Beef chow fun (Gon chow ngau ho) is a signature dish of Hong Kong; we have verified places to eat it in Hong Kong. Wide flat rice noodles dry-stir-fried over a screaming wok with marinated beef, bean sprouts, scallion and a slick of soy. Start with where to eat Beef chow fun (Gon chow ngau ho) in Hong Kong.
Beef chow fun (Gon chow ngau ho) · Hong Kong
Wide flat rice noodles dry-stir-fried over a screaming wok with marinated beef, bean sprouts, scallion and a slick of soy. The signature smoky wok hei flavour comes from the flame licking the noodles.
Beef chow fun (gon chow ngau ho, 乾炒牛河) is a Cantonese flagship dish that emerged in the Pearl River Delta in the 1930s and was perfected by Hong Kong's siu chow joints in the postwar decades. The dry-fry technique distinguishes it from the wetter wat tan ngau ho with egg gravy; everything depends on the wok hei, the breath of the wok, achieved only with extreme heat and a seasoned carbon-steel surface. Tasty Congee & Noodle Wantun Shop in IFC and Sham Tseng siu mei joints across the city keep the dry-fry standard alive; the dish is the litmus test a Cantonese cook is judged on.
Where to eat in Hong Kong:
- Tasty Congee & Noodle Wantun Shop
Where to eat Beef chow fun (Gon chow ngau ho) in Hong Kong: the editor picks