Tin Lung 天龍 @ Hong Kong (2024)

The real test of a good restaurant is on the repeat visit. One year ago, this was my favourite. This time back to Hong Kong, this is the third roast goose eateries, and would I feed the same?

Wanchai area on Hong Kong island is the most concentrated region in terms of siewmei shops/restaurants per sq.km in Hong Kong, if not, the world. Opened in Apr 2023, Tin Lung Goose 天龍燒鵝 is the new kid on the block, right smacked in the middle of ground zero. But the chef/owner has a pedigree credentials; he was previously the siewmei 燒味 department head of Tin Lung Heen.

The set lunches all came with vegetable, side dish, rice and daily boiled soup. And like the chachaanteng, you can make variations on the combinations of the meats with the rice.

And they took their double-boiled soup very seriously. It was a Thursday we went to eat here, and we were served 粉葛赤小豆豬骨湯 arrowroot red bean pork bone soup. And it was not just a bowl of water, every bowl had some arrowroots and carrots.

The most recommended things in the restaurant are its freshly roasted goose and BBQ suckling pig. Firstly, the roasted goose; the skin is crispy and meat is juicy, and the overall taste is not overwhelmingly salty, unlike the famous ones. I upgraded the goose to a goose drumstick and it was well worth the extra. BBQ suckling pig‘s skin is crispy and the meat is juicy and tender. Came with a delicious sweet sauce.

Besides charsiew, you can pair the set menu with almost all the possible combinations of siewmei 燒味: BBQ suckling pig 乳豬, roast pork belly 燒腩仔, roast pork ribs 燒排骨, standard BBQ pork charsiew 叉燒, marinated chicken 貴妃雞, soy sauce chicken 油雞, Chinese-style red sausage 紅腸, pig intestines 豬生腸, jelly fish 海蜇, and smoked hock 燻蹄.

I paired roast pork belly 燒腩仔 (best with the yellow mustard sauce provided) with fatty BBQ pork belly (which we called feicharnam 肥叉腩), those with a cardio problem be warned. The fats on the belly were all rendered and simply melted in the mouth like wagyu; a poor man’s wagyu no doubt. The crackling on the roast pork belly was spot on.

It used to be served with 7-Up instead of Sprite, hence the Cantonese name 咸柠七 which literally means “salted lime seven“. Fizzy, sweet, salty, sour, very satisfying but full of sugar from the soft drink and the salted lime.

Most Singaporeans would go to the Michelin-one just down the road, but the roast goose at this restaurant is exceptional too. They have more choices of siewmei and all are very highly quality yet affordable price. The queue is still long during lunchtime, a sign that they have kept at this quality and price point.

Tin Lung Goose 天龍燒鵝
Shop D, G/F, Sun Hey Mansion , 68-76 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
灣仔軒尼詩道68-76號新禧大樓地下D號舖
Tel : +852 2702 1388

Visited Oct 2024