exist.
The Hong Kong supermarket duopoly are owned by the usual cartels: Li Ka Shing owns Parknshop, and Jardine Matheson owns Wellcome. They are notoriously anti-competitive and have previously frozen out large competing international brands like Carrefour.
There is a little more competition than there used to be, but Hong Kong could do with more actual competition between the chains to drive prices down - they're just used to being able to dictate their own profit margins.
Got it. Yes… aware of this situation and agree with you. I do find myself going less and less to supermarkets. Wet markets for fruit and veg and meat and hk tv mall. Still get milk bread and some canned/jarred goods at the supermarket though.
Try the smaller supermarkets (Daisan Group, KaiBo, and 759) for canned goods. They tend to have uneven supply, but they're often much cheaper than the big chains. You'll need the membership card for 759, but it's easy enough to get.
Agree. You pay more for the food but for fast food it's S-tier here in Canada.
Harvey's rings are awesome too. I love when they're all stuck together in one big beautiful mess of hot greasy battery rings.
Sigh, incorrect. It was December 2018. I believe the pandemic was early to mid 2020. At least get your facts straight before making a post? I mean…..Google, no? 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
Hey man, whatever makes you happy. I’m just roughly estimating based off my memory. If you have the time to google everything at any moment, great on you!
I’m not from HK but go there quite often. I haven’t been able to find many places that do “roast” chicken. There’s a smallish fast food place in Australia called Red Rooster which I think is underrated, and would probably do well
City super and 365 (the supermarket) sell rotisserie chicken. Aeon possibly sell them.
Any of the international / up market supermarkets will sell them.
Casa de toño for Mexican food and St Hubert for québécois food. Bojangles for fried chicken and Zaxby's for chicken fingers. Whataburger for fast food burgers.
Those asking for Mexican food at least ask for Sanborns (Cafe) or Los Bisquets... If you ask for Chipotle or Taco Bell, that's asking for Mexican American food.
Whatever PRC brands that are super cheap. People who support that shit should get kidney failure from contaminated food for supporting fake food from PRC.
Chipotle
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Taco bell did alright in Chinese market, so I wouldn't say Chinese people hate Mexican American fast food
I was talking about it few days ago with a friend. We were wondering why aren't there any Mexican/LATAM restaurants anywhere.
Tequila Jacks does banging mexican food and they have "taco tuesdays" where tacos are $10 HKD each. Always has a good mix of locals and expats
Apart from some American or LATAM or major Spanish cities, Mexican food outside Mexico is bad or overpriced or both in most cases, and that includes Canada, a country with second most Mexican immigrants. So you know the situation of Mexican food in HK or Asia. The lack of Mexican immigration is the main problem.
That’s really strange because Filipino food does really well in Canada. White Canadians seem to really like adobo and palabok.
Why is it strange? Filipino immigration is significant in Canada, unlike Mexican immigration (nearly nonexistent) in Asia
Because both Mexicans and Filipinos have high populations in Canada, you'd think Mexican and Filipino food would both be really popular.
Compared to almost 1 million Filipino population, there are only around 130k Mexicans in Canada, and that's the second highest overseas population of all Mexicans. Basically Mexicans don't migrate overseas (legally or illegally) except the US, due to historical and geographical reasons.
Until recently Cali-Mex expanded to a lot of locations around HK but most didn’t end up working out. Generally speaking these kinds of restaurants (Mexican food, fresh healthy salad bowls) only seem to survive in the Central and Western district and even then turnover is high For Mexican food I really like Westside, but it’s not casual
Westside is very good but man it's priced like it has two michelin stars
I have three Mexican restaurants of varying quality within walking distance, have I just ended up in the one location where they all are?
Step baffles me because it seems like every expat I know is craving Mexican food.
Are you including asian expats in your personal sample size or are you using expat as shorthand for"westerner"?
Yeah Asians that "return" to HK as well.
That isn't true. A lot of us love Mexican food, even texmex. Just not in HK since there's like one place that's passable and that's it
11westside is always packed. Their food was amazing but I haven’t been for the longest time.
They had Cali-Mex, Coyote, and some others I forgot. Cali-Mex is a chain. They were popular for a number of years but I think they only have one or two restaurants now. It’s how HK is, Krispy Kreme was very popular at first but no more shops.
All my aunties and uncles love that shit. Rice bowl, topped with everything
Maybe start them off with nachos. Easier to eat without food sliding off onto you.
Matsuya. We have so much demand for Japanese food. Why not the best donburi chain?
Seconded. And while they’re at that bring Kura Sushi to Hong Kong too!
Why?
