6Monori Center Hong Kong Étterem (港式茶餐厅)
Hong Kong Büfé is a small eatery within Budapest's Chinatown (Monori Center) known for its lineup of affordable Chinese breakfast foods including various rice porridges (congee and xifan), deep-fried dough sticks (youtiao), steamed buns (baozi), scallion pancakes (cong you bing), pickled vegetables, and sweetened soy milk. Try to get there by 8 a.m. for the best selections and lively atmosphere.
The highlights of the pan-Chinese lunch and dinner menu are the char siu barbecue pork and the Cantonese roast duck. I have also had delicious Chongqing noodle soup (chong qing xiao mian), stir-fried rice cakes (chao nian gao), and twice-cooked pork belly (hui guo rou) here. The pork buns stacked behind the glass are ideal for snacking, as are the cooked chicken feet if you are feeling adventurous.
Don't let the unpretentious interior turn you away; similar to HeHe and Shandong, Hong Kong Étterem is immensely popular among local Chinese people which is the only stamp of approval a Chinese restaurant really needs.
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