Sometimes the big portions, saturated oils, and heavy salt in our meals can get too much each and every week. When we are gasping for some quality greens and health food, Hong Kong may not inspire as the best city to enjoy some low-fat-and-salt and heavy-on-greens food.
However, we have done our research and present to you the places you can source a quality salad, packed with nutritious vegetables, low-fat proteins, grains galore, and promising you a temporary relinquish from your normal diet!
Top salad in Hong Kong
1. SaladStop!
SaladStop! leads the green conversation at Jardine House, Pacific Place, and Taikoo Place with chain locations bursting with greens, yummy proteins, and sauces tailored to get you addicted. Their Hail Caesar and Tuna San signature salads are recommended for their heavy portion of chicken and tuna, respectively, plus tangy sauces. Otherwise, custom bowls come with an option to choose from a whopping 62 toppings and 20 sauces.
SaladStop!, multiple locations across Hong Kong
2. HEYBO
Specialising in grain blows, a favourite salad variant in Hong Kong, HEYBO packs a punch with their Build Your Bo! grain bowls, offering selections of tricolour quinoa, mixed grains, green soba, and sweet potato noodles for a base, with proteins and toppings like sous-vide chicken breast, Thai basil tofu, roasted brussel sprouts, and gochujang chicken on offer. We recommend eating in at their Landmark, Jardine House, or Taikoo Place locations to get the warmest bite.
HEYBO, multiple locations across Hong Kong
3. Sour Dough
The eponymous healthy sandwich and pastry shop serves excellently in the sourdough department, but it’s the Wan Chai restaurants’ powerful vegan salad section, bright in tangy flavours and choice of vegetables, that deserves the attention. Each salad portion is priced at HKD25 per 100g and can pack up to four salads in one box. We recommend their sweet and spicy couscous salad, fregola green salad, and colourful bounty for a good balance.
Sour Dough, Shop 2-3, G/F, Keen Hung Commercial Building, 80 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, 2571 8873
4. Monsieur CHATTÉ
Long-time running French mini-supermarket Monsieur CHATTÉ operates a deli-counter salad bar with a variety of vegetable, cheese, meat, and carb choices. Their salad boxes allow for three ingredients, with a HKD10 charge for any additional ingredients. Their roasted chicken, smoked salmon, feta cheese, and coleslaw with raisins are top ingredients, made even better adding their paprika croutons.
Monsieur CHATTÉ, G/F, 91 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan, 3105 8077
5. nood food
Dotted around Hong Kong are nood food’s physical cafe locations, offering dine-in and takeaway food, juices, smoothies, and juice cleanses. Their small salad box and large salad boxes come with four and six choices, respectively. Our favourites in the rotating bunch are their green bean salad, quinoa and brown rice salad, shredded Sichuan chicken, kale salad with green apple and cranberries, and lotus salad with sesame sauce.
nood food, multiple locations across Hong Kong
6. TREEHOUSE
Veggie purveyors of all things Hong Kong produce, healthy chain Treehouse fashion together stellar salads that do not skimp on portion size, flavour of spiced proteins, and abundance of fresh vegetables. We always go for their Banyan salad, packed with grilled tempeh, fried eggplant, hummus, spiced tofu and long beans-heavy Musella, or their Cedar, with avocado, cabbage, roasted pumpkin, and chipotle sauce.
TREEHOUSE, multiple locations across Hong Kong
7. Knead
In Sheung Wan, Knead is all about flavour and health with their salads. DIY salads begin with a choice between baby spinach, mixed lettuce, fusilli pasta, rice & quinoa mix, and coriander & lime rice. You can select from 22 veggie toppings, six cheeses, and 11 proteins for a mix of your preference. Their sauces are free, we suggest either their caesar dressing, green tahini dressing, or vinaigrette.
Knead, G/F, 28 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan, 2851 7778
8. FOODBOX
In Central, Sheung Wan, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Lai Chi Kok, FOODBOX is dedicated to the health nuts and health-focussed Hong Kongers seeking a balanced crunch and kick for their salads. From its selection, the Greek, Cobb, smoked salmon caesar, and roasted beef salads are among their healthiest and more robust with healthy portions of protein. Drench your greens and meat with a choice of dressing, including ranch, Italian creamy, blue cheese, yuzu, and more.
FOODBOX, multiple locations across Hong Kong
9. Fete Up
Recently closing their Central location but expanding to a new location in Basehall 02, Fete Up focuses on health-conscious tasty salads. Their signature bowls focus on balance, more specifically with an inclusion of a well-seasoned protein like chicken, tofu, salmon, or beef, tangy sauces, leafy greens, and mixed white and black rice. We recommend their Basehall location if you are seeking a longer meal.
Fete Up, LG/F, Baseball 02, Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place Central
Fete Up, Shop 12 & 13, 2/F, The Quayside, 77 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, 5922 3308
