港味 Hong Kong Gourmet is a Chinese restaurant at 39B Meadowland Drive in Somerville, Manukau City, Auckland, holding a strong 4.7 Google rating.
Hong Kong–style Chinese restaurants live and die by two things: the roast meats and the wok. A good one hangs its char siu, roast duck and crispy pork in the window with glossy glazes, because that display doubles as an honesty test. In the kitchen the tell is wok hei, the smoky breath a blazing wok lends to fried rice and beef chow fun. Regulars order dishes to share, ask what came in fresh that morning, and trust the handwritten specials as much as the printed menu.
For Somerville locals, having a Hong Kong kitchen of this standing on Meadowland Drive makes a proper Cantonese dinner an easy local call.