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2011-01-14
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I had my first experience eating 酸辣粉 in Hong Kong at Yu in Causeway Bay. I thought it was pretty good considering there wasn't many of these shops around and hence little competition.Yesterday I noticed around my work area that a branch had opened up. Like sequels to good movies, I'm very skeptical of branches of the main shop when it comes to food. But I decided to try it anyway. To my pleasant surprice, the quality and taste were very similar to the original shop in Causeway Bay. Now I kn
Yesterday I noticed around my work area that a branch had opened up. Like sequels to good movies, I'm very skeptical of branches of the main shop when it comes to food. But I decided to try it anyway. To my pleasant surprice, the quality and taste were very similar to the original shop in Causeway Bay.
Now I know you can get much cheaper 酸辣粉 elsewhere, but in Central where the rents are expensive, I thought $20 for a bowl of good noodles was reasonable.
The noodles were cooked just right, not too mushy and not too hard. Unlike another shop on Jervois street that also serves 酸辣粉, this place really knows how to cook the yam noodles. You have a choice of various spicy levels and I chose 中辣。The broth is very rich in spices and on first taste, it didn't taste too spicy....until you have a few more mouthfuls and then the spiciness kicks in. My tongue and lips were pleasantly numb afterwards, which is the correct effects of a properly made 痲辣 base.
As for sides, I chose the 口水雞。They pretty much deboned the chicken but you still have to watch out for the bones. Fortunately, it's also spicy enough that you can't chow it down and choke on a bone. The taste was similar to other 四川 restaurants, so not bad at all. The portion is enough for a lady but probably not a guy or a big eater -- like me.
One of the highlights of my visit is the cook in the back kitchen was an old lady who looked like she was the main chef. I didn't actually see her cook, but I hope she was the one who concocted the various spices and tastes for my dish.
If I were to complain about one thing is the excessive use of plastics. Even for dining in, the shop uses disposable plastic bowls -- very environmentally UN-friendly.
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