[Review 2168] The best Lemon tea I have had that is mingfu其sut @ 其記

30/12/2012
其記
大澳吉慶街8號地下
G/F, No. 8 Kut Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-best-lemon-tea-i-have-had-that-is-mingfu%E5%85%B6sut-e2276645

The lemon tea here is unique from the others served in Hong Kong.
It contains no lemon slices which give off a bitter taste due to the lemon peel.
When I saw reviews of this strange looking lemon tea I just had to try it, and it tastes just as good as the Lemon Tea at Greyhound.
The price of the lemon tea is cheap compared to Greyhound.

I rarely order Lemon tea in Hong Kong because the tea that they use is not my cup of tea and for cold lemon tea, you need to request for no syrup or less syrup because the standard ones are far too sweet but after requesting, it usually ends up far sweeter than it should.

As well as the taste, the appearance of the tea looks like tea with a few drops of milk added to it.
The lemon tea is served in a glass with a straw.

It was interesting watching them make the lemon tea because they make it like cocktails where they add various liquids and pour from one glass to another ensuring the lemon tea cocktail is mixed thoroughly.


★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
First glass of lemon tea:

After I took a sip, I had to order a second glass because it was so nice I drank half a glass in one go.
The tea taste was apparent infused with strong lemon juice balanced by the gentle sweetness of the sweetener they used.
It was similar to the lemon tea at Greyhound but the tea taste was stronger.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Second glass of lemon tea:

This was made by different person from the first glass but it still tasted nice.
This one was slightly sweeter.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Instant noodles with five spice pork:


The broth was bright red but luckily it was not too spicy!
The noodles were just right and not too soft!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Lemon tea at Greyhound:
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[Review 2167] Scammed 魚目混珠 珍珍假假食店 @ 珍珍食店 Chin Chin Kitchen

29/12/2012
珍珍食店  Chin Chin Kitchen
大澳大澳街市街13號地下
G/F, 13 Tai O Market Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/%E9%AD%9A%E7%9B%AE%E6%B7%B7%E7%8F%A0-%E7%8F%8D%E7%8F%8D%E5%81%87%E5%81%87%E9%A3%9F%E5%BA%97-e2276635

Finally this shop is listed, this used to be a shop just serving silky tofu and now they have changed their name to janjansikdim as they are selling other snacks.
Stopped by for some curried fish gas bladder (fish maw) for $20 because not many places offer curried fish gas bladder.

After I ordered, they took a skewer of fish gas bladder and removed the skewer and put the fish gas bladder pieces into the curry broth.
When it was ready, she put the pieces in the white bowl and I did not see her do that.

The pieces on the top were fish gas bladder but beneath it were at least three pieces of pigs skin!
I just felt they insulted my tastebuds if they thought I could not taste the difference!

But honestly, some people have said they could not tell the difference between the two but they should not use this to their advantage to profit!

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THEM TO PUT PIGS SKIN IN IT, WHICH WAS SO DISHONEST!
This place is definitely not HALAL and you should be careful and see what you eat if you cannot eat pork.

If she put the pigs skin there by accident, then it really shows they are not professional ie they are fish gas bladder specialists and they cant tell the difference between pigs skin and fish gas bladder.

There is a slight visual difference between them, the pigs skin is more translucent and the fish gas bladder is more cloudy and you cannot see through it.

The fish gas bladder has a slight fish taste to it and the pigs skins does not.
The fish maw is softer and has a gelatinous texture in the middle whereas the pigs skin is springy and tastes different.
The colour of the pigs skin was darker because it was more porous and absorbed the curry sauce.
The curry taste was extremely strong and spicy because they probably hope you cannot tell the difference between pork skin and fish gas bladder.

I really regret not taking photos of the pig's skin and going back to tell them.

[Review 1193] Husband rolled from prawn and pork @ 蝦豬餅 Husband

30/06/2011
蝦豬餅  Husband
大澳吉慶街41號
41 Kut Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/husband-rolled-from-prawn-and-pork-e2179110

Havent got a clue why its called Husband roll, but maybe the way its called in chinese sounds similar to husband.

