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- South China Morning Post
What to eat and drink on Hong Kong's Kam Ping Street, a coffee and dessert lover's paradise
Hongkonger Zico Hau spent years working as a stuntman, filming for productions including the 2024 drama Stuntman and the upcoming Cold War 1994, starring Daniel Wu Neh-tsu and Terrance Lau Chun-him.
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Then, life took a very sweet turn.
In May, Hau, 39, opened Iceyaki, a Japanese dessert shop specialising in
kakigori (flavoured shaved ice), on the food-filled
Kam Ping Street in Hong Kong's North Point neighbourhood. Since then, it has become one of the coolest spots on the block.
On a sweltering June afternoon, Hau starts up an ice-shaving machine to prepare one of his popular desserts, which come in flavours such as honey tofu (HK$118/US$15), Nishio matcha (HK$128) and black sesame with red bean (HK$118).
Zico Hau prepares Nishio matcha kakigori at Iceyaki. Photo: Kylie Knott
'I had this machine shipped over from Japan,' Hau says as he carefully shapes a honey tofu kakigori made with
tofu , milk, cream, soybean flour and walnuts. It is served with a jar of gooey honey that customers can drizzle over the top of the shaved ice.
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'The best way to eat it is to share it with a friend,' Hau explains. It is good advice given the huge portions.
