{"id":400913,"date":"2026-04-20T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/400913\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:39:09","slug":"hong-kongs-famous-oi-man-sang-dai-pai-dong-opens-dessert-shop-with-a-michelin-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/400913\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s famous Oi Man Sang dai pai dong opens dessert shop with a Michelin touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For decades, locals and tourists alike in Hong Kong have flocked to Oi Man Sang \u2013 a 70-year-old dai pai dong (street food stall) with a loyal following.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Since opening in 1956, it has been recognised by food critics and chefs as the \u201cking of wok hei\u201d \u2013 wok hei being the Cantonese term that describes the flavour of the perfect stir-fried dish.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant gained international fame after appearing on South Korean celebrity restaurateur Baek Jong-won\u2019s Street Food Fighter TV show, as well as Bon App\u00e9tit\u2019s Street Eats web series with chef <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/post-magazine\/food-drink\/article\/3090547\/changing-americas-idea-chinese-food-its-not-all?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lucas Sin<\/a>, who named the spot an \u201cunmissable\u201d destination for anyone visiting Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">To mark seven decades of culinary legacy, Oi Man Sang has opened Oi Sweet, a contemporary dessert shop around the corner from its main location.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oi Sweet by Oi Man Sang in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dfed8438-3f83-408b-b81f-bcb84d46b2f0_e1ac6a15.jpg\" title=\"Oi Sweet by Oi Man Sang in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong\"\/>Oi Sweet by Oi Man Sang in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The woman behind this new venture is Wu Wai-yan, a director of the Oi Man Sang brand. She explains that the decision to launch the dessert shop was a natural evolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For decades, locals and tourists alike in Hong Kong have flocked to Oi Man Sang \u2013 a 70-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[189848,189847,189842,100990,146,3448,189843,85,46,189840,189841,189845,189846,170715,189849,189844],"class_list":{"0":"post-400913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-clay-pot","9":"tag-clay-pot-rice","10":"tag-dai-pai-dong","11":"tag-desserts","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-hong-kong","14":"tag-hong-kong-dessert-shop","15":"tag-il","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-oi-man-sang","18":"tag-oi-sweet","19":"tag-open-air-kitchen","20":"tag-patisserie","21":"tag-sham-shui-po","22":"tag-street-food-fighter","23":"tag-wok-hei"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}