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Item: Tin Heung Lau
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Author: cream26

Tin Heung Lau

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9155

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$401-800

Jiang-Zhe Fine Dried Seafood Shanghai Hairy Crab Stir-Fry

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While it may not be the crab season as yet, I can never say no to dinners organised by the Professional Food Critic, particularly at establishments like this that serves the regulars ‘differently’, where you would get impeccable service and traditional Hangzhou cuisine at its best. For me, the evening was a mix of hits and misses. Particularly impressive dishes that are most likely not available elsewhere in HK in terms of quality and authenticity are the Wok Fried River Shrimps with Longjing Tea (龍井蝦仁), Deep fried Beancurd Rolls (炸響鈴), Deep Fried Eel (生爆鱔背) and Watershield Fish Balls Soup (蒓菜魚丸湯). Totally blown away by the freshness of the ingredients, flavour combination and skills presented in these dishes. I have never had river shrimps as big and bouncy as this, laced with a tinge of Longjing tea fragrance.

The deep fried beancurd rolls were out of this world. Not only were they crunchy (脆) and in thoughtful bite sizes, they were straight out of the oven kind of delicately crispy (酥脆). Professional Food Critic explained the crispiness came from the light layer of lard in each sheets of beancurd.

The 50-year old Shaoxing wine was also addictively sweet and viscous that I kept asking for refills. The showstopper Beggars Chicken (富貴雞/叫化雞）and the Smoked Yellow Croaker (煙燻大黃魚) were fairly executed. The chicken was a minute late out of the steamer. Overall a delightful meal and would return with a regular.