HK star Nicholas Tse launches McDonald's menu inspired by childhood comfort foods

Flying to Hong Kong now!

Joshua Lee | November 04, 2018, 08:47 PM

Readers of a certain vintage will most likely be familiar with the name Nicholas Tse -- Hong Kong singer, actor, and lately, food aficionado.

His latest collaboration in the food arena involves another mega player, McDonald's Hong Kong, resulting in a special menu inspired by comfort food from his childhood.

Here's a promotional video featuring Tse:

Called "My Taste of Hong Kong", Tse's menu features familiar flavours from traditional cha chaan teng (tea restaurants) and Hong Kong street foods.

Extensive six-item menu

So, what can you get besides a place mat with Tse's handsome face? A rather extensive six-item menu:

  1. Bolognese & Fried Egg Angus Beef Burger
  2. Fried Onion Crispy Pork Cutlet Burger
  3. Siew Mei (Hong Kong style roast meat) -flavoured Shake Shake Fries
  4. Typhoon Shelter Crab-flavoured Shake Shake Fries
  5. Cookie & Milk Tea McFlurry ice cream
  6. Tropical Orange Punch

Here's a promotional poster featuring Tse, presumably hard at work assembling the Angus beef burger:

Credit: McDonald's HK.

Here are the Siew Mei-flavoured Shake Shake Fries and Tropical Orange Punch:

Credit: McDonald's HK.

All items (except the pork cutlet burger and the crab-flavoured Shake Shake Fries) have been released.

The remaining two items will be released in the coming weeks, according to 8 Days.

What the food looks like in real life:

Promotional photos always look good, but does the food really match up at ground zero?

We went onto Instagram to check them out under the hashtag #鋒味 - a wordplay on the Tse's Chinese name and the Chinese phrase for "taste".

Here are photos of the Bolognese & Fried Egg Angus Beef Burger:

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[鋒味X McDonald’s]✨ 鋒味殺到麥當勞!好耐冇食頹M嘅為食妹E都要買番個嚟試🤩 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 鋒味煎蛋肉醬漢堡🍔 味道:8/10 賣相:7/10 抵食:7/10 價錢:單買$33 套餐$45 煎蛋肉醬飯就食得多,漢堡包都係第一次!我覺得呢個組合唔錯,肉醬都唔少,味道唔錯,都幾足料下,第一啖咬落去已經食到所有材料,沙津醬又唔會搶哂肉醬嘅味,我覺得呢個包值得推薦,如果煎蛋係流心就更好了🤣 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Download 咗麥當勞手機app 買鋒味套餐有得減$3哦!優惠去到聽日咋! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 為食妹E🥰 #鋒味#McDonalds#煎蛋肉醬漢堡#香港#風味#美食#吃貨日常#eatisourlife

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NO.247/2018 #鋒味 #煎蛋肉醬安格斯 NOT BAD XD 不過蘑菇安格斯仍然是首選 . . Photo: 20181103 #맥도날드 #홍콩한정 #버거 #햄버거 #홍콩먹스타그램 #맛스타그램 #吃貨日常 #某天被我吃掉的食物們 #어느날내가먹었던음식들 #HKFOODIE #FOODIEHK

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The Cookie & Milk Tea McFlurry ice cream:

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挺!鋒!霆鋒!這鋒味真不錯👍🏼 抵比多$個半😋Loving it! #鋒味

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The Siew Mei-flavoured Shake Shake Fries

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#chefnic

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If you're heading to Hong Kong anytime soon, this will probably be the closest you'll ever get to Tse. Enjoy!

Top images via McDonald's Hong Kong.