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2009-06-27
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Now that I have found a stable source for my 余均益, I am even more motivated to find great fish balls 魚蛋 in the city. To me 魚蛋 is even more local than wontons, as it is also impossible to find artisanal fresh made fish balls in other countries. At 陳興發, they do exactly that, bringing artisanal fish products to Hong Kong locals every day.While 陳興發 offers dishes ranging from your typical 茶餐廳 A B C meals to stir fries and Hong Kong styled milk tea, my main focus is clearing the fish balls and related
Now that I have found a stable source for my 余均益, I am even more motivated to find great fish balls 魚蛋 in the city. To me 魚蛋 is even more local than wontons, as it is also impossible to find artisanal fresh made fish balls in other countries. At 陳興發, they do exactly that, bringing artisanal fish products to Hong Kong locals every day.
While 陳興發 offers dishes ranging from your typical 茶餐廳 A B C meals to stir fries and Hong Kong styled milk tea, my main focus is clearing the fish balls and related products. A few treasures 寶物 that I found at 陳興發 include:
寶物1: 鮮魚皮餃! 新鮮美味!
This is a signature item of 陳興發 and after tasting it I can clearly understand why. All the 魚皮餃 at 陳興發 are hand-made daily to guarantee freshness. Unlike the 魚皮餃 with thick and coarse fish dumpling skins at 潮苑, the thickness of these dumpling skins is just right and becomes semi-translucent after boiled. Underneath the cooked fish dumpling skins one could see the hidden pinkish pork meat like the cheeks of a princess. Taking a bite into a 魚皮餃, the skin is chewy and smooth 煙韌滑溜, with a mild fish aroma. Then I sense the sweet and hot juice of the pork meat bursting into my mouth (肉汁熱燙鮮甜), a result of fresh minced pork with sufficient fat. Oh, I think I taste roasted dice fish powder (大地魚末)! The mix of fish, pork, and roasted nutty flavors all harmonize into a comforting simple pleasure!
I later confirmed 大地魚末 is indeed added, as well as 麻蝦粒! In addition, the fish must be roasted to give such strong aroma (大地魚要熱爐焗增加香味!). This is why I said these are artisanal skills that you can’t replicate by others, here or overseas!
寶物2: 新鮮魚蛋
Although the fish balls here are not hand-squeezed (手唧) like the ones at 潮苑, the texture remains quite bouncy and fluffy simultaneously (爽彈鬆軟). They are not as airy and smooth as the ones at 元合 but stronger in fish flavor with less “sweetness” (魚味較元合濃但鮮甜味較薄弱). In fact I will consider the fish balls at 陳興發 to be right in the middle of 元合 and 潮苑 in terms characteristics like density, bounciness, fish flavor, sweetness, smoothness, and absorbance of broth. If you don’t want to go to the extreme, these fish balls will be perfect for you.
寶物3: 鮮魚紮
There aren’t that many stores to serve 魚紮 nowadays, let alone make them in-house. Like 魚皮餃at 陳興發, 鮮魚紮 are hand-made daily from scratch by first making the fish “ribbons” outside, and then rolling the ingredients of minced pork, juliennes of carrots, shitake mushrooms, Chinese celery (唐芹) to form a little “bundle”. It’s an interesting texture with the soft fish noodles contrasting with the crunchy vegetables inside. But flavorwise it is a bit weak with almost indiscernible meat and fish flavor. I think I would have really enjoyed it if I am a veggie lover. While I am happy that I have experienced this once, I probably won’t order it again.
The service is extremely nice, and the staff even provided the toppings like scallions and fried garlic for me to take home. I have since learnt that their other treasures include their fried fish skins (炸魚皮) using salmon skins, 魚麵, and 墨魚丸, and I will surely try them out when I get my 魚皮餃 next time.
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