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2022-08-21
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Sham Chai Kee is a wonton noodle shop located in the Tsim Sha Tsui area and apparently has several others throughout Hong Kong. Making noodles since 1982 it said on the menu. But then they decided to branch out and create a cha chaan teng called 深仔記茶餐廳 (English name: Shan Chai Kee). As it was hot out and I was hungry, we decided to just eat here as it seemed quite busy. The place was full with no empty tables at all. Seats filled quickly. It looked like a good sign.Menu is Chinese only. Th
Menu is Chinese only. There is no English and no 10% service charge. You pay on your way out. When we were there they had the afternoon tea menu available. This included wonton noodle selection. But glancing around, we noticed no one was eating wonton noodles. Everyone was ordering regular cha chaan teng items. We followed the crowd.
Boyfriend ordered the fried noodle with black pepper beef ($48). The photo was served on a hot iron plate and it came out exactly as such. This was surprising as we assumed it would just be for show. But no! It wasn't! It smelled fantastic as it came out from the kitchen. Tasted quite good. The noodles were not over done. There wasn't so much pepper that you choked. Plenty of beef that was not chewy as well.
I had the soysauce chicken thigh with salad ($40). What was surprising is they gave me two types of salad: the lettuce and tomatoes one and the Hong Kong style fruit salad. The chicken thigh was deeply marinaded and not dried out. The meat was still juicy.
Food here was quite good. Portions were decent as well with a fair price. No wonder it was so popular. Will be back.
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