Sugar water in Hong Kong dramas refers to desserts that contain a lot of water, i.e. sweet soup. It generally refers to those that can be made at home, excluding solid desserts such as double-boiled milk and custard.

For example: the north of the almond tofu, red beans and rice, green beans and rice, congee and so on belong to the category of sugar water. There are also white fungus with lotus seeds in a pot, purple potatoes in sugar water and so on.

Hong Kong people prefer sweet soup health, in fact, Hong Kong's authentic call should be "sugar water", "sweet soup" is the Mandarin translation. If the "sugar water" is understood to be added to the sugar of the boiling water that would be a big mistake, here refers to a variety of nourishing sweet soup.

Hong Kong people are well known for their variety of soups. In terms of dietary habits, Hong Kong has inherited the Cantonese tradition of making different soups according to the seasons for the purpose of nourishing the body. This concept of nourishing and tonic is also applied to desserts. For example: summer will make green bean paste, horseshoe dew and other heat desserts; autumn will be stewed lily sugar water, north and south apricot sugar water and other moisturizing and nourishing sweet soup; winter, there are black glutinous rice, red bean paste and other blood, qi tonic soup.

Hong Kong's desserts can also be seen in the influence of the West on Hong Kong, such as the famous Hong Kong drink "Yuanyang milk tea", black tea added to coffee and drink, is a typical example of East meets West.

Hong Kong people's desserts, in addition to all kinds of sweet snacks, can also be said to be synonymous with Hong Kong people love to drink "sugar water". The seemingly simple sugar water, in fact, also hides a lot of knowledge. Most of the Hong Kong people's sugar water needs to be stewed for a long time, stewing desserts seem simple but actually quite need skills, the mastery of the fire and time is an important key, so the Hong Kong people's "sugar water" is not only complementary and not dry, and can be nourished to nourish the face, tonic, is the Guangdong people after a long period of experience in the accumulation of the health of the way.

Because Hong Kong people emphasize health, so even sugar should be used to "yellow rock sugar" with high nutritional value. The sweetness of this kind of rock sugar is delicate and less cloying, because rock sugar is extracted from cane sugar, so the purity is higher than the general white sugar. The yellow rock candy is not refined, so it retains its natural nutrients, and has the effect of tonifying the middle and stomach and moistening the lungs, focusing on the health of the Hong Kong people mostly give up granulated sugar and use yellow rock candy.

Hong Kong is located in a hot and humid place, Hong Kong people attach importance to the health of Hong Kong people used to drink herbal tea to remove heat and dampness, some traditional Hong Kong-style herbal tea store will have a lot of herbal tea to remove heat and reduce the fire, such as twenty-four flavors, Sydney Tea, five-flower tea, etc., and the famous tortoise shell paste that is the most famous of the herbal tea store. Another kind of dessert store in Hong Kong, the main business items to health desserts, serving walnut paste, red bean paste, stewed clams, stewed papaya, stewed milk and other health sweet soup.

For Hong Kong people's tradition, there is a difference between herbal tea and sugar water. In summer, Hong Kong people like to drink herbal tea because it cools the body and reduces fire, while in winter, nourishing sugar water becomes a favorite of Hong Kong people, and all kinds of nourishing sugar water sells the best in winter.

While Hong Kong's desserts themselves have a nourishing effect, Hong Kong people also pay attention to the time to drink sugar water. Generally speaking, Hong Kong people do not drink sugar water in the morning, because the traditional Chinese concept of drinking sugar water in the morning is prone to cause "wind", that is, harm to the body so that the body to produce the meaning of discomfort, so many sugar water operators choose to open the store in the afternoon.