In the past, big-name stalls used to be very common restaurants. However, due to strict hygiene regulations and the fact that the government no longer issues relevant business licenses (permits) to the public, big-name stalls have faced the fate of extinction in Hong Kong. The big-name stalls slowly moved the tea stalls into the room, and combined the ice rooms with pineapple ice, mixed fruit ice and red bean ice to gradually become today's tea restaurants. Tea restaurants mainly provide cheap food such as instant noodles, wonton noodles, rice noodles, fried eggs, fried dumplings and porridge, but some large tea restaurants will serve fried noodles, such as dry fried beef river, Fujian fried rice and Xingzhou fried rice. Some restaurants, such as Taixing Roast Tea Restaurant, also run roast business. When Japanese food became popular in Hong Kong, tea restaurants began to serve some Japanese cooked food dishes. For breakfast, bread and butter, toast, eggs, sausages, coffee and milk tea are served. Although the names of these foods are the same in every tea restaurant, the real finished products will be slightly different in different tea restaurants.

During the colonial period, Hong Kong gradually absorbed British food culture, among which English afternoon tea gradually localized and became the main part of tea restaurants. One of the most famous is "milk tea with silk stockings". "Silk stockings milk tea" is brewed with a variety of tea leaves, filtered with a silky cotton net, and then added with light milk, which is a fascinating cultural fusion. "Yuanyang" is another special drink in Hong Kong-it is made by mixing light milk, red tea and coffee. In cake shops and tea restaurants, you can find egg tarts and pineapple buns, two kinds of Hong Kong special foods mixed with Chinese and western cultures. After that, there are more innovative drinks, such as lemon coffee and lemon bin.

Street snacks are also a part of Hong Kong's food culture. Fish eggs, eggs, rice rolls, bowl wings, dumplings, paparazzi powder, bean jelly, pork red, beef offal, Saqima, asparagus, crispy dough twists and scattered eggs are all very popular street snacks. Most street snacks come from Guangdong, but a few come from other provinces. For example, Saqima is a Manchu snack. Other salty and sweet snacks in Hong Kong are also full of traditional flavor, and some of them are unique to Hong Kong. Old lady cakes and husband cakes in Yuen Long are also very famous. Hakkas' tea cups are more popular in outlying islands.

Chezaimian appeared in the 1951s. As refugees from the mainland flooded into Hong Kong and found it difficult to make a living, mobile vendors emerged. Because customers can choose noodles, ingredients and soup, and the price is affordable, they are welcomed by the public.

Hong Kong-style desserts also have many choices, such as traditional red bean paste, mung bean paste, sesame paste, almond paste, stewed milk, etc., western-style ones such as mango Budian and cheese cake, as well as Simibudian, the most innovative Yang Zhi Gan Lu and Similao, which really have their own characteristics.

Because of the hot and humid weather in Hong Kong, herbal tea that can relieve summer heat and disinfect has become a common Chinese herbal medicine drink. For example: twenty-four flavors and five scented teas. As for preserved fruit, there are Jiayingzi, Hawthorn Cake, Plum, Pei-Mui Chan, Airplane Olive and so on.

After the financial turmoil, Hong Kong's economy declined, and many people created a new path in the catering industry. That's private cuisine. China's private cuisine was originally a special dish with emphasis on the owner's taste due to the constant pursuit of food by dignitaries after their stable lives. Hong Kong people transplanted private kitchens from various provinces to Hong Kong, and operated them in a relatively hidden way, with locations all over Hong Kong and Kowloon. For example: famous private kitchens, wedding banquets, lively colors and so on. Later, in addition to Sichuan private cuisine, Chaozhou private cuisine and Shunde private cuisine, there were also French private cuisine, Italian private cuisine, Japanese private cuisine and vegetarian private cuisine.