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2009-09-05
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Don't interpret it a wrong way but when I mentioned 懷舊 - Its purely from a personal point of view! Back in the days when I had barely learnt to walk starting from around a quarter of a Century ago - this restaurant was already one of our family's frequently visited restaurants. Its strange how few reviews this place receives as its still pretty full nowadays and requires booking at night time. When it comes to Chiu Chow food, it was often 金島 or 喜萬年 @Wanchai, the latter's really gone downhi
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7.5/10 檸檬鴨湯 - I never really understood this soup, or should I say, why it needed the duck when there isn't much duck taste. But generally speaking, its pleasant.
5.0/10(蒸)石榴雞 - This has a really thin egg white skin and is again personally, never a favourite dish of mine. At least it doesn't comes with big crunchy chunks of Water Chestnut like some other places. I think some places does it with a more Eggy sauce, like an Ipoh Rice Noodle.
7.0/10 炸雙棗 (蝦同蟹棗) - The Crab version is better but it has a lot of spices and influence, it slightly reminds me of either the Fujian 五香卷 or Malaysian Lobak. Luckily the water chestnuts are finely chopped in this restaurant! The crab meat isn't so apparent but its enjoyable, especially when you dip it into the 金桔油. The prawn ones don't have much prawns taste.
7.0/10 (炸)韮菜盒 - This is quite good sometimes from memory, but other times its very oily and needs more chives influence. I have had better somewhere else in HK but can't remember where exactly. I've had better ones in Melbourne too. I find that they can come in 2 styles - one round and with pastries folded in like an UFO, one where it really looks like a box. Which one is more authentic? Don't know. Its like Indian Samosa's in a way, which come in various shapes.
8/10 潮式臭豆腐 - Can't remember the exact name but this is suppose to be slightly 'stinky' and not fresh. I liked this but its a 'STRANGE' taste, even to people familiar with the Cantonese version.
9.5/10 檸檬烏頭魚 - One of the highlights, nowadays its no longer served in the Iron Fish-shaped dish, apparently that's been declared illegal since a few years ago? Now it comes in a 瓦堡. The version here is really fresh tasting, plus the cooking is 'finished' on your table instead of pre-cooked, so its not mushy like other places. Love the fish oil... But becareful not to eat this until its cooked, it has parasites.
9.5/10 芥菜煲 - I order this everytime I come here if they're in season, because no one else does a better version! I like them both 'sweet' and 'bitter' at the same time. Not sure why but these days 芥菜 is not as great tasting as in the past? Sometimes its bland beyond recognition. I was elated that the version here retained that unique flavour!
9.0/10 蠔&方魚肉碎粥 - I always request more roasted 方魚 chips because they're addictive, plus they're hard to get in Australia. The combination of oysters, minced pork, 大地魚干, etc, really is a great combination. Once in a while in other places, u get really bad smelly oysters spoiling the soup though, the hit rate is like 1 in 10 - so everytime I order this dish anywhere, I just pray
9.0/10 蒸水晶包 - I've always loved the version here. The skin is the right size, its bitey and chewy and steamded consistently, although sometimes its over cooked. Both the Red Beans and Mung Beans (?) versions are great.
9.5/10 潮州炸油粿 - I LOVE this so much especially the desiccated coconut shreds, peanuts and the caramel like filling made from 黃糖. To me personally, most places make this way too oily. Not here.
8.0/10 芋泥 - This comes with Gingko. Taro is perfect sweetness wise, slightly too lardy but I actually find the version here to be not as viscous as other versions I've tried. There's some type of oily coating at the bowl's rim. Love this but could have more Taro's taste.
9.0/10 綠豆爽 - This is easy to cook and get right, so nothing can be faulted. 清心丸 are cooked to 'transparent' but still chewy, perfect.
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Finished with Strong 潮州功夫茶. OVERALL - WOULD STILL COME BACK FOR YEARS TO COME.... THERE ARE MANY OTHER DISHES THAT I LIKE HERE, ESPECIALLY THE SHARK FINS AND BIRDS NEST STUFF OR NOODLES STUFF, AND ITS EXECUTED WELL. LUNCH HOWEVER PALES IN COMPARISON... DON'T BOTHER. MID '4' to LOW '5'
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