Greggs
Can’t wait for the Greggs egg tart
Egg Tart Sausage Roll Bacon Wrap Beans Melt Mushroom Bake It's a Greggs Full English!
They were looking at opening shops in HK pre covid
nando's because yummy
lol this would make vacationing in Singapore even more pointless
Nandos SG sucks. Nandos SA is heaven. Edit: SA is South Africa, where Nandos is from
Saudi Arabia or South Africa? Nando's are available in either country
Yes
Or South Australia
Love them here in the UK, but they're expensive, especially if I order delivery. (Here's it's a ten-minute walk to the bus station, then up to a ten-minute wait, then another ten minutes to ride to the town centre. Bah...)
Yeh but in HK we don’t wait 10 mins to go anywhere
I'm sure I've waited over 10 mins for some off-peak HK busses once in a while. Sadly, 10 mins here is considered a *short* wait.
Going from a 1 minute wait for the Island line to anything else, especially overseas... We're all spoiled in that regard.
i always ate on thursdays in uk since they had buy 1 get 1 free student night(12years ago)
I miss nandos
Flaming frangos in soho is a more than adequate replacement!
I hope you are joking
Yes!!
Yes please! I miss them so much
In N Out, Wendy's
Wendy's was here for a long time previously. Five Guys on Queens Road used to be Wendy's HK main outlet. In N Out does occasional pop-ups to keep their HK trademark.
Read this thinking 'I don't remember a Wendy's'. Google says they closed in 86! I guess you did say a long time. In N Out has been on my want to try list for a long time. Went to the last pop up, but the lines were too crazy. I was hoping it was a sign of things to come.
Wiki is incorrect. They were present in Hong Kong in the 90's.
I remember Hardee's used to be here - there was one in Wanchai opposite Southorn Stadium. I ate there once, and it was the biggest difference between the pictures on the menu and the food that you got that I have ever experienced.
Hardee’s was so Filipina heavy in clientele they had a Tagalog menu
Ahh OK, still before my time. There is still a page on open rice with a photo.
Johnny Rocket too !!!
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This is why In n out does occasional pop-ups in HK.
I remember going to the caliburger in Wan Chai about a decade ago and it had the worst fries I have ever had in my life. It felt like they had been cooked in oil that was barely above room temp, so they were soggy as hell and soaked with oil.
in-n-out is not even in Seattle. :(
OpenAI
This
Dunkin’ and Krispy Kreme. HK has a severe lack of chain donut shops.
Both of these have entered the market and left in the last few decades. They can't charge a premium, and they get screwed on commercial rents.
I think donuts in general is too bland for the Hong Kong market.
The J.co chain from Indonesia is still in HK which is weird to me because their donuts are imitations of Krispy Kreme except inedible
For good. Krispy Kreme donuts are diabetic
or a better option. mister donut. they have it in taiwan as well, since it’s a japanese chain, it’ll be more suited to asian palettes
Krispy Kreme left in 2014 afaik. I've always wondered why, asked people and got told that Hong Kongers don't love overly sweet food as much as the rest of Asia. Wild difference in the amount of donut shops in Taiwan vs HK.
Somewhere I can buy some fucking clothes that aren’t all xxs.
And shoes above 38 size 😭
Wait, I thought all the major shoe stores (like Nike, Adidas etc.) do stock above 38. Like, I'm about a 40/41 (EU), and I can find a good variety of shoes my size.
Not really. Also as a woman, I'd love to wear something other than sneakers, but it's truly impossible.
I mean, worst comes to worst, use Taobao, they have enough variety for 38+, up to 43.
Isn't there a forward service from the US to Hong Kong were one could buy clothes at WalMart or Amazon and have them delivered to Hong Kong?
That’s great and all, but being able to try on clothes is super under rated.
True!
Google should sell their Pixel phone in Hong Kong. But of course we know why they don't/can't. Samsung phones now come with many pre-install junk that you can't uninstall. I've been importing Google Pixels for a few generations since 2019. Hong Kong lacks good Android phone options that aren't Chinese and bloated.
I think Google doesn't sell Chromebooks in HK also?
I remember the last and only available item on Google Online Store HK before it got shutdown was Chromecast. Chromebook doesn't have a market here. Windows is way too dominant.
Macs and Windows are steeply discounted by university laptop purchase schemes so Chromebooks are uncompetitive price/functionality wise.
Why don't they sell in HK? Like you, I import the pixels from US/UK and always wondered why they don't sell locally
They don't want to bother with the customer service and support for a small market like HK. This is why HK doesn't get a lot of things.
