Hong Kong has a love-hate relationship with coriander so intense it has its own name — “香菜黨” versus “反香菜聯盟” — and KFC Hong Kong has decided to drag that debate straight into dessert. From Thursday, July 16, its classic Portuguese-style egg tart gets folded with fresh coriander in the custard and topped with crushed Doritos coriander-flavour tortilla chips. Yes, really.
What’s in the tart
The 脆片爆茜葡撻 (Crispy Coriander Egg Tart) starts life as KFC’s familiar flaky-crust custard tart, but the filling is streaked with real coriander before baking, and the top is finished with a scatter of crushed Doritos in that unmistakable green-flecked coriander flavour. KFC’s own pitch is sweet, savoury, crispy and soft all in one bite — essentially asking the custard tart to double as a snack bowl.
The taste test
We went in ready to hate it, because that’s the whole point of coriander in Hong Kong. The verdict is more nuanced than a dare. The coriander in the custard is subtle — it reads more as a herbal, slightly grassy back-note than a mouthful of raw leaf, and the egg custard’s sweetness mostly wins the fight. The real character comes from the Doritos on top: that corn-chip crunch against the tart’s already-flaky pastry is genuinely fun texturally, even if the coriander-dust flavour on the chips is sharper and more polarising than what’s baked inside. Committed coriander-haters will likely still clock it and wince; coriander-neutral eaters may find it more novelty snack than genuine flavour breakthrough. It’s not a top-tier KFC HK tart, but it is a legitimately entertaining one — and it photographs like nothing else on the counter right now.
The deal-hunter’s box
Pricing starts at HK$14.5 for a single tart, with a meal upgrade for an extra HK$5, or HK$68 for a box of six. Buy a six-piece coriander box, or a mixed box of three coriander plus three classic tarts, and KFC throws in a free 102g pack of Doritos coriander-flavour chips while stocks last — essentially letting you taste the topping on its own to decide which camp you’re in. There’s also a supermarket hack: from July 16 to 29, bring in a receipt showing you bought Doritos chips and get HK$4 off a single coriander egg tart.
Where to get it
The tart is rolling out at KFC branches across Hong Kong and Macau, with a handful of exceptions: AsiaWorld-Expo, Stanley Plaza, Festival Walk, Kai Tak Retail Pavilion, and the Chi Fu / Siu Sai Wan Plaza branches are sitting this one out. It’s dine-in and takeaway only — no delivery, so this is a full pilgrimage, not a doorstep tap.
The rest of the summer drop
Coriander isn’t flying solo. KFC is leaning into a Thai-inflected summer lineup alongside it, headlined by a Thai Green Curry Chicken Steak Rice Bowl, with sets from HK$35 (HK$41 for the twin-chicken version). Families get their own hook too: from July 17, buying a U2 Kids Fun Meal earns a coupon for 30 minutes’ extra play at Kiztopia or Jumptopia, part of a new KFC x Kiztopia tie-in — useful ammunition for parents trying to buy themselves ten more minutes of lunch.
Why this tracks
Hong Kong’s KFC has form for stunt tarts. There was the D24 durian egg tart that leaned into the fruit’s famously divisive funk, and the bubble-tea pearl egg tart that turned the custard into a chewy dessert-drink mashup. Coriander is arguably the boldest swing yet, precisely because the herb needs no introduction here — it’s the ingredient locals already argue about at every congee stall and fishball cart. Whether you’re queuing up to prove your loyalty to the herb or ordering one purely to film your own reaction, this is a limited-run item that rewards moving fast: while stocks last really does mean while stocks last.
The details: From July 16, at KFC branches across Hong Kong and Macau (excluding AsiaWorld-Expo, Stanley Plaza, Festival Walk, Kai Tak Retail Pavilion, and Chi Fu/Siu Sai Wan Plaza). From HK$14.5 per tart, HK$68 for a box of six; dine-in and takeaway only. Free Doritos coriander chips with qualifying boxes, and HK$4 off with a Doritos receipt through July 29.
