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2019-05-02
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On the narrow street lane of Wanchai Road, I noticed a small but thoughtfully decorated takeaway shop with only a few menu choices. The strange shop name in Chinese made no sense at first glance. I believe a small menu is a sign of good food as local eateries tend to offer wide menu choices at the expense of quality. The shop offered soy sauce chicken and pork belly served with a few carbo staples like rice, noodles dusted with shrimp roes and sandwich bread. Daily homemade soup and oden-style b
On the narrow street lane of Wanchai Road, I noticed a small but thoughtfully decorated takeaway shop with only a few menu choices. The strange shop name in Chinese made no sense at first glance. I believe a small menu is a sign of good food as local eateries tend to offer wide menu choices at the expense of quality. The shop offered soy sauce chicken and pork belly served with a few carbo staples like rice, noodles dusted with shrimp roes and sandwich bread. Daily homemade soup and oden-style boiled dish sold by piece are also available.
We order the soy sauce deboned chicken rice, boiled preserved fish belly and fish tofu in oden style. The soy sauce chicken looked really delectable and mouth-watering. The glossy brown chicken skin was well-cooked and fully caramelized. It would be a shame for any weight watcher to refrain from eating up all the skin. A few pickled white tulip cubes served to balance the greasy and rich meat and sauce, not a good match though. The homemade oden was prepared with heart and worth the price on the up side. Dried fish belly and fish tofu fully absorbed the smooth and flavorful broth. The fish tofu also has a rarely found wholesome fish taste.
Towards finishing, I started to be overwhelmed by the oily soy sauce gathered at the bottom of the rice bowl. Hot tea is really needed to complete the meal. Though we didn’t order the homemade soup, I noticed a generous heap of ingredients was dished up towards the end of the business hour.
The Chinese name “Yeung Ying Po” just takes one of the characters of the two partner’s name while “Po” means shop. The shop is a rare find worth-trying that values homemade dishes and even homely business hours closing at 8pm and Mondays off, and we happened to notice a family gathering at the closed shop later too.
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