雲陽閣 (已搬遷) 新店位置

Item: 雲陽閣
Rating: 4
Author: 为食猫QQ

Yunyan Sichuan Restaurant

此店已改名為雲陽

118 食记

味道

环境

服务

卫生

抵食

937

尖沙咀

$101-200

川菜 (四川) 中菜馆

为食猫QQ

等级4

162

Every now and then we have friends coming from overseas for a visit - and this time a couple from US wanted to try "something spicy", namely Sichuan food; so without much hesistation we decided to take them to this place. Known for its authentic Sichuan dishes, and already a favourite among locals for years, this place has certainly gained a lot in popularity recently, due in no small part to its listing in the local Michelin guide as a "Bib Gourmand" i.e. restaurants where good food are offered

The signature beef slices (灯影牛肉) were very nice, being sweet and spicy, with a delicate and cripsy texture - still amongst the best in Hong Kong that we had tried before

. The poached fish with fried beans (豆酥桂鱼) was also exquisitely done, with the fresh fish slices cooked just right and very tender in texture, contrasting nicely with the texture of the fried beans - again, we could not recall having tried any better version of the dish before

The stir-fried green beans (抄四季豆) was not too oily and had a dry texture, and was a cut better than those "soggy" versions commonly served at other local restaurants; it would have been even better if the chef could cut back a little bit on the salt seasoning. The chicken with chillis (干煎鸡, probably a different version of 重庆辣子鸡) had a very impressive appearance, with loads of dried red pepper, and taste-wise was similarly awesome with the loads of peppercorns giving it a truly "numbing" and hot flavour

The bitter gourd and meat (回锅肉) was rather special as they used bitter gourd in the dish, but that was fine as we are great fans of bitter gourd

The taste of the dish was thus a blend of bitterness and spiciness, which was very well balanced; and the meat was also cut nicely into thin slices, with a tender texture - much to our surprise, even our friends from overseas enjoyed this dish a lot

On the other hand, the Dan Dan noodles (担担面) was a bit of let down, for although the texture of the noodle was ok, the soup was rather lacking in flavour, having neither a strong peanut flavour nor spiciness, which was not as good as the versions we had tried elsewhere

Though we were already very full at this stage, we also tried some desserts: both the tiny dumplings in wine sauce (酒镶丸子) and the banana toffee (拔丝香蕉) were very fine. Overall a very satisfactory meal in terms of the food; service was less impressive, as we noticed that very often we had to search hard for the wait staff to place our orders, and our plates were changed rather infrequently during the meal. But we would very much agree with the Michelin assessors on their comment of this place "... .... the quality of the food - and the pricing - sets it apart."