Howie C.
Yelp
Oh how I miss cha chaan tengs!
With the Hong Kong Cafes and quick eat spots a slowly dying breed in SoCal, I'm grateful for Delicious Food Corner. They offer a full menu, including stir fry dishes, congee, fried rice, fried noodles, rice noodle rolls and that fat pineapple bun with a fat slab of butter inside. You can wash it all down with Lemon Iced Tea, HK Style Milk Tea or HK Style Coffee and Milk tea. Ribeye Steak or Fried Chicken Wings? Yup, they have that too.
Pineapple Bun - I started off with this because how could I not. Two large pineapple buns, sliced down the middle so that they can throw on a big fat chunk of butter in the middle. There was so much butter that I cut half of it out, but I appreciate the glorious extravagance. A soft bun with a sweet crusty layer that just falls off when you bite into it. That is the mess I love about pineapple buns.
Pork and Preserved Egg Congee - A large bowl of rice porridge arrived at my table and it looked rather plain, but gobs of stringy pork was the treasure at the bottom of the bowl. Pork and preserved egg are a congee staple, but they do it well.
Soy Sauce Noodles (thin noodles, stir fry) - One thing I crave often are Hong Kong Style stir fry noodles. A heaping plate of thin noodles, pan fried in a hot wok almost to the point of crispy, mixed with bean sprouts, onions and green onions. This goes good with any main dish. The serving size here was large and I could not finish it, I had to take it home for a second meal. I would definitely get this again.
HK Milk Tea - A strong milk tea with a good amount of cream. I got this iced but you can also get it hot.
Since the Irvine location is still closed, I will gladly make the drive back out to Diamond Bar to get some of this HK goodness. There's nothing flashy, nothing extravagant, just a simple man's Cantonese food done well. The food comes out fast, service is quick (HK style!). And can I mention that in the restroom they have vintage posters of Wong Kar Wai movies slathered on the walls? You have my heart already.