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2010-07-02
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This shop is located very close to 祥記麵家, and also sells hand made 竹升麵 with Prawn Roes, amongst other things....!Anyway, I've been to 祥記麵家 twice, the 2dn time again just back in April 2010 - so this time in June 2010, I decided to give my quota to this little known shop to compare, even though it has also received some Macanese and HK media coverage as evident from its front window!************************雲吞蝦籽撈麵 -- The bad news 1st! The wonton's here have a very melty and thin skin, it wasn't
Anyway, I've been to 祥記麵家 twice, the 2dn time again just back in April 2010 - so this time in June 2010, I decided to give my quota to this little known shop to compare, even though it has also received some Macanese and HK media coverage as evident from its front window!
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雲吞蝦籽撈麵 -
- The bad news 1st! The wonton's here have a very melty and thin skin, it wasn't very good and doesn't make passing grade! No wonder it has very little customers. The fillings of prawns & pork was ok though.
- The good news? The Prawn Roes here might not be the best there is out there, but at least it has some taste, unlike 劉什記 or 祥記麵家 (the latter which serves rubbish grade 蝦籽, I have no idea how it managed to bluff its way into the Michelin Guide - wait for my re-review of that shop soon, and you'll understand why I take such a hardcore stance against it!! ) The noodles here meanwhile are ok acceptable in fact, it has noodles taste but were over-boiled. Not as good as places like 六記 or 祥記麵家, but its more than edible! At least its hand-made!
魷魚蝦籽撈麵 -
The squid served here seems slightly rubbery, although I over-saw the shop owner's son cutting them up with meticulous care. The prawn-roes and noodles is goodish, but their wontons and squid are what really lets it down!
湯 -
The more I eat out at noodles shops in HK and Macau, the more I'm beginning to understand the trend - finally!!! You see, a lot of the cheaper Chiu Chow or Cantonese style shops, tend to serve a very protein-like tasting soup, much like a French Fumet.... made with discarded fish bones, fish heads and eye-balls, which lends it that special fattish but fishy soup taste! Otherwise, other cheaper shops make theirs using mostly Prawn Shells and MSG taste. Whereas, the Top End Wonton or Noodles shops, as is expected nowadays, tend to serve soups made more with Toasted Flounder or Halibut (方魚), also Pork Bones, Chicken as well as some Roasted Prawn Shells and Prawn Roes (thx to Samurai to pointing that out! ), plus other proprietary Medicinal Herbs! The soup here is more of the fish protein type style, but it also has a slightly flounders and pork bones taste, but not much. It doesn't even have Chives in the soup to give it that extra depth though.
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- I THINK THE PRAWN ROE NOODLES HERE ARE DEFINITELY EDIBLE. A HIGH '3' to LOW '4'! ITS RECOMMENDABLE IF YOU CAN'T WAIT! THE BELOW REVIEWER IS NOT WRONG TO SAY ITS ACTUALLY OK-GOOD AT ALL!
- THE OTHER STUFF THOUGH, WERE DISAPPOINTING, MORE IN THE 2-3's RANGE.
- WORTH A TRY DEFINITELY, CONSIDERING IT IS HALF THE PRICE OF 祥記麵家 BUT CARRIES A SLIGHTLY BETTER PRAWN ROE!
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