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2015-02-23
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Waking up after my night shift on the fourth day of Chinese New Year, my usual favorite post night shift eatery was closed for the holidays. As I really need a drink of ice lemon tea, I chose this cha chan teng that wasn't Tsui Wah and Tai Hing.Place was clean and tidy. The menu had some interesting items I had never seen before in other cha chan tengs. Things like naan and curry sets and laksa. And Chinese desserts! Yes, it had the usual cha chan teng items but these were different to me. They
Place was clean and tidy. The menu had some interesting items I had never seen before in other cha chan tengs. Things like naan and curry sets and laksa. And Chinese desserts! Yes, it had the usual cha chan teng items but these were different to me. They even had kaya French toast instead of the usual peanut butter variety. But as it was late in the afternoon, I just wanted something light.
Ice lemon tea ($8 with food order). It was ok. Not bad. Nice and icy without too much ice. Tea was strong enough. It cured my post night shift grogginess.
Vermicelli noodles with fish ball, fish cake and spinach and pork dumpling ($33). Noodles were chewy enough. Soup was rather bland. I guess they didn't over drown with MSG? Fish ball and fish cake were ok. Nothing to write home about. It was a pretty weak bowl of noodles.
But what made this review an ok instead of an unhappy face is the dumpling. The spinach and pork dumpling was excellent. The dumpling was packed with spinach, pork and shrimp. It was moist and juicy. Dumpling skin was thin. Excellent dumpling!
Will return and try other items like the dessert and the items not usually found in other cha chan tengs. Person across from me was eating the udon with teriyaki chicken and it looked ok. A good alternative to the gazillon Tsui Wah restaurants in Causeway Bay.
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