New Hong Kong Chinese Takeaways is a Chinese restaurant and takeaway at 20 Boon Street in Whakatāne, holding a Google rating of 3.9 to date.
Chinese takeaways have long been a fixture of New Zealand's smaller towns, and the trick to eating well at one is timing: fried rice, sweet and sour pork, spring rolls and chow mein straight from the wok are a different proposition to dishes that have sat in a warmer. Regulars learn when the dinner rush fires up the kitchen and order then, or phone ahead to skip the queue. Menus at places like this usually lean on familiar Kiwi-Chinese classics alongside a few more traditional dishes, so it never hurts to ask what is cooked to order and what the house does best.
On Boon Street in Whakatāne, New Hong Kong Chinese Takeaways is there for exactly that sort of quick, familiar feed.