Sang Kee's Fresh Fish Soup Bee Hoon at Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island (上环生记鲜鱼汤米线)

“This is one of the good meals, if healthy and light soup dish is your No.1 choice, Sang Kee Fresh Fish Soup Bee Hoon!”

This was actually our first meal (before having afternoon tea at The Peninsula Hotel) on the very first day right after checked in the nice hotel located at Tin Hau area (location next to Causeway Bay), as planned. We went to Sheung Wan area not just for this recommended healthy lunch, we had several things to get there, too, the best soy sauce from a traditional shop nearby and boots from a road store selling at very reasonable price as compared to many other places (Will let you know more details, if you are interested.. Post Note: for Boots purchase location - check out my FB Fan Club).

生记鲜鱼汤米线 (Sang Kee)
Since it was a weekday lunch hour, this tiny shop was swamped with diners inside and customers who waited for seats pooled at the entrance/ roadside. When arrived, we went to the front counter to inform them the number of pax we had, and to get a paper queue number from them. Then, we waited by the entrance for about 10 minutes before we were seated at a small table sharing with other two diners.

So, why is it so special for a fish soup? We saw their cooking process from the food show, and was impressed by the quality (of ingredients) and effort (in tedius cooking process where they first fried the whole fishes before puting into large simmering pot combined with other ingredients such as fish bones etc) as well as nutritional value (of the fish soup) they have put in to the fish soup base.

If you noticed, the soup appears in milky colour. Not result from addition of evaporated milk or colouring, this yielded from its natural fish meat that emerges into the soup stock. This soup tastes very fresh and light with a hint of natural sweetness yielded from the fish meats and bones, but too be franked, we thought it was so close to ‘tasteless’ (not really in a bad way, I liked its light natural flavour which was to my taste personally. hee..). It was just because they do not add extra flavouring or excessive condiments to its soup stock. So well, you might not be impressed by the subtle taste of this fish soup, but remmeber, this is definitely the best and healthy choice of meal, for many working locals, too. To us, as frequent tourist, it's good to try out where the locals dine, sometimes. These are, us (laughing).

Here're some ordering tips:
In Hong Kong, rice vermicelli aka Bee Hoon, Mandarin pronounced as Mee Fun (米粉), is named as Mee Xian or Cantonese as Mai Seen (米线). And yes, they serve thick bee hoon.

Look at their menu and order the sides that you like to go the soup Mai Seen. Each bowl costs about HK$28 (S$5 or USD3.50) with those famous choices.

If you wonder what is Zha Yu Pian Tou (炸鱼片头) stated in their menu, it is fried fish cake (In Singapore, called 炸鱼饼), and NOT any sliced fish or fish head etc (laughing).

We ordered a bowl each of fish soup Mai Seen (rice vermicelli) with fried fish cake slices, and fish soup Mai Seen with Soon Tuk fried minced fish balls (顺德鱼腐). I loved the Soon Tuk fried minced fish balls as it was so tasty and very tender inside, and I believed this is one of their best selling sides, besides the usual fresh fish slices. Hmm... I kinda miss this fish balls now (smile)!!

However, if you are small eater, please request for less Mai Seen, or order one bowl (with additional side order, if desired) to share among two, as they serve very generous portion which we could not finish both our orders in the end. Alternatively, dine in after 2pm, they serve mini servings.

By and large, this fish soup Mai Seen is palatable and healthy choice.

上环禧利街10号地下（No. 10 Ground/F, Hillier Street, Sheung Wan, HK）
Opening hour: 11am – 8pm
Direction: From Sheung Wan MTR, head west on Des Voeux Rd C toward Hillier St. Turn left at Hillier St. About 2 minutes walk.

Side Info: If you are not a fish soup buff, head down the street and they serve famous beef noodles in a separate shop just a few shops away.