Where's the beef? It's no mystery

Hong Kong

Some books tell you what sort of food you should eat, based on your blood type. I once found out I am supposed to be vegetarian, a fact I found difficult to swallow, especially after I tasted my first bowl of beef brisket in clear broth at Kau Kee on Gough Street. I remember thinking: "This is one of those things I would find very hard to give up."

In the initial stage of my relationship with Kau Kee and its beef brisket, I was sometimes side-tracked by the curry beef brisket and tendon with noodles, but I always went back to the beef brisket in clear broth. I used to eat here three times a week. That's a lot considering I lived and worked nowhere near the place.