Shi Nai Hong Kong Cafe 师奶茶餐厅
authentic "cha chan teng" specialties

Located along the bustling east coast food street, this hongkong cafe sure enjoys brisk business.As it is of close proximity to Shilin's house, we've made it our usual place for meals.



Stepping in is a brightly-lit area which provides a clean casual ambience.

As a themed eatery, the ever-changing and improving menu is packed with lists of hongkong fare- some even with twists of local fusion. The wide variety makes choosing seem like a tough chore.

Mango King Iced Blended ($5.50)


Special-blended mango juice with fresh mango cubes topped with mango icecream- shared by sarah & shilin. The chokeful of mangoes makes a wonderful mango fix.

French Toast with Banana ($4.50)


Their french toast here comes in a smoothly-coated batter and is pretty much hard-crusted. The inner bread was slightly dense with very mildly soaking grease. Not too bad, but there was banana taste detected.

Chicken Chop & Fish Fillet Rice with Black Pepper Sauce ($10.50)


This belongs to part of their "HK Popular Rice Series" where a choice of range of meats and sauces are offered with steamed white rice and seasonal sides. Deep-fried battered chicken chop and fish fillet with a generous dollop of black pepper gravy.

Salt & Pepper Chicken Chop Rice ($7.50)



Under their seasonal specials is a newly-introduced dish of pan-fried salt& pepper-marinated porkchop on a bed of rice. Sarah commented that it merely tasted of choking spicyness from the chilli padi bits.

HK Famous Wanton Noodle Soup ($7)


My choice was a recommendation from Makansutra, which proved to be a wise decision. The wantons, made hongkong-style, were solidly packed with a huge succulent prawn and some smooth minced meat. Every bite of it was satisfyingly crunchy and the skin was well soft and thin.

Curry Chicken Chop Noodles ($6.80)


Shilin had this nissin instant noodles tossed with curry chicken gravy.

On our previous visit...

HK Famous Wanton Noodle Dry ($7)


The dry version disappointed me with clumpy hard noodles with a pathetic drizzle of bland sauce. With skins tough and dry, the wantons were also not up to standard. Go for the soup one instead.

More from the HK Popular Rice series;
Chicken Chop & Fish Fillet Rice with Curry Sauce ($10.80)



Pork & Chicken Chop Rice with Curry Sauce ($9.80)



Fish Fillet Rice with Curry Sauce ($7.50)


I must commend on their pan-fried fish fillet which was well-cooked to a soft and moist slab. its certainly a must-try!

French Toast Banana with Ice Cream ($4.50)


The half a portion of banana-flavoured french toast was well paired off with the scoop of vanilla icecream by the side. We all loved it.

Golden Fantasy ($4.50)


Another nice dessert to end the meal with- creamy mango base with bits of sago and pomelo. The dollop of mango icecream was a nice additonal to the bliss.

Overall: A perfect place for the original affordable "cha chan teng" fare made closest to the hongkong context. The extensive menu is pretty much shocking, and its opened to cater for supper as well. only grouse was that service was a little slow at times- be prepared to wait for most of their dishes.

Shi Nai Hong Kong Cafe
378/380 East Coast Road
(Opposite Caltex Petrol Station)
(mon-fri) 6pm to 5am
(sat-sun) 5pm to 5am