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2022-10-25
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The new Yue Man Square is a new shopping center in Kwun Tong, offering something else other than APM. And as any new shopping center, we decided to explore what there was to eat. 千歲擔擔麪 (English name: Longevity Dan Dan Noodles) was something that gave us pause. An offshoot restaurant of 詠藜園 (English name: Wing Lai Yuen), a restaurant that has been here for over 70 years that is famous for their dan dan noodles. My father used to talk about this place when it was located in Diamond Hill. It's s
Menu is in Chinese only. There is no English and you pay on your way out. What they serve is Shanghainese classics. We also noted that prices were a bit more inexpensive than Wing Lai Yuen.
Since the parent restaurant is well known for dan dan noodles, we decided to try out this place and ordered the Classic Dan Dan Noodles ($39). They do have other versions like nonspicy and even Sichuan mala spicy. But we stuck with the original classic. The noodles were long and chewy, clinging to the soup well. The soup was spicy in levels. Not too spicy at first but then it slowly grows with nutty hints of peanuts. There are bits of mince pork and peanut crumbs found throughout. Portion size was also surprisingly large. It was enough to share for such a low price.
We also ordered Xiao Long Bao ($48) which came in a steam basket of four. The skin was thin and delicate but still able to hold everything together without tearing. The soup was savory and so much. The pork meat was juicy.
Claypot Wonton Chicken Soup ($148 for half a chicken) was a classic. The rich flavoured soup was bubbling hot and served in a claypot. Lots of Chinese cabbage was found and wonderfully soaked up the soup flavour.
We ordered half a chicken and it was so tender, the meat fell off the bone easily. It was still seasoned and the meat juicy despite being cooked in the soup.
A number of wontons were found and large in size. The skin was thin and the pork meat was seasoned well.
My father always ordered mantou instead of rice whenever we had Shanghainese food and so we ordered a Fried Silver Threads Mantou ($36). Very crispy and soft, it came with condensed milk for dipping. But what I found interesting is that the threads are yellow in color? Usually it's white. It oddly made it look prettier but tasted the same as the regular ones.
The sister branch seems to be more reasonably priced with portions that were more than generous without holding back on the quality. Food is still as delicious as their parent company. It's also a lot more convenient to go to so we'll be back.
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