I can't believe the first post in this thread. IMHO typical Western style Chinese food by chefs who do not really know what they are doing is a mere shadow of the real thing - I would almost go as far as to say crap! In Australia (particularly 10 or more years ago) this was
sweet and sour pork
spring rolls
prawn crackers
prawn toast
fried or steamed dim sims
fried rice
banana fritters
fried ice cream.
OK I take it back - I quite miss dim sims (the big ones with unidentifyable content) and fried ice cream! And I don't mind fried rice. Wonder if you can get fried ice cream in HK.. mmm
For "real", yummy Cantonese Chinese food yum cha (or 'dim sum') cannot be beat, I think.. I also think for the most part authentic Cantonese food is relatively healthy - a lot of it is not fried, but steamed. For some reason a lot of the Western style stuff is fried.