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Went to Hakka YeYe with a friend. We ordered a lot of dishes coz we were also taking the leftover home for my bf.
Here are our reviews of the dishes:

1. Stir-fry Eggplant Cubes with Tofu (Slightly Spicy) 茄子粒豆腐 : the no meat option...it's pretty tasty, we liked the crunchy tofu;
2. Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables 西施梅菜扣肉: That's definitely the highlight of the night, the fatty pork is super yummy, melt in your mouth...
3. Pan Fried Pork Patties with Salted Fish Bits 魚香煎肉餅 : the taste of the patties is really good, but it's slightly over-done, it's a bit burned...
4. Stir-fry Bitter Melon Strips with Egg White 芙蓉涼瓜: this is definitely no my dish, but my friend wanted bitter melon. The egg white was placed separately on top of the bitter melon, which is a bit strange. The bitter melon was poached, so making it a bit watery.
5. Golden Pumpkin Cooked with Salted Egg Yolks 鹹蛋黃炒南瓜: this is another winner, love the salted egg yolks as the crust of the pumpkin cubes.
6. Yé Yé Fried Vermicelli with Hakka Rice Wine 爺爺糟汁炒米粉: a strong tasting vermicelli, I like the rice wine taste, but it doesn't seem to fit in with the vermicelli that well.
Free dessert soup of purple rice with coconut milk, very nice.
The overall dining experience was very pleasant with nice service, quite environment, and good food.
But this is the strange part: we took the leftover home. I made a special thing about leaving two big pieces of fatty pork for my boyfriend (he's a fatty pork person). When we got home, there was no fatty pork in the box ! Only a small chewy bit and the preserved veggies!!!!! That makes you wonder whether they are re-serving the fatty pork to someone else!!!!

Amongst the many hidden gems of restaurants in Central, this one would ...just make the mark.

Overall it was a pleasant experience, the first reason being its good value. Don't expect very wholesome portions, but for lunch, spending ~HK$100 for all courses of soup/spring roll, 1 dish 1 bowl of rice and dessert/fruit certainly qualifies. Plus the fact that the food, particularly the main course dish, tastes quite good, above average for sure. And don't forget its little gimmick of "Hakka" cuisine, which isn't very commonly found around HK I'd say?

Ambience ok, it's cute. Service ... ok I suppose. Took their time in giving us our bill, but there was a genteel-looking waiter who really fits what I would imagine as a "Hakka yeye", and was courteous and all.

We had the 鹽焗雞，百合蝦球, and separately ordered a dish of 雞翼(i don't seem to hv enough of chicken as of late), plus veggies. Erm, for two ppl haha. And we had our separate bowls of 三色飯, which I do appreciate for health reasons and not just your boring bowl of white rice. Anyway, I'd say the 鹽焗雞 and 百合蝦球 were certainly above average (4/5), but the chicken wings...can be given a miss. Portions, as I have alluded briefly above, are not huge. But enough, I guess.

Dessert was a bowl - small bowl - of 紫米露. Mm...given my sweet tooth...I'd say it's only mediocre.

Anyway, worth a shot! Or a backup plan to Friday lunch if you haven't made reservations in time...

Although I’ve been in Hong Kong for nearly six months, I still feel like such an amateur restaurant hunter. I just can’t get my head around restaurants not being visible from the street and at eye level. So, lucky I was introduced to Haka YeYe by a local, otherwise I would never have found it.

Located on the second floor, when the elevator opens up the first thing you notice is the clean, fresh, modern interior and bright natural light coming from the windows facing Wyndham St.

I went for lunch with a colleague, and we had the set lunch. There were two set menu options to choose from, one for $72 +10%, and the other $90 + 10%. They are really great value. We both had the cheaper set, and for that price we had the option of soup or spring rolls for entrée, and a choice of three main courses plus rice for main. Dessert was also included. Now tell me that’s not a bargain!

We both had the soup to start with, which was really delicious. It was very light and I am told it was Chinese herbal soup. It had a light broth, which was white in colour and the soup had lean pieces of pork and some different Chinese ingredients that I don’t know the English names for (one was like a white yam, and the other was big pearls of barley). It really felt like a health soup. If I were in bed and sick at home, I would be very grateful for someone to bring me this.

For main course, we shared the “Chestnuts, pork ribs and chinese celery cooked in a claypot”, and “Pork mince and vegetables with vermicelli noodles”, which were served with two small bowls of mixed red and white rice. The pork ribs were so tender, the meat fell away from the bones and melted in my mouth. The gravy was flavoured mostly from the pork and also the celery and spring onions and was perfect with the rice. It was quite a hearty winter casserole. The noodles were okay, but nothing really to write home about.

Dessert was a choice of fresh melon, or sticky purple rice in soup, and we had one of each. Although the serving was small, the rice for me was a bit full on after such a hearty lunch. The fresh melon on the other hand was light and delicious.

The service provided by waiting staff was a bit haphazard, with tea being regularly refilled, but when we needed dessert and the bill there was no-one in sight. It will definitely be the setting and affordable lunch set that will bring me back to Haka YeYe. And also the fact that now I know of this hidden restaurant, hopefully one day I too will be able to show it off to someone who doesn’t know that the place to find restaurants in Hong Kong is actually above eye level.

Hi this is my first post since I got back from Beijing

Anyway, tried out this restaurant for lunch and it was really good.

Went for the chicken set lunch, which consisted of vegetable soup, chicken, tofu (my friend ordered that), rice and dessert as the last dish.

