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WHERE TO EAT The best Lotus leaf rice (Lo mai gai) in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by Celia Hu and 10 other food critics.
"The lotus leaf-wrapped glutinous rice filled with chicken (HK$24) was a hefty addition to our table. We were pretty stuffed after sharing it between the three of us! The sticky grains really soaked up all the flavourful chicken juices."
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Recommended by Nicole Fung and 5 other food critics.
"This stuff is soooo good! The rice is steaming hot, moist, and flavorful with bits of shitake mushroom and chunks of chicken."
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Recommended by The Beijinger and 2 other food critics.
"Miraculous glutinous rice in lotus leaf."
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Recommended by Sue Lynn Tiong and 2 other food critics.
"We also enjoyed the lotus leaf wrapped rice, filled with minced chicken, lap cheong and dried scallop."
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Recommended by Ale Wilkinson and 2 other food critics.
"Traditional dishes such as sticky rice with chicken wrapped in a pandanus leaf were excellent."
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Recommended by Nicole Fung and 1 other food critic.
"Glutinous Rice Steamed in Lotus Leaf or Lor Mai Gai. OH MY CHOW. This is probably one of the best Lor Mai Gai I’ve ever had. It is moist, sticky, flavorful, jam packed with meat and has a salted duck egg yolk! Soooo friggin good!"
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Recommended by Londonist and 2 other food critics.
"Glutinous rice steamed in lotus leaf elicited strong feelings of satisfaction."
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Recommended by Anne Faber
"I also love to order lotus-wrapped rice an cheung fun (a sort of steamed rice noodle, so delicate and delicious)."
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Recommended by Mark Wiens
"The rice was a wonderful gooey texture, and overall it was pretty tasty."