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2010-12-12
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Today is a good day to eat cheap and eat out. Have been spending too much on Starbucks. And gotta move my fat self away from campus, and do the minimal amount of exercise needed to keep me alive. Oh my. So little exercise. Walked around 7 minutes to this small, old restaurant, and ordered what I came for.It was lunch-hour: lots of students from SSGC coming for lunch coz it's super cheap and the food is excellent. They probably order take-away. School's just 2 minutes away. Food: I had a $24 Beef
Walked around 7 minutes to this small, old restaurant, and ordered what I came for.
It was lunch-hour: lots of students from SSGC coming for lunch coz it's super cheap and the food is excellent. They probably order take-away. School's just 2 minutes away.
Food:
I had a $24 Beef Brisket + Beef ball w/ Hor fun. Pretty economical
You can see that portions aren't large at all. A guy would need about 2 of these bowls to be truly satisfied. So, at $24, it's not exactly what I'd call cheap but around these parts this price is acceptable. Plus there aren't many stores serving up proper, authentic beef brisket in good broth in the mid-levels. Beef brisket itself was flavorful, tender and the structure was quite interesting. The lean meat and cartilage/collagen? came in alternate layers. Not sure which part of the cow that came from, but it was not fat at all, and gooey (in a good way). I prefer more meat, less collagen. Coz I like the flavour that goes into the meaty parts.
Beef balls were average. Had better ones elsewhere (in Wanchai). These were a bit hard, and weren't savory enough. I think they were also a bit small. Petite - is characteristic of this restaurant! In fact that restaurant itself is super small. you could fit at most 25 diners inside the cramped space.
Service:
The shopkeeper and most probably owner is nice.
Conclusion:
Will definitely come back again in near future. Good value for money.
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