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Reviewed 22 August 2023 via mobile

…which is worth four stars in Central as there are few other places that are either nearby. My sandwich and iced lemon tea were far from the best that local HK cafes have to offer but as mentioned above the speed and price make it...worthwhile if you’re in a hurry!More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 15 August 2023 via mobile

Was doing a walking tour of Hong Kong and we stopped at this place to try Hong Kong style milk tea, which is known to be sieved through a material similar to a woman’s stocking. 25 HKD for an average sized cup. Did have some...flavour but was on the lighter side. Worth it to try but I didn’t head back for a second helping.More

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 1 June 2023 via mobile

We bought a cup of milk tea at HKD25. The milk tea is tasteless, not creamy at all. We felt cheated and regretted despite good comments by Youtubers.

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 3 May 2023 via mobile

Yuen Yang (combination of coffee and milk tea) has a light taste, unlike those which one gets in countries such as Singapore and Malaysia. Steady stream of customers, predominantly tourists. Eating place is tiny so it’s advisable to order drinks for takeaway.

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 7 April 2023 via mobile

It has been one of the logest existing cafe haven’t been around for more that 60 years. With all the decades of serving the classic milk tea, they remained popular to both locals and visitors. They also serve breakfast. It is located near the central...market and a walk away from the mid-level escalators.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 24 January 2022

Lan Fong Yuen is a local tea shop and cha chaan teng that first opened in 1957. They have a few branches around the city including this little place on Gage Street in Central where you can try HK style dishes and their locally famous...milk tea, made with traditional method of using silk stockings. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm daily (closed on Sundays) This Lan Fong Yuen can be quite busy and you'll often find a queue waiting outside to be seated or for a take-away milk tea. The tea (HK$22) is really good if you enjoy HK style milk tea. It is strong, smooth and silky in texture and of good flavour, worth trying if you're a tea drinker or simply interested in local drinks popular here in Hong Kong.More

Date of visit: January 2022
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Reviewed 22 December 2021 via mobile

Milk tea "silk hose style", kaya French toast etc are basically Hong Kong peasant food back in the days when they were fast and cheap. This place now has several branches and withstand the test of time and gain a following, mostly tourists. With pandemic...tourists trade stopped so it was an opportune time for me to visit again as I detest waiting long queque for something that I really cannot discern a big difference among competitors. Milk tea and kaya toast was $38, more than average. The tea came lukewarm and toast you have to pour syrup from the ultra sticky jar. Overall it was very average and if not because I was in the area, I would not even bother.More

Date of visit: December 2021
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Reviewed 5 June 2020

I was craving for some instant noodles so came here randomly. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★ Instant noodles with chicken steak: I had no expectations because my first visit at TST branch was crap. When the noodles arrived, you could see the chicken had been fried so I was...expecting dry chicken, but it was actually still soft and juicy. The chicken skin was crispy too. The noodles were done just right and were still springy but the sauce was not evenly tossed into the noodles because towards the bottom, it got saltier. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★More

Date of visit: July 2019
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Reviewed 18 April 2020 via mobile

It's a very well known eatery in Central as it has run for many decades. It's famous for instant noodles with meat, pork chop bun, french toast, and of course milk tea. I had ox tongue laksa noodles, pork chop bun and salty lemon 7-up...drink for lunch here. Portion small. Taste so so, not wow for me. The drink is special though. Surprisingly the staff are nice and polite (staff in many eateries in Hong Kong became snobbish soon after the place has been well known and popular 😒) I think this place worths support from people for its survival for many more decades to come.More

Date of visit: April 2020
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Reviewed 12 December 2019

The smell of the milk tea was powerful and intoxicating as I walked past- didn’t have to question if I was in the right place. Smooth and perfect taste. I can’t say 5/5 because at HKD$22- bit steep for a cup of tea off the...street but hats off to them for fully valuing their products- not many places that can get it right these daysMore

Date of visit: December 2019
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Reviewed 28 October 2019

This cha chaan teng (Hong Kong style breakfast joint) is an institution here and is said to serve the best milk tea in all of Hong Kong. It started out as a single family-owned dai pai dong, or open-air food stall, back in the early...’50s and now they have a permanent shop location. Lan Fong Yen is best known for inventing the Hong Kong-style “stocking” milk tea. They use long custom-shaped cloth bags in which the tea is filtered through, and the fabric naturally dyes brown from the tea leaves...making it look like stockings. Hence the name “stocking milk tea”. They use their own blends of tea, and it’s quite strong and fragrant - you can smell the tea aromas as you walk up to the shop. If you order it cold, they make it with condensed milk, and hot comes unsweetened and you can add sugar in yourself. I only ordered a milk tea to go (had already eaten elsewhere) and it was really good. Im not sure if it was the absolute BEST we had in HK, as many places serve excellent milk tea, but it is worth stopping in if you are in the area.More

Date of visit: April 2019
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Reviewed 11 July 2019 via mobile

Popped in to try their much talked about “French toast” and “socks” milk tea. It was different but it wasn’t bad. Expect to share a table as they get busy.

Date of visit: July 2019
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Reviewed 17 June 2019

We came for drinks only. There was a queue for those who wish to dine and those who wish for take away. The lady at the front didn't care if you were local or foreigner. You need to be ready to make your order and...pay. Should you be slow, she would skip your turn and move on. I rehearsed in my head our orders and was able to place our orders. After paying, she told us to wait at the opposite side for the drinks. The drinks were served after 5mins. We had iced yuan yang. It was good. Will we dare go back? Perhaps....More

Date of visit: June 2019
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Reviewed 29 May 2019 via mobile

Come here several times for breakfast when on business. It’s never great, just convenient as my hotel is in Central. Famous for the milk tea 丝袜奶茶 one should always try it to decide if it’s any good. You’ll have to add sugar yourself but that’s...not to my liking. Had a bun with condensed milk for bf this time and that’s not hot enough, too little condensed milk and neither soft enough in the inside nor crispy enough on the outside. Will I return? Maybe, but only to fill my stomach...More

Date of visit: May 2019
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Reviewed 21 May 2019 via mobile

They told me the oldest restaurant in town ao my expectations were totally different. Old restaurant where u share ur table with others, food is OK although apparently the best milk tea.

Date of visit: May 2019
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Rachel, Welcome to Hong Kong. September is bordering on the typhoon season, but you will enjoy cooler weather otherwise. Good luck. Lan Fong Yuen is a street stall style eating place (I would not call the one in central a... More
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Lan Fong Yuen(Central) is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 3.5
  • Service: 3
  • Value: 3.5
  • Atmosphere: 3.5