Hong Kong food in the UK
Eat like you never left.
Find the dish that tastes like home — char siu, wonton noodles, cha chaan teng milk tea — rated for authenticity by people who grew up eating it, not strangers passing through.
搵返屋企嘅味道 — 為喺英國嘅香港人而設。
Free · No ads · Android beta · iPhone users can add it to their home screen from the browser
never left.
Hong Kong
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Taiwanese
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Inside the app
Built for one question: does it taste right?
Three things Google Maps can't tell you — who rated it, why it matters to them, and whether the person behind the score actually grew up eating this.
3 places · rated by locals
Decent but not outstanding. Good for Chinatown convenience.
Thick cut, honey glaze is correct. Ask for thin cut if you want HK-style.
Thin cut, proper char on the edges. Queue at lunch.
Search by the dish, not the restaurant
Craving something specific? Search the dish and see every place near you that does it — restaurants and Chinese supermarkets both.
Cha chaan teng · Bayswater, London · ££
Rated by 14 people from Hong Kong & Macau. Only they can score a cha chaan teng.
Scores that come from the right people
Authenticity is rated only by people from where the dish is from. A tourist's five stars doesn't move the number — no diluted scores, no guessing.
home.
🏠 Homesick
🍲 Comfort
The story behind the plate
Every dish has someone who misses it. Read why a place matters before you go — in English or Traditional Chinese, whichever you think in.
How it works
Three steps to the right bowl.
Miss My Dish is free, has no ads, and works across the UK — we're growing town by town, starting where Hong Kong communities have settled.
Tell us where you're from
Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong, elsewhere. It takes one tap and it's what makes the authenticity ratings mean something.
Search a dish or a mood
Homesick, comfort, spicy, celebrating — or just type “char siu”. Results come back with distance, opening hours and an authenticity score.
Rate it, or add what's missing
Somewhere good not on the map? Add it. Your rating counts fully for the cuisines you grew up with — that's how the map fills in.
Why it exists
Smell and taste are the only senses that route directly to the hippocampus and amygdala — the brain's memory and emotion centres.
One bite of congee in London can collapse thirty years in an instant — but Google still just gets you a restaurant, not home. Star ratings don't tell you if the char siu is actually done right, or if the owner is from Sha Tin. Miss My Dish is built by and for Hong Kong people living in the UK, so every place and dish is tagged, reviewed, and rated on authenticity by people who grew up eating it.
Beta testing
We're in beta — and we'd rather tell you.
The app works, it's free, and the ratings are real. But it's early, and being honest about that is how we get it right.
- Coverage is patchy. London and a handful of UK cities are seeded. If your town is empty, it's not broken — it's waiting for someone to add the first place.
- Scores need a quorum. A place needs at least three eligible ratings before a number appears, so early on you'll see stories where a score will be.
- Android first. The Play Store build is live for testers. On iPhone, open it in Safari and add it to your home screen — same app, no store needed.
- Things will change. Screens will move and copy will shift while we learn what people actually use. Your account and ratings carry over.
Be a beta tester
Leave your email and we'll send the tester link, plus a note when your city gets seeded. No newsletter, no spam — beta updates only.
Found a bug or a missing restaurant? Email info@missmydish.com — we read every one. We use your email only to contact you about the beta. See the privacy policy.
Questions
Before you download.
What is an authenticity rating?
Is Miss My Dish free?
Is there an iPhone app?
Which UK cities are covered?
Can I use it in Chinese?
What does “beta” actually mean here?
Ready to taste home again?
Free · Android beta · Also runs in any browser