Wing Kee Noodles 榮記粉麵 – Must Have Cart Noodles 車仔麵 At Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Feature - Review, Food - Hong Kong, Overseas - Hong Kong
May 05, 2018
Originally peddled as a peasant food on street food carts, the cart noodle’s humble origins began back in the 1950s. They were known to be staple food of low cost, meant to be afforded by the average man. With the disappearance of carts from the streets and rising hygiene standards, these cart noodles have also migrating into shop spaces. Although this humble noodles soup dish is no longer food just for the “poor man”, it still maintains itself as a bowl of noodles that is chockfull of ingredients for a low price – Hong Kong’s standard of......
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