Prawn pork roll in chinese is pronounced Hah jue beng, and the Chinese way of pronoucing Husband is "Hah si Ban", so maybe they thought it was similar.

Anyway, the husband roll is basically a roti with pork, lettuce and prawn paste filling.

The roti is flaky and crispy on the outside.

The prawn paste wasnt salty at all.

However, if it was chicken instead of pork, I would have liked it more, as I find pork a bit too fatty, and the roti was slightly greasy.

[Review 1072] Husband Roll @ 張財記蝦醬 Sun Kwong Cheung Choi Kee

18/04/2011
張財記蝦醬 Sun Kwong Cheung Choi Kee
大澳吉慶前街41號地下
G/F, 41 Kut Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/husband-roll-e2163227

Havent got a clue why its called Husband roll, but maybe the way its called in chinese sounds similar to husband.

Prawn pork roll in chinese is pronounced Hah ju beng, and the Chinese way of pronoucing Husband is "Hah si Ban", so maybe they thought it was similar.

Anyway, the husband roll is basically a roti with pork, lettuce and prawn paste filling.

The roti is flaky and crispy on the outside.

The prawn paste wasnt salty at all.

However, if it was chicken instead of pork, I would have liked it more, as I find pork a bit too fatty, and the roti was slightly greasy.

[Review 1067] Baked seafood @ 肥妹燒烤小食

18/04/2011
肥妹燒烤小食

大澳街市街21號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/baked-seafood-e2163006

Basically, they only serve seafood here, baked oyster with cheese, baked scallop, baked prawns with cheese, grilled abalone, and whelks in chili sauce.

Tried the baked oyster and whelks in chili sauce.

The portion of whelks in chili sauce for $45 was rather small, it was quite spicy but tasted ok.

The baked oyster was a bit disappointing for $20, because the size of the oyster shell was big, but it had two tiny oysters beneath it.
I wonder where the original went.
The oyster was covered in cheese wth bacon bits.
I suppose if people want to try the oyster, then two people can just get one.

[Review 1055] Scrumptious snacks that all taste good @ 益昌小食店

13/04/2011

益昌小食店
大澳永安街
Wing On Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/scrumptious-snacks-that-all-taste-good-e2162186

Initially was attracted by the poster showing all their snacks, especially the squid with Prawn paste sauce.
Prawn paste sauce is found everywhere in Tai O, and Tai O is the only place that serves squid with it, so I just had to try it.

As well as that ordered other snacks too, silky tofu, agar with grass jelly, spare ribs in prawn paste sauce noodles, and imitation sharks fin soup.
The inside of the restaurant was tiled with shiny white tiles, it was slightly similar to the backstreet restaurants in Cheung Chau.



Squid with Prawn paste sauce:
This snack was nice and simple, squid drizzled with soy sauce, a few drops of oil and topped with prawn paste sauce.
I was expecting the prawn paste sauce to be saltier, however it wasnt that strong, there were bits of grounded pork too.
As well as this place, the prawn paste sauce in the and roti I had at Sun Kwong Cheung Choi Kee wasnt that strong either.
I wonder if the original recipe has been modified to adapt to the taste of modern Hongkongers.

Silky Tofu (warm):
The tofu was warm and smooth, it tasted nice with or without syrup.

Agar with Grass Jelly:
This looked interesting, agar with grass jelly, it was basically agar with cubes of grass jelly.
The taste was slightly different to what I expected, I was expecting the sweetness of agar mixed with the taste of grass jelly, but it tasted like Banana essence.

Imitation sharks fin soup:
The quality of this was amazing, the chicken in the soup was fresh, although the taste was strong of sesame oil and slightly salty, I really liked it.
They used the vegetarian version of sharksfin instead of beanthread noodles.


spare ribs in prawn paste sauce noodles
Same as the squid, the prawn paste sauce was slightly bland, but still the noodles were good, and the lettuce in the noodles were clean and fresh.

