天香樓

营业中

休息中

Item: 天香樓
Rating: 4
Author: cream26

Tin Heung Lau

3.5

114 食记

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9255

尖沙咀

$401-800

江浙菜山珍海味大闸蟹中菜馆

cream26

等级4

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While it may not be the crab season as yet, I can never say no to dinners organised by the Professional Food Critic, particularly at establishments like this that serves the regulars ‘differently’, where you would get impeccable service and traditional Hangzhou cuisine at its best. For me, the evening was a mix of hits and misses. Particularly impressive dishes that are most likely not available elsewhere in HK in terms of quality and authenticity are the Wok Fried River Shrimps with Longjing Tea (龙井虾仁), Deep fried Beancurd Rolls (炸响铃), Deep Fried Eel (生爆鳝背) and Watershield Fish Balls Soup (莼菜鱼丸汤). Totally blown away by the freshness of the ingredients, flavour combination and skills presented in these dishes. I have never had river shrimps as big and bouncy as this, laced with a tinge of Longjing tea fragrance.

The deep fried beancurd rolls were out of this world. Not only were they crunchy (脆) and in thoughtful bite sizes, they were straight out of the oven kind of delicately crispy (酥脆). Professional Food Critic explained the crispiness came from the light layer of lard in each sheets of beancurd.

The 50-year old Shaoxing wine was also addictively sweet and viscous that I kept asking for refills. The showstopper Beggars Chicken (富贵鸡/叫化鸡）and the Smoked Yellow Croaker (烟熏大黄鱼) were fairly executed. The chicken was a minute late out of the steamer. Overall a delightful meal and would return with a regular.