14/10/2011
紅坊 Red More
尖沙咀九龍彌敦道111-181號柏麗大道G63號舖
Shop G63, G/F, Park Lane Shopper's Boulevard, 111-181 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-festival-and-celebrations-every-day-e2200596
Usually when we see luxurious delicacies such as abalone and fish maw in rich dark gravy it signifies some sort of Chinese festival or celebration.
Fish maw and abalone is a prized dish at restaurants.
It takes skill, knowledge and time to cook it.
Not many of the young generations today know how to cook this type of dish; it is usually cooked by their parents or elderly relatives.
I was really excited when I saw Ivycwk’s review on these Instant Chinese delicacies.
The idea of instant delicacies is really good, you can literally go down there and just have it, which means I do not need to go to Chinese restaurants for it or wait for any special day.
It is so good that the dish is vacuumed packed and convenient to reheat at home, you can buy it as a snack or buy it as a deluxe dish to supplement a dinner party or someone you are visiting when running out of ideas on what to buy them.
Apart from the dishes, they also had deluxe ice creams, soups and health drinks.
Before I went to the shop, I visited their website which was rather cartoony and not the image I was expecting for a shop selling abalone and fish maw.
Also from Ivycwk’s review, there was some sort of discount from a coupon.
Anyway, when I got there, the shop was quite Chinesey as expected but totally different to the style of their website.
When I got to the shop, the staffs were not that inviting and gave me the impression that they thought I was not going to buy anything.
They did not even give me the coupon or flyer.
After ordering, they offered to give me discount for the drinks, which they tried to persuade me to get a numerous number of times, but I only wanted to try the ice-cream which I got.
The drinks selection was interesting such as the cashew nut drink, wolfberry and tomato, apricot juice with fritillary.
For the instant dishes they had: premium braised abalone, deluxe variety {Buddha jumps off the wall}, braised fish maw, sea cucumber in truffle sauce, braised deer tendon, braised deer tendon in red wine sauce, conch in garlic sauce, and cold conch with duck kidneys and black fungus.
As I wanted to try everything, I got the variety box for $120.
The dish was ready within 5 minutes I think. They put the vacuumed seal pack in a pot of water to reheat.
In the dish, it had 2 abalones, 4 pieces of sea cucumber, 2 pieces of fish maw, 4 pieces of shiitake mushroom, loose pieces of scallop, and quite a few pieces of whelks.
Abalone: fairly big, about the size of a tablespoon, it was quite chewy yet soft.
Sea cucumber: it was nice and soft, although there was one piece that was not soft.
Fish maw: nice sticky and soft.
Whelk: tasted how it should.
Overall it was nice, it was slightly spicy because there was some chili in it and I also felt thirsty after eating it.
Lastly I had the bird’s nest ice-cream and again they tried to persuade me to add extra bird’s nest topping on top, which I would have if I was given a coupon or discount earlier.
The ice cream was really soft and melted easily, although I did find bits of chewy birds nest in the ice-cream, it was slightly chewier than usual because of the temperature of the ice cream. I could not taste the Chuan Bei either.
There was also grosvenor momordica icecream but apparently