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2012-03-21
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When I said I would meet a friend for dinner in Tung Chung I never thought it would end up being a hotpot dinner! Life’s funny like that. Serendipitous I would call it. (nom nom) Tao Heung as it turns out is a chain of restaurants in HK specialising in Cantonese cuisine, dim sum and hotpot!Pros•For a Wednesday night it was relatively busy but it still felt pretty relaxed and lacked the frenzy of similar establishments. A generous window seat for four gave the two of us room to maneuver and cook
Pros
•For a Wednesday night it was relatively busy but it still felt pretty relaxed and lacked the frenzy of similar establishments. A generous window seat for four gave the two of us room to maneuver and cook easily. There was a family to one side and another couple to the other but we hardly noticed them.
•The staff were very friendly and helpful. They explained the specials, told us what wasn’t in season and were pretty attentive throughout.
•The menu was BILLINGUAL! Always a plus in my books meaning we could happily order whatever we fancied rather than what morsels we could muster. Tell a lie – my dining companion is fluent in Cantonese, but what I’m saying is a non-Cantonese speaking person could happily have ordered here.
•Beautifully crafted dumplings – ‘gau choi gau’ – tasted pretty good too!
•After 9pm – most items drop in price by 50%.
Cons
•The soup – unfortunately not their strong point. We asked for a yin yeung – half pork bone/winter melon (came with CORN!) half má là. Both very watery and lacking in substance. The má là wasn’t even oily! The pork bones gray and dirty looking – we took them straight out.
•The beef – we ordered the ‘premium US beef’ (the best I could see on the menu) but at $48 per order I shouldn’t have held out much hope. It was fine but only consisted of about 8 very thin slices.
•Worked out more expensive than I was expecting. I know hotpot for two is seldom economical but $500 for 1 plate of beef, 1 plate of dumplings, tofu, veggies, mushrooms, noodles etc seemed steep at the end of it.
Would I go again – sure – it was easy and pleasant and if I were in Tung Chung again and in need of dinner I would certainly head back.
张贴
