If you’re looking for a private kitchen restaurant to go to, you could consider going to Gong Guan 公官會所, a restaurant that serves a fusion of Cantonese and Shanghainese cuisine. The tiny restaurant is located in Sheung Wan and has three rooms with a big table in each. To get a booking, you’ll need to have at least 10 but up to a maximum of about 12/13 people in your party. I ate at Gong Guan at the end of February when a friend of mine visited and I joined in the dinner with her friends. Here’s what we ate:


Shanghainese style minced vegetables with tofu


Braised tofu with Chinese mushrooms and black fungus


Slices of beef


Preserved vegetables


Eggplant with pork floss


Melon with mung bean vermcelli


Tofu soup


I loved this dish most with its slice of pork and dried crispy beancurd to be eaten by placing both sandwiched inside the pancake.


Broccoli with crab meat and lily bulb


Tea smoked chicken


Steamed fish


Stew pork


Stir-fried mix vegetables


This was one of the best dishes of the night with the crispy brown rice cakes and the minced meat. The rice was nicely browned and smoky and went well with the minced meat.


Dessert was glutinous rice balls with millet.
As it was such a long time ago, I’ve forgotten exactly what each dish tastes like. However, I remember enjoying the meal and thought it was worth the HKD380 (not inclusive of corkage) that I had spent.
Gong Guan 公官會所
12/F Fung Woo Building
279 Des Voeux Road Central
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
(Sheung Wan MTR station Exit B)
Tel: +852 2577 9789