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2011-02-21
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I had such an amazing time at Yin Yang last Friday, I felt the need to shout about it and set up my own account on Open Rice!I know Valentine's day was last Monday, but I thought the Chinese Valentine's day was on Friday instead so I had asked my bf to arrange somewhere nice for our 5th Valentine's dinner. It was a surprise and I had no idea where I was going and what cuisine it was.It shouldn't be that hard to find the restaurant if my bf had printed out a map, so we had to call the restaurant
I know Valentine's day was last Monday, but I thought the Chinese Valentine's day was on Friday instead so I had asked my bf to arrange somewhere nice for our 5th Valentine's dinner. It was a surprise and I had no idea where I was going and what cuisine it was.
It shouldn't be that hard to find the restaurant if my bf had printed out a map, so we had to call the restaurant to ask for directions, but they were very friendly and helpful on the phone. As I have not heard of Yin Yang before, when the lady answered the phone and revealed the name of the restaurant, I was imagining a huge busy Chinese restaurant with lots of diners eating already as it was a 8pm reservation.
When we've eventually located the restaurant on Ship Street, which is a quiet street for a Friday night, I was looking out for a massive typical Chinese restaurant entrance with automatic sliding doors. But to my surprise, it was a very discreet Japanese style sliding door (which isn't the main door) and thought to myself "Hmmm, interesting, this is not what I was expected!".
As we went through to the dining area, there were 2 other couples and the remaining table was for us. There is an open kitchen towards the back, glittered with lots of vintage Chinese bowls, cups and tea pots. But there was no chef there, so the dining area wasn't perfumed by the smell of cooking.
There was a menu rolled up with my bf's name printed on it, thought it was quite a nice touch. As it was a set menu, you don't have to order anything upon arrival, except my bf called me earlier that day with a really strange question.. "Do you fancy slow roasted pork or yellow earth chicken?", I went for the chicken and am glad that I did in the end!
For once I had forgotten to bring my camera, so I can't share photos with you here, but if you want to take someone out for a special and authentic Chinese meal, I would strongly recommend it and go and see it for yourself. The presentation is immaculate, the quality of the food (Organic veggies from their farm in the New Territories), the skills of Chinese cooking had blown me away. You don't feel rushed at all because it's reservation only, so you don't have any time pressure to turn the table round by Xpm.
The most impressive dish was "Soup without water". Sounds interesting? Go and see it for yourself!
p.s. I think they offer seasonal menus, so if you're reading this post Spring 2011, it may change!
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