[Review 1045] Tai O's yummy chinese crepes n da BEST CHIPS in HK @ 大澳小食

04/04/2011
大澳小食
大澳吉慶街70號
70 Kat Hing Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tai-os-yummy-chinese-crepes-n-da-best-chips-in-hk-e2159427

At Tai O village there are two popular snacks that were a “must try” for me, the Chinese pizza and Husband roti.

The Chinese pizza was a savoury crepe, a bit like the spring onion pancakes founds in Chinese restaurants.

Apart from Chinese crepes, they also had fried snacks such as fried golden prawns and chips.
The Chinese crepe was made with a few basic ingredients: crepe mixture, egg, spring onions, coriander, sesame and coconut, pickled vegetables (choy po), savoury biscuit cracker and seasoning.

The Chinese crepe was made in a few simple steps:
1) The pancake mixture was spread on the pan and heated till the pancake was formed.
2) An egg was cracked on top of the crepe and spread all over the pancake.
3) When the egg was half cooked the spring onions, coriander, pickled vegetables, sesame and coconut were sprinkled on so that they adhered to the half cooked egg while being heated.
4) A thin piece of savoury cracker was broken into smaller pieces and placed on top, special sauce was then added to the crepe.
5) The pancake was rolled into a roll shape and cut into desired portions and served.

Whilst I was waiting for the crepe, the owner kindly fried a prawn for me to try.
The golden prawns were fried with their heads, tails and shells and the whole thing was edible.
The golden prawns cost $30 per skewer and there were about 15 prawns per skewer; on the menu, the price varies according to different seasons.

Golden Prawns:
These prawns were already deep fried, but re-fried again.
The shells were crispy, yet the prawn was will juicy. The shells were coated with some flour hence the uniform golden coating.

Chinese Crepe:
This was a nice savoury Chinese pancake which was full of flavour emerging from the spring onions and coriander, and interestingly I could taste and smell cumin too which was probably mixed with the coriander.

Begonia fimbristipula drink:
To finish off, got this drink which looked like berry tea, it contained Begonia fimbristipula.
Begonia fimbristipula is meant to be a flower, in chinese 紫背天葵.
I was expecting it to taste like Rose but it tasted like Ribena, the sweetness was just right and the Begonia taste wasnt that strong.
Not sure if the Begonia fimbristipula is a local product from Tai O, but the dried version was sold nearly everywhere in Tai O.

Wild herb tea:
Not sure what herb this was, but there was a gingery spicy aftertaste with sweetness.

Chips:
Before ordering, I just knew they were going to taste good, and they were brilliant.
They looked like thick cut chips but they were not uniform, and the edges were not smooth which indicated they were hand cut by themselves.
The chip was super crunchy on the outside and like liquid in the centre.
The best thing was, they tasted good, WITH/WITHOUT sauce!
It would have been great if there was malt vinegar too!
These chips are as good as the ones at New York Fries, but thicker cut, and the outside is crispy.

[Review 1037]Tao O Beadlet Anemones @ 隱姑茶果

28/03/2011
隱姑茶果
大澳永安街11號A
11A Wing On Street, Tai O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/beadlet-anemones-tai-o-e2158083

When you enter Tai O village, this stall is near the entrance and hard to miss, selling those traditional Chinese sweet/savoury teacakes.

The popular white ones with peanut and coconut filling are usually sold out first, they are similar to mochi but not dusted with flour.
Anyway, the ones I got were the dark coloured ones that people do not find appetising, but I thought it was OK, actually I thought they looked a bit like the black Chinese mushrooms hence the name 隱姑茶果 but actually then I realised 隱姑茶果 was the name of the shop.

After reading the reviews on OpenRice, I found out they were called 雞屎籐 teacakes, made from a herb called 雞屎籐 (Paederia scandens).
For me, they tasted Ok, slightly chewy, and sweet, the size was bite-sized.
It costs $4 for 4.

Apart from looking like Chinese mushrooms, they reminded me of Beadlet Anemones found in rocky shores around all coasts of the UK