紹華小廚

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Item: 紹華小廚
Rating: 4
Author: christychinam

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10617

Shau Kei Wan

$51-100

Hong Kong Style Stir-Fry Cooked Food Center

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Recommended by my dear friend, an hidden underrated restaurant in the market, we spent our weekend dinner here. We purposely arrived at sharp 6pm when they just opened, so we needed not to wait.

Menu served both traditional and fusion options of clay pot rice and traditional dai pai dong stir fry. Price was pretty economical especially adding on ice drinks only charged extra hkd5. We made our order via QR code.

Daily soup was served but personally not my cup of tea because of the very strong umami flavour.

Deep fried tofu was my all time favourite. Without any disappointment, it came with golden yellow colour. The fragrant smell was promising. Be aware of the first bite because of the explosion moisture locked in. Crispy well seasoned coating while soft moist tofu internally. Mountain of crispy garlic and chilli were loaded on all the tofu cubes. It was absolutely a savoury and drooling dish.

Sweet and sour pork was my friend's favourite. The eye catching colour was assuring. Smell tangy. Pork rib coating was slight thick, glad it kept crunchy. Love how the reduced vinegar gave the sticky texture while the sweetness from the onion, pineapple and bell peppers remained.

Mixed veggies in broth was a light and cleansing dish compared the rest. Chinese kale remained crunchy and bright green. Cooked perfectly. Mushroom pieces and soy curd were topped. Great to clean the palate after all the strong flavour dishes.

Fried fish fillet with Aubergine and mince in clay pot was highly recommended by my friend. Recalling his last visit, the guests sitting behind ordered this dish with an incredible flavourful smell while the sizzling sauce literally splashed to his back. He literally drooled because of the dish serving behind. This time, as expected the sizzling sauce was all over the receipt placing beside. It smelled incredible! Aubergine was so soft that melted in mouth. It absorbed all the sauce which almost burnt your tongue even winded awhile. Fish fillet was crunchy and moist. Easily tear apart. Coated so well with the sauce! Every bite was a thick bite! Very satiating! Highly recommended and so well to serve with rice.

Coming to the main characters, the two clay pot rice, runny egg minced and crispy garlic beef chuck.
Staff was nicely helping to drizzle the dark soy sauce while friendly reminding to cover the lid for another 3 minutes for the crispy rice bottom. I always love adding egg or selecting egg option for clay pot rice. Love the additional clay pot aroma with the eggy flavour. Just like an additional earthy flavour to the egg fried rice. Beef mince wasn't a lot but just enough to give the additional nibble texture in every bite. Soft and tender but none of the mince was the chewy tendon part. Well done.
For the crispy garlic beef chuck, it was indeed a surprise. This fusion combo was actually working. Tender beef chuck wasnt chewy at all. Beef and garlic as usual perfect combination. With addition Chinese liver sausage, enhanced so well the aroma and rice flavour. And of course, with the crispy rice bottom which absorbed all the concentrations from the ingredients was crunchy and smoky. Lightly charred but didn't taste burnt. Both clay pot rice were so so so delicious. Even already feeling stuffed, I kept eating nonstop.

Whole dining experience felt like back in the old days, eating in dai pai dong. Not just the atmosphere, the staff characters so as the food quality. I will definitely come back trying out more of their clay pot rice so as their stir fry.