Curry fish balls are fried fish balls soaked in curry sauce, served on bamboo skewers or in paper bags and cups, and one of the defining snacks of Hong Kong street food; in Hong Kong we have verified places to eat it in Hong Kong. Start with where to eat Curry fish balls in Hong Kong.
Curry fish balls · Hong Kong
Curry fish balls are fried fish balls soaked in curry sauce, served on bamboo skewers or in paper bags and cups, and one of the defining snacks of Hong Kong street food.
Fish balls began as a way for street hawkers to use lower quality fish, shaped into balls and deep fried. Curry, brought to Hong Kong by Indian settlers under British rule, covered the lack of freshness, and the dish dates to the 1950s. In the crowded 1970s a curry fish ball stall could keep a family going. Clean up campaigns later pushed out many hawkers, but cha chaan teng and school canteens kept selling them, and the 2016 Mong Kok unrest that began over hawkers is often called the fishball revolution.
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