ABC apparently stands for A Better Cooking Kitchen, in Sheung Wan’s Queens Street wet market. It is run by two former staff who previously worked at M at the Fringe. I thought it was rather odd to have an Italian restaurant in the wet market, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Soft shell crab was superb. It was served with gherkin and lemon, the soft shell crab was lightly battered and perfectly fried. It was deliciously rich and meaty.
La bouillabaisse was particularly good, it wasn’t fishy but it was full of flavour, creamy and not too rich. Generous serving of seafood, enough for the four of us.
Pasta Carbonara was deliciously creamy, served with generous amounts of bacon. I dare not think how much cream was put into this dish, as my pasta carbonara is never THIS creamy! It was scrumptiously good!
The Pizza – margarita pizza – tomato, cheese, and herbs on a thin crust pizza, was good but nothing special.
We started with spring chicken roll stuffed with goat cheese and spinach, which we shared this between the 7 of us. The chicken was superb, tender, moist and succulent.
The tuna steak was good but it was a little dry for my liking. Some parts were rare, but most were slightly overcooked, which was a shame. If it was rarer I think I may have enjoyed this dish as it was crusted and full of flavour.
The suckling pig was cut into pieces and served in separate plates for us. At first I thought that it was a ‘small’ pig, however, it was more than enough for the seven of us. The suckling pig was cooked Portuguese style, the skin was crispy and crackly (the way I like it) and the meat tender and succulent. I have to admit though, not all parts of the meat was tender and succulent. I had two pieces, the first was incredibly tender but the second less so, it was a little hard. Unfortunately the consistency of the tenderness was not throughout but the crispiness of the skin was consistent. I thoroughly enjoyed it but I have to admit, M’s suckling pig was definitely better. I can still remember the texture and the flavour and the tenderness of the meat. It was THAT good. ABC’s version was good but I still believe that M’s is infinitely better.
Seafood Paella, if you are disgusted at how much we ate, you should be! I still am! I was getting full by this stage; but had to try the seafood paella. It was different to what I expected; the saffron rice was more watery and moist than I have had it. The seafood was delicious and cooked to perfection, however, I believe the overall dish was so so. I have had better elsewhere.
Lastly, dessert, we got a tray of all the five that was on offer. Crème brulee, banana banoffee pie, chocolate puff, souffle and mousse.
I believe we tried almost every single thing on the menu except for a couple of entrées and mains. I am still rather disgusted at how much we ate, but it was deliciously scrumptious and good. I thoroughly enjoyed the suckling pig the most. The service was as good as you can expect from a wet market, and the ambience, casual and loud (we were probably the loudest table) and quite reasonable for the amount of food we ate.
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