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2020-04-05
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We finally got to try Kintaro Lab, a new restaurant in Tai Kok Tsui serving authentic himokawa udon, on our third attempt. Dinner hours are from 6-9PM, and the queue got cut off at around 7:30PM with the waitress handing a card to the last person in line. Luckily, we arrived a little earlier at 7:15PM, and waited about 90 minutes for maybe 10 tables in front of us. The waitress was very nice, acknowledging our long wait by serving us hot tea once we sat down.Although the menu is quite limited in
Although the menu is quite limited in terms of variety, there are 3 types of himokawa udon you can choose from:
(1) Tsuke Himokawa (hot): like tsukemen, you dip the cold udon noodles into a separate bowl of hot broth
(2) Tsuke Himokawa (cold): similar as above, but you dip into cold sauces
(3) Himokawa udon (hot): the udon is served in hot soup
Curry Nanban Tsuke Himokawa Udon
$86
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So you might be wondering: what exactly is himokawa udon?
Himokawa is a kind of udon noodles that are like a piece of paper - thin yet wide. Due to the large size and slippery texture,the struggle is real when using chopsticks!
Curry Nanban Tsuke Himokawa Udon
$86
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We got the Curry Nanban Tsuke Himokawa Udon, which had 7 sheets of chewy and elastic udon. The rich Japanese-style curry was not spicy while the chicken chunks were tender. The only thing is that the cold udon made the hot curry broth cool very quickly (especially under the blasting AC), so be sure to eat quickly if you don’t want to eat cold noodles.
Chicken Himokawa Udon
$75
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We also ordered the Chicken Himokawa Udon, which had a flavorful shoyu (soy sauce) chicken broth, and came with chicken and eggplants.
Tempura
$59
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As the two udons were quite limited in terms of ingredients, we got the tempura as a side dish. It came with some salt to dip in, which added some seasoning to the shrimp, pumpkin, carrot, mushroom and eggplant. I quite liked the fact that the crispy tempura was not coated in layers of batter, nor was it super oily.
Food-wise, the only downside is that the portion was not super fulfilling, and you may need to go somewhere else for dessert afterwards, which we heard a couple say when they left the restaurant.
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