The vegetable soup was delicious and not too salty. The chicken was delectable, perfect amount of meat and not too salty. The tofu was the best in my opinion as it was covered in the nice soup and tasted healthy. The rice was made of traditional brown rice and tasted nice. The dessert was a bit too sweet though.

All in all, it was a good meal. Service was alright and the meal was not too expensive!

Went there on a Saturday night because my friend read the comments from OpenrRice and would like to try it out well it's his birthday anyway, he's the boss
Not easy to find the exact location, the best way is you walk along Wyndham Street toward LFK and keep on looking up you'll see their name plate by the window...
Was a bit surprised that by the time we arrived, at around 730pm we were the only table there...it's Saturday night....and we werer the second last to leave at about 1030pm so totally there were a bit 5 reservation, mostly couples..
The Birthday dinner menu included:
Soup of the day the Pak Choi and Dried Pak Choi with Pork and chinese ham - like a home made soup strong flavour luckily didn't taste any traces of MSG..
Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetable - a very traditional dish quite tasty though a bit too sweet.
Stir-fried Bitter Melon with egg white - quite a healthy choice but not much taste on the egg white.
Stuffed Tofu with minced pork - another home made dish served in a clay pot
Emperor Chicken - Steam Chicken topped with Shredded Ginger and Green Onion - the name explains all, anyway the chicken was very tender and not overly salted.
Brown/white rice - a nice proportion of both , another healthy choice
Dessert - complementary sago sweet soup with coconut milk and water melon...very blend actually..
Frankly their food are tasty but not memorable it's really hard for me to make any recommendations
Service though only 2 servers was quite courteous, wonder if it's because the dining room was not that busy

Those who work in Central will know - it is not easy to find a cosy Chinese restaurant in the area. I am glad to have discovered this restaurant, although I still find it quite a long climb to Wydham St especially in this hot weather.

The restaurant has a minimalist decor -which is good. Everything we ordered was tasty except for the soup which wasn't boiled long enough. The best part was prices were very reasonable.

Will definitely visit more when the weather cools down.

For my birthday, my friends decided to take me out for dinner. I told them that I wanted Chinese food and something different. They took me to Hakka Ye Ye, and we had a wonderful night!

The staff was extremely friendly. They were patient in explaining every dish. For starters we had smoky chicken wings; this was an excellent compliment with my beer. My friend preordered the sweet & sour duck w/ plums. This was really yummy, the flavour was just right. We also ordered the Ye Ye Stuffed Tofu. This was plain and simple, but it came in a clay pot. It was still bubbling when it arrived!

After dinner, I was enjoying my time chatting along with my friends. Then suddenly the lights dimmed, the staff started singing and my cake arrived!!!! Beautiful night will bring my family to try next time!

Not bad. The price is acceptable. Around HK$100 for a lunch set, it is including the soup, main course and desert. The lemon chicken and the 炆beefs are quit good. The food quality is nice. You have a family feel - family cooking for you.

It was my boss' birthday two weeks ago and he picked Hakka Ye Ye to host his Birthday Party. There were 40 of us and we took the whole venue.

The food was excellent, dishes were served individually, timing was perfect, food was served hot, it was very yummy. My fav dishes:

Raddish Puffs - Good when hot
Prawns with Hakka Rice wine - prawns were juicy and big
Emperor Chicken - Love the ginger and scallions.
Braised Pork Belly - I dont usually like fatty pork, but this is sweet and tender.

We also got to try the Hakka Grass Jelly. It was very refreshing.

The staff surprised our boss by turning the lights off while serving his birthday cake w/ lit candles. We had a great evening!!!

Friend knows the owner and so was able to arrange a dinner for 16 on her own birthday. Pre-ordered food including all the signature dishes:

西施梅菜扣肉: a bit salty, made me wanna drink water the whole night

爺爺鹽焗雞: tender, nicely done, flavour strong enough but not overwhelming

爺爺腐皮脆咪卷: crispy on the outside, tender on the inside

Glutinous rice 丸子(蒸) : i love glutinous stuff, the texture was chewy but not sticky, but there wasn't much taste to it

青瓜糟汁蝦: the courgette (we had a debate whether it was cucumber or courgette, decided on the latter) was bland despite a heavy coating of sauce, the prawns were decent, but didn't taste jet fresh

Watermelon soup : lots of nicely diced pork, mushrooms, prawns etc, but the LOTUS SEED WAS SOUR AND TASTED LIKE MOULD!!! We told the waiter who said he would tell the manager, but obviously that didn't happen...

Red fried rice: light, not oily, went nicely with the other dishes

had to ask waiters several times to change our dishes before they got round to it... a bit inattentive with refilling tea etc... but that can be forgiven coz dinner was quite inexpensive (maybe my friend struck a good deal with the manager friend)

Hakka Ye Ye was a great ethnic dining experience.

The ambiance felt elegant, especially in the evening. The modernist renovation was both tasteful and pleasant.

The service was very upscale - the staff members were polite and attentive.

The Hakka food was great. We really enjoyed the hand-made fish ball soup, the dual-colour fried rice, and the pork meatballs. However, we found the fried mushrooms dish to be bad value for money.

Overall, this is a great restaurant, especially for dates.

Finally there is someone who did things right. Hakka Ye Ye did a great job in providing authentic Hakka food with a great modern decor, and keeping the cultrual background. The food portion is a bit small but that's good for a small party of people to visit. This allows me to taste more vierity of dishes, but yet the price is not expensive for the LKF area. I recomend the Chicken, daily soup, and the apetizers. I like the shrimp dish too, but don't like taking the shell off with my hands. Overall, I'm very satisfied with the food and presentation. What matter most, my date was impressed with my choice of resturant that night... haha... which ended with a happy ending!