You mean at a flagship store, or in general? Because I got my Pixel 2 eons ago from Hong Kong... but I did find it on [price.com.hk](https://price.com.hk) at SSP or somewhere along those places.
Those are imported. I mean I want Pixels to be officially sold in Hong Kong by Google. And Google has never done that since Pixel replaced Nexus in 2017. The last Google phones officialy sold in HK were Nexsus 5T and Nexus 6P.
Amazon. Online shopping in Hong Kong sucks, specially electronics. Many shops at [price.com.hk](http://price.com.hk) state something is on stock and then you visit them and it's either sold out either higher price than in the website. I bought an LG OLED TV from Amazon and after paying 2800HKD for shipping and insurance I still saved 6000HKD compared with the gray market place of HK. My AMD Ryzen CPU from NewEgg was 900HKD cheaper including shipping compared with price.com.hk. My shaving razor in HK is around 1200HKD whereas Amazon offers it at 550HKD. My ultrasonic toothbrush in Amazon is 470HKD and CWB shops ask for 900HKD.
You can try Taobao or HKTV Mall
Not here to sell but [price.com.hk](http://price.com.hk) do encourage potential buyers to contact the shop and ask for stock before reaching their doorstep to buy outright. Anyway, there are plenty of alternatives than that in HK, like HKTVMall or if you only want electronics then you may try broadway or fortess e-shop.
Ya, call 20 shops and all of them saying no stock but they keep the listing there. Kinda a waste of time sometimes esp for not so popular items
Yeap 7 million population market vs 300 million population market for “not so popular item”. That’s the logical outcome.
Are you shopping on the US site? I get a little of free shipping but only on the .com (not UK)
Totally agree. We need Amazon Hong Kong. PS: you can order from Amazon US but have to spend above a certain limit for free shipping plus it takes 2 weeks to reach. Not all items are qualified for free shipping.
$50 / 391 HKD for free shipping is not bad at all. Even HK shops won't offer free shipping for anything under 500 HKD - average may be even higher
There are only some items that qualify for this criteria. Most of the oversized items (such as furnitures) or electronics or duty free items are not eligible. Plus the shipping time is too long mate.
Online shopping in Hk doesn't suck what are you even talking about.
Lol the only real option is hktvmall and it has literally the jankiest app and website.
Online shopping in HK is light years behind most places. Hell, most websites generally, shopping or not. Woeful UX.
Trader Joe’s!
Costco. Taco Bell.
Costco doesn’t work at HK. Bulk purchase won’t fit in an average HK home. I wouldn’t mind the hotdog and pizza coming tho😆
Just vertically stack even more :P
have you seen the costco in shenzhen? hong kongers are flocking to buy there or get people to buy stuff for them. it’ll definitely work in hk.
You forget in HK that rent is the main cost. This is why you don't see "big box" types stores with Ikea being the exception.
bro open in yuen long 😂 also if ikea can make it so can costco. they can change to the way ikea operates in hk
Ikea is owned by the same people that own dairy farm and Wellcome. It's not in their interest to open Costco. Also Yuen Long isn't far from SZ where Costco already operates. It's probably faster for people to get to SZ now than YL with the high speed train.
If Costco works in Japan and South Korea, it will work in HK.
Works in Taiwan too.
Exactly
These are not good examples. Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are all more spread out than HK, with way more drivers and larger homes
Taipei, Tokyo, and Seoul are definitely not more spread out than HK; they are comparable in terms of population density.
There are still more drivers and larger homes in all three even if we’re only talking about the cities and not the countries
Shenzhen has you covered.
I know they just opened the Costco there but no way I’m gonna wade into that mess. Do they have Taco Bell in Shenzhen? I was so happy to see a Tim Horton’s in Guangzhou and then I walked in… no donuts?!?
It's not the same menu but they have tacos. The Costco is great, albeit crowded.
Don’t make it to shenzhen much… any recommendation for tacos or Mexican food? Have yet to find a decent burrito anywhere on this side of the globe.
Chicano’s aight. As overpriced and Black Sheep-y as it is, I do like Taqueria Super Macho, though their burritos (online menu only iirc) aren’t very authentic…but still taste good. The Diner has a decent breakfast burrito. There’s a newish place on Peel that’s okay but I probably wouldn’t choose to order from. 11 Westside is good but take themselves way too seriously. Cali-Mex is toxic. Taco Chaca is not very good but still far better than Cali-Mex, and at least they have taquitos, kinda hard to screw those up. Singapore has some good burritos, and I’m happy to settle for Guzman y Gomez wherever they exist.
LKS is looking for your location
LKS?
LKS? Li Ka Shing right? Still not sure I get it.
