More and more, I get emails from restaurant owners inviting me for a complementary meal in exchange for a review. That was the case with Donald Lee, owner of Bite of Hong Kong, his “authentic Cantonese restaurant 
located in Chinatown.”
The restaurant was oddly empty when we arrived, although later we noticed some diners in the back room. I asked what they considered their best 
dishes, and ordered those.
Our first dish was duck tongues, Hong Kong style ($12.95). As a newbie, I learned to put the tongue between my teeth to pull the meat off the soft bones. Not bad, but an acquired taste for sure. The crispy fried crab claws ($4.50 each) were nice and meaty, but had too much breading for me. Although also bready, I would recommend either the salt & pepper fried shrimp or squid, whichever your preference.
Their best dish is the succulent fried whole Asia goby (or marbled sand goby) hand-selected from the tank. Lots of sweet meat; few bones! We demolished every morsel.
I also suggest Chinese broccoli with garlic sauce and the crispy chicken with the house special sauce. The latter is half a perfectly cooked chicken, cut through the bones into bite-size pieces filled with juicy meat.
bonnie
Bite of Hong Kong
Bowery
81 Chrystie Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 219-8868
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