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2011-09-19
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My brother and I decided to try this Burmese restaurant all the way in Cheung Sha Wan, just cuz. When we got to Cheung Sha Wan, we walked around a block b4 discovering it. It is very small, can probably only seat 10 ppl at the max. The service was excellent. Probably due to the fact that the waitresses knew we came from far away. They would even cut up some of the noodles, since they knew we wanted to share. Good service is when we ask for something. Great service is when they go beyond the requ
The service was excellent. Probably due to the fact that the waitresses knew we came from far away. They would even cut up some of the noodles, since they knew we wanted to share. Good service is when we ask for something. Great service is when they go beyond the requests by instinct.
The first dish was the Mohinga or 魚湯粉, was delightful. The noodles along with banana stem in fish stock. The national dish of Burma had a soup that compelled me to finish drinking it, when most cheap restaurants would only make me stomach the noodles. The actual dish in Burma would have consisted of fritters and fish cake. But the restaurant made-do with bits of dough sticks of "you tew". The poster at the restaurant insists that this dish is good for the circulation, and we cannot argue.
The second dish was the Seejet khao swè or 馬拉盞撈麵. To be frank, even though this dish is a unique dish of the Chinese Burmese population, it tasted exactly like what you think dried soy-sauced wheat noodles would taste like. Dried soy-sauce wheat noodles.
The third dish was the "Burmese chicken". However, the Burmese chicken was about as Burmese as curry you make at home. The only difference was that it had bread for dipping instead of rice. btw, most of the other dishes were also essentially Chinese.
On the whole, I definitely think that it is worth it for the intrepid to make the trip here, to try something unique in Hong Kong. It is a symbol that poor immigrant communities bring some of the most interesting restaurants. Other poor immigrant areas, like Tsim Sha Tsui (Indians and Nepalese), North Point (Fujianese, Chiu Chow) and Kowloon City (Thai). In this case while the restaurant workers were all Hong Kongers the boss is a Chinese-Burmese that recently emigrated from Macau. and did I mention that it was only 88 dollars for a meal that really does fill you up. Another bonus of this restaurant is that the golf range is only a 10 minute walk away.
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