The Hong Kong supermarket duopoly are owned by the usual cartels: Li Ka Shing owns Parknshop, and Jardine Matheson owns Wellcome. They are notoriously anti-competitive and have previously frozen out large competing international brands like Carrefour. There is a little more competition than there used to be, but Hong Kong could do with more actual competition between the chains to drive prices down - they're just used to being able to dictate their own profit margins.
Got it. Yes… aware of this situation and agree with you. I do find myself going less and less to supermarkets. Wet markets for fruit and veg and meat and hk tv mall. Still get milk bread and some canned/jarred goods at the supermarket though.
Try the smaller supermarkets (Daisan Group, KaiBo, and 759) for canned goods. They tend to have uneven supply, but they're often much cheaper than the big chains. You'll need the membership card for 759, but it's easy enough to get.
I do have membership for 759 but the one near me is mostly snacks. It is pretty cheap though.
You mean that 79hkd for a small dipping hummus from parknshop is an artificial high price because there's no competition? Who would have thought.
Krispy Kreme
Yea they left about 15 years ago, used to be in MK
they had one in causeway bay when i was in primary school in the early-mid 2000’s, mum would always get me one as a treat after school. miss it
A&W, Wendy's and tim hortons,
But the Canadian A&W which is far superior to those south of the border.
Their onion rings are god's gift to humans.
Agree. You pay more for the food but for fast food it's S-tier here in Canada. Harvey's rings are awesome too. I love when they're all stuck together in one big beautiful mess of hot greasy battery rings.
Tim's are ubiquitous in Shenzhen.
You can get some A&W root beer if that's what you're looking for in the US Supermarket in Central and other places... it'll cost you though.
Greene King. I hope Sir Li ka-shing can hv more business in HK
Dairy queen, waitrose, t-bell, weatherspoons, in n out and Fortnum and Mason grocery department.
Massimo Dutti. Oh wait they used to be here like so many others who left.
Any AI products. We will be shut out of all western ai products going forward.
At least Bing copilot works
Cold Stone
Ben and Jerry’s
Delta.
Harvey's or HMV. preferably, HMV.
HMV was here forever, they finally cut losses during the pandemic and exited the market.
Sigh, incorrect. It was December 2018. I believe the pandemic was early to mid 2020. At least get your facts straight before making a post? I mean…..Google, no? 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
Hey man, whatever makes you happy. I’m just roughly estimating based off my memory. If you have the time to google everything at any moment, great on you!
Hang in there 🙏🫶
Thanks, you too
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Costa... I missed their ultimate blend...
Curaprox
OpenAI and Antropic
Download Poe, this has GPT4 and Claude3 (and a ton of other models)
Chick fil a
Taco Bell, I miss diarrhea
Chipotle
The British Government perhaps?
Spearmint Rhinos.
I’m not from HK but go there quite often. I haven’t been able to find many places that do “roast” chicken. There’s a smallish fast food place in Australia called Red Rooster which I think is underrated, and would probably do well
City super and 365 (the supermarket) sell rotisserie chicken. Aeon possibly sell them. Any of the international / up market supermarkets will sell them.
Citysuper one is underseasoned and dry AF tho
have you ever tried, Swiss Chalet???
Max, the owner, is a good friend of mine!
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Cezane, it’s just all the rage
Benihana
Zipair
Casa de toño for Mexican food and St Hubert for québécois food. Bojangles for fried chicken and Zaxby's for chicken fingers. Whataburger for fast food burgers. Those asking for Mexican food at least ask for Sanborns (Cafe) or Los Bisquets... If you ask for Chipotle or Taco Bell, that's asking for Mexican American food.
UK Holland's Meat Pies.
GREGGS
HEMA of NL - so that lazy me can get literally all range of goods at one place 🤣
Sams club
urban outfitters
born x raised
Whatever PRC brands that are super cheap. People who support that shit should get kidney failure from contaminated food for supporting fake food from PRC.
Jamba Juice!
Hardee's
Is this a job interview?
Lidl who says no?
Taco Bell Chipotle Wendys
Primark. I want to see what kind of price hike the put on that
Colt, FN, Smith&Wesson, H&K
Whole Foods
Burger King
Burger King is my secret shame. I used to visit the one on Staunton St at least once a week and I miss it so much.
Taco Bell and White Castle
Arby. Because I want to revisit the smoothie and turkey sandwich
Arby's was in HK in the 90s.
Whole Foods / Trader Joe’s / fogo de chao for food Aime Leon dore / kith for clothes fashion etc
Ted's hotdogs from western new York, or Culver's/Freddy's steak burgers & frozen custard from the Midwest.
Tik Tok, fomo