Hong Kong food in Siargao
The other half of the wok. Cantonese street-stall cooking, thirty years in the making.
Wokaway is the Hong Kong kitchen on Back Road in Catangnan, General Luna. The couple who run it lived in Hong Kong from 1993 and raised their family there, and the Cantonese side of the menu is the food they cooked at home: wonton noodles, Yang Chow fried rice, sweet and sour chicken with rice, and flat noodles with beef. ₱290 to ₱320, cooked to order.
The Hong Kong dishes
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Yang Chow Fried Rice
Wok-tossed rice with egg, shrimp and BBQ pork, a Hong Kong street-stall classic.
₱320
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Wonton Noodles
Silky egg noodles in steaming broth, topped with hand-folded shrimp and minced pork wontons.
₱290
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Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice
Crispy chicken tossed in a tangy-sweet glaze with bell peppers, carrot and fresh pineapple.
₱290
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Flat Noodles with Beef
Broad rice noodles stir-fried with tender beef.
₱320
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Spring Rolls
Hand-rolled and fried to order, with the house sweet chilli sauce.
₱250
Dish pictures are from Wokaway’s own menu.
Learned there, not looked up
A Dutch and Filipino couple settled in Hong Kong in 1993 and stayed for three decades. The wontons are folded by hand, the fried rice is a street-stall recipe, and the bowls the soup arrives in are the same yellow-rimmed bowls you would get in Sham Shui Po.
Chinese food in General Luna
Where can I get Chinese food in General Luna, Siargao?
Wokaway cooks Cantonese and Hong Kong street food on Back Road in Catangnan, General Luna. The Hong Kong side of the menu is wonton noodles, Yang Chow fried rice, sweet and sour chicken and flat noodles with beef.
Is this authentic Hong Kong food?
The couple who run the kitchen lived in Hong Kong from 1993 and raised their family there. These are the dishes they cooked and ate for thirty years, made the same way here.
What are the wonton noodles like?
Egg noodles in a clear broth with hand-folded shrimp and pork wontons, served in a yellow-rimmed bowl. ₱290.
What is Yang Chow fried rice?
A Hong Kong street-stall classic: rice wok-tossed with egg, shrimp and BBQ pork. ₱320 at Wokaway.
Come for the wontons
Back Road, Catangnan, opposite the Tawhay Gym entrance. Midday to 10pm, every day but Tuesday.