[Review 2109] More Chinese food @ 友膳坊 Charlie's Place

26/11/2012
友膳坊 Charlie's Place
灣仔蘭杜街2號麗都大廈8號地舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/more-chinese-food-%E5%8F%8B%E8%86%B3%E5%9D%8A-e2271842

The food is always delicious here so came back for more!

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Tofu in spicy sauce:

This tasted spicier than expected but it was delicious, the cubes of tofu were soft and silky.
They do not use MSG here which was great.
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Scrambled egg with prawns:

The scrambled egg was delicious, the egg had been cooked so that it was really fragrant.
The prawns in the fried egg were springy and fresh.
I asked for extra spring onions so it tasted even nicer.
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[Review 1896] Best Western Chinese style comfort food @ 友膳坊 Charlie's Place

20/10/2012
友膳坊 Charlie's Place
灣仔蘭杜街2號麗都大廈8號地舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/best-western-chinese-style-comfort-food-e2264684

I always come here for Chinese food because it is the same style as the Chinese food served in UK.
Apart from me, there are lots of expats and overseas born Chinese that dine here.
Their menu layout and the way they list the items are also similar to the restaurants/takeaways over there.
There are pictures on the wall which were put up recently.
Anyway, all the dishes here are the ones you can find in UK apart from the soup noodles which I also decided to post because they were delicious as well.
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Soup:
The soup was interesting because it was really clear and there was ginger in it.
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Duck with pancakes:
This is different to the local Peking duck served in Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong.
The duck actually has meat and the pancake sauce has a strong bean taste which is not the Sweet sauce that you find served with chow meins or rice rolls.
The pancakes are made by them.
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Duck chow mein:
Here the noodles are soft and not fried so there are no crispy bits and in the chow mein they have put onions and green peppers which makes it taste and smell aromatic.
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Chicken with lemon sauce:

Although it was slightly burnt, the chicken was coated in light cornstarch batter and together with the lemon sauce it tasted like the lemon chicken in uk.
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Kung po prawns:


This is similar to the sweet and sour but there are chilis in it. The chilis that they used were dehydrated and different.
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Laksa:


Although this was not comfort food, it was delicious. The broth was extremely strong. The sambal sauce that they put on the noodles is really spicy.
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Duck with dongguai soup noodles:

Another bowl of noodles that taste great too.
You can see there are so much herbs in it.
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The curry and the mongolian beef is also good.

[Review 1489] Attn: To expats n overseas born Chinese! Comfort Food @ 友膳坊 Charlie's Place

08/03/2012

友膳坊 Charlie's Place
灣仔蘭杜街2號麗都大廈8號地舖
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/attn-to-expats-n-ovaseas-born-chinese-comfort-fd-e2223117


The food here is fantastic and every dish is good.
Here you will find the menu the same as the takeaways in England and many expats, ABCs and BBCs dining here.

They have all the comfort foods you would find at home and cooked with the familiar ingredients such as baby sweet corns, green bell peppers and those sweet onions.

The must try item is the crispy duck, it is not the Cantonese type with the thick fatty skin. The crispy duck served here and in the UK has crispy skin and soft supple duck meat inside to be eaten with those pancakes.
The pancakes are made by themselves too.
The price of the duck is about the same served in quarter and half portions with the same number of pancakes, which cost about £6.75 for a quarter of a duck and around £12 for half a duck! Here it costs $75 for a quarter and $120 for half a duck.
Likewise extra pancakes costs a few dollars extra.

The curry has the stuff you get in UK such as sweet onions and baby sweetcorns .

As well as Western Chinese food, they also do some Cantonese food, which is quite nice too.

They have duck leg noodles in a herbal soup with Angelica sinensis (donggwai) with wolfberries which I like, but unfortunately it gives me the nosebleeds the day after.
The drunken chicken leg is also good.

Even the Laksa matches the quality of the Laksa served in Singaporeoan places except it lacks the blood clams and prawns, but the taste is good enough and you can choose egg noodles to go with it instead of the boring vermicelli.

Although I usually order the comfort food, the eggs with prawns or roast pork is brilliant as well, especially with extra spring onions.

Apart from this place, I heard Cheung Kee is also good which I will try some time.