Kwai Chung Plaza in Kwai Fong is one of Hong Kong’s most chaotic, colourful, and delicious shopping centres. Spread across multiple floors and packed with tiny independent stalls, it is a street food paradise hiding inside a concrete mall. The variety is staggering: Japanese hand rolls, Taiwanese taro desserts, Korean rice cakes, craft mocktails, and hand-grabbed pancakes stuffed to bursting, all under one roof for pocket-friendly prices.
Here are nine of the best stalls to hit on your next visit.
Uji Hajime: Sea Bream Soup Vermicelli
This creative stall on the second floor serves a rich sea bream soup with thick Korean-style glass noodles. Each bowl comes loaded with roughly six generous slices of sea bream fillet, baby bok choy, and a shower of bonito flakes. The broth is deeply savoury and naturally sweet from the fish. Order it with a touch of chilli for a sour, garlicky kick that lifts the whole dish. This is the standout stall in the entire plaza.
| Floor | 2/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Sea bream thick soup vermicelli with Korean glass noodles |
Wai Sik Mao: The Legendary Hand-Grabbed Pancake
The queue at Wai Sik Mao on the first floor tells you everything. Their hand-grabbed pancake (手抓餅) is fried to a golden, flaky crisp and stuffed with ham, egg, pork floss, lettuce, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The portion is absurdly generous. Staff are friendly and will warn you to come early on holidays because they sell out. This is comfort food done right.
| Floor | 1/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Ham egg pork floss hand-grabbed pancake |
| Tip | Arrive early on holidays, they close when ingredients run out |
Athena Mocktail Bar: Craft Drinks for HK$30
A proper bartender-made mocktail for just HK$30 to HK$40 sounds too good to be true, but Athena delivers. The presentation is Instagram-worthy, and the flavour combinations are inventive. Try the spicy berry number made with fresh raspberry, jalapeno, pineapple juice, and jasmine tea. It is sweet, then spicy, then sour, and somehow it all works.
| Floor | 1/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Price Range | HK$30-40 per mocktail |
| Known For | Bartender-made mocktails, spicy berry with jalapeno and jasmine tea |
Gyu Shitsuji: Wagyu Taco Sushi
On the third floor, Gyu Shitsuji serves a fusion creation that sounds odd but works: a taco shell made from crispy nori tempura, filled with sushi rice, cucumber, mayo, and torched teppan wagyu. The beef is blowtorched to order, releasing a wave of smoky, beefy aroma.
| Floor | 3/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Wagyu taco sushi with nori tempura shell |
Maki no Ya: Torched Cheese Salmon Hand Roll
Also on the third floor, this hand roll stall serves thick-cut salmon torched with melted cheese on top. The pieces are generous and the combination of warm, slightly charred cheese against cool, fresh salmon is addictive.
| Floor | 3/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Torched cheese salmon hand roll, thick-cut salmon |
Justice Friends: Soft Shell Crab Nagoya Noodles
Justice Friends (正義朋友) deep-fries whole soft shell crabs to order in a light tempura batter. They arrive crispy outside and juicy inside, served with thick Nagoya kishimen noodles in a creamy tomato shrimp sauce loaded with tomato chunks. The noodles are like a thicker version of udon and hold the sauce beautifully.
| Floor | 2/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Deep-fried soft shell crab tempura, Nagoya kishimen noodles in tomato cream sauce |
Taro Ball Control: The Best Taro Balls in Town
This Taiwanese dessert stall serves chewy taro balls with an unusually intense taro flavour. They also offer hojicha-flavoured balls, which are rare and worth trying for their roasted, slightly bitter edge. The bowl comes with peach gum, aiyu jelly, and brown sugar syrup. Everything is fresh and the textures are spot-on.
| Floor | 1/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Taro balls, hojicha balls, aiyu jelly, peach gum |
Hong Ma Food: Pistachio Cheese Egg Waffle
Down on the ground floor, Hong Ma (康媽美食) puts a twist on the classic Hong Kong egg waffle by filling each bubble with crushed pistachio and melted cheese. The outside is crispy, the inside is soft, and the pistachio adds a nutty richness that elevates a familiar snack.
| Floor | G/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Pistachio cheese egg waffle |
| Tip | Mochi sells out fast, go early if you want it |
Lemon Tree: Chen Pi Duck Shit Fragrant Lemon Tea
Do not let the name put you off. Duck shit fragrant (鴨屎香) is a prized oolong tea from Guangdong with a rich, lingering aftertaste. Lemon Tree (檸檬樹下) brews it with perfume lemon and shredded dried tangerine peel for a refreshing, aromatic iced tea that cuts through the heaviness of a food crawl perfectly.
| Floor | 2/F, Kwai Chung Plaza |
| Known For | Chen pi duck shit fragrant lemon tea with perfume lemon |
Quick Info
| Location | 7 Kwai Fuk Road, Kwai Chung, New Territories |
| Getting There | MTR Kwai Fong Station (Exit D), 1-min walk |
| Opening Hours | Individual stalls vary; most open 12pm-9pm daily |
| Budget | HK$50-150 per person for a full food crawl |
| Floors | G/F to 3/F, food stalls spread across all levels |
| Tip | Go on a weekday to avoid weekend crowds; popular stalls sell out by evening |
