[Review 1900] My 1900th review on a big bowl feast of Poon Choi @ 萬里緣盆菜專門店 Man Lee Yuen Poon Choi

22/10/2012
萬里緣盆菜專門店 Man Lee Yuen Poon Choi
元朗安寧路11號地下
G/F, 11 On Ning Road, Yuen Long
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/my-1900th-review-on-a-big-bowl-feast-of-poon-choi-e2265060

Traditional Village Poon Choi is served in large metal bowls with a perforated metal plate at the bottom to keep food from burning, as it is kept warm on a portable stove as it is being served.
Poon Choi or Big Bowl Feast, is a traditional type of dish originating from Hong Kong village Hakka cuisine.
Usually the residents of this village will produce their own Poon Choi's and Hakka style dishes but this year they decided to order it from Man Lee Yuen Poon Choi.

Frankly the village made Poon Choi's and Hakka style dishes tastes better and they are cooked with the village style ingredients.

But anyway, it was quite good that this company provides the bowls, chopsticks and even wet tissues and they have staff that will help set up the tables and stuff.

Basically each of these big bowls cost $920 each and they contain abalone, prawns, chicken, duck, pork, squid, taro, chinese mushrooms, fishballs, beancurd skin, pork skin and chinese radish.
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Abalone:
The abalone was really soft it tasted like fat.
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Prawns:
The prawns were quite big and the prawn heads tasted really sweet.
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Soy marinated chicken:
I picked the drumstick part so it was delicious.
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Roast duck:
The duck was cut in big pieces.
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Braised pork:
The braised pork tasted really nice especially the meat off the bone.
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Taro:
The taro was cut into huge pieces, they were about 7cm x 7 cm block with 2cm thickness.
They were quite hard so the other pieces should be eaten later when it gets soft but it depends if they are still there and not taken by others!
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Squid:
The body of the squid was quite nice, but the tentacles were chewy and hard.
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Chinese mushrooms:
not soft enough
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Fishballs:
The fishballs were quite nice and springy and there were no grounded bones in it.
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Beancurd skin:
Very chewy
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pork skin:
did not try
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Chinese radish:
The radishes tasted quite nice towards the end when it became softer and absorbed the sauces, however the radish was quite old so it was quite woody.
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Overall the food was quite good but there was too much MSG and salt that I had to keep drinking lots of water.
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A PHOTO OF REAL HAKKA STYLE DISHES FROM SOME VILLAGE
Dishes may vary with other Hakka villages.
-Chinese radish cooked with fish belly and fish roes
-Braised pork belly with salted pickled vegetables and black fungas
-Pig's skin with red dates and dried prawns
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[Review 1082] Nice chinese font that looks like a curly L @ 爽爽麵店

25/04/2011
爽爽麵店
元朗鳳攸北街5號順豐大廈地下5號舖
Shop 5, G/F, Shun Fung Building, 5 Fung Yau Street North, Yuen Long
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/nice-chinese-font-that-looks-like-a-curly-l-e2164442
I havent been here yet, so this is not a review, but I plan to try the chicken in wine.
Also the restaurant name looks really nice, the 爽爽 looks like two curly L's.

SSG's to eat n recommend list:
chicken in wine

[Review 443] new territories part 3 佳記甜品 (元朗)Kai Kee Leung Fun

27/09/2009 佳記甜品 (元朗) Kai Kee Leung Fun
元朗又新街置富中心7號舖
Shop 7, Chi Fu Centre, Yuen Long
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-territories-part-3-e2032537


Last visit of the day, went to the notorious B Jai leung fun, I didnt even know this was the shop, the name on the sign said Gai Gay.

I heard the grass jelly isnt that good, so I got the Sago with Taro,
it was nice and thick, with lumps of taro.
the coconut in the sago matched well.

If it was less sweet, I would have liked it more.

[Review 442] New Territories part 2 @ 夢工房の七福神壽司和食屋 (元朗) Dream Maker Shichi Fuku San Sushi

27/09/2009 夢工房の七福神壽司和食屋 (元朗) Dream Maker Shichi Fuku San Sushi
元朗西菁街10號好順泰大廈30號舖
Shop 30, Ho Shun Tai Building, 10 Sai Ching Street, Yuen Long
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-territories-part-2-e2032536

Finally arrived in yuen long, so stopped by for a quick dinner, had the ramen, not that good, the soup was a bit gooey, and the rest of the stuff was standard.

The restaurant was quite full, as there is not many choices around, also Japanese food is often a popular pick.

[Review 283] Trek into the New Territories @ 綿綿冰甜品屋 (元朗)

10/05/2009 綿綿冰甜品屋
元朗建業街59號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/trek-into-the-new-territories-e1994964


I rarely go to the New Territories, but I came all the way just to try their Taro flakey ice, after researching on openrice, this is the only place that does Taro flavour.

However, when it was served, the texture just turned out to be 100% ice-cream, the taste was purely frozen Taiwanese Taro milk tea, made with that milk powder.

I believe the suppliers do not have Taro flavour, so they must have made their own concoction of it, and processed it with the flake shaving machine. Probably the mixture was too creamy, hence it doesnt have that icy texture.

For the toppings, there were some that were not offered in other dessert houses, such as the black sugar jelly (shaped like chopped spaghetti), and the green tea jelly cubes usually found in the Taiwanese drinks. Awkwardly enough, the topping were placed beneath the shaved ice rather than on top!

Apart from dessert, also ordered fried smiley potatoes and Taiwanese fried chicken with your choice seasoning.

The smiley potatoes are not a a regular menu item in alot of places, so I ordered that, they were golden yellow, but still too over done for my liking, as I like it crunchy outside with a soft inside. But I think this is the way Hong Kong people like to fry their stuff.

For the fried chicken pieces, it is basically fried chunks of chicken thigh in a crunchy flour coating, and my choice of seasoning was seaweed. There are various other seasonings such as curry, Mexican chili, spring onion and so on.

[Review 272] Thai food in an isolated part of town @ 泰屋 (元朗) Sawadee Thai Restaurant

09/04/2009
元朗坳頭東成里1號(新港酒店後面) 1 Tung Shing Lane, Yuen Long
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/thai-food-in-an-isolated-part-of-town-e1987023

The food here is ok but the location is in the middle of no where.

It is good to sit outside, but there are many mosquitoes as well as aroma oils which I am a bit allergic to, hence blocking my senses tasting the food.

The selection is the normal selection you would find at any Thai place, apart from that, there is also a fresh seafood bar to order seafood and cook it the style you want.

The best dish was the prawn fried rice, from the picture, you can see tiny dried sakura shrimps, adding saltiness to the rice.

[Review 139] Chinese delicacy. @ 許留山 Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert

Date reviewed on openrice  16/06/2008

Yay my favourite Grapefruit series are back..
Grapefruit with aloe jelly, but i ordered the Grapefruit with Harsmar jelly.

Tasted good, a nice cooler for the summer.

Anyway since i dont know what Harsmar is, i searched it on Google,
and it turns out to be Frogs ovaries!!

OH WELL.. TRY if u DARE!

許留山 Hui Lau Shan Healthy Dessert

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-delicacy-e1910633

元朗壽富街33號A,

33A Sau Fu Street,, Yuen Long