Yuenyeung is a signature dish of Hong Kong; we have verified places to eat it in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong cha chaan teng drink that splits coffee and milk tea in one glass with evaporated milk. Start with where to eat Yuenyeung in Hong Kong.
Yuenyeung · Hong Kong
The Hong Kong cha chaan teng drink that splits coffee and milk tea in one glass with evaporated milk. Named for the mandarin duck, the Cantonese symbol of two-as-one.
Yuenyeung emerged in post-war Hong Kong dai pai dong and cha chaan teng in the 1950s, when British colonial milk tea culture met the rising popularity of coffee. Lan Fong Yuen on Gage Street claims its owner Lum Muk-ho invented both silk-stocking milk tea (1952) and the coffee-tea blend yuenyeung as a sit-down workman's drink. The name compares the unlikely marriage of two opposites to mandarin ducks, who in Cantonese folklore mate for life. The drink is now an officially recognised Hong Kong intangible cultural heritage item and the default morning order at every cha chaan teng in the city.
Where to eat in Hong Kong:
- Lan Fong Yuen
- Capital Cafe
- Mido Cafe
- Sei Yik Cha Chaan Teng
- Kam Wah Cafe
- Tsui Wah Restaurant
Where to eat Yuenyeung in Hong Kong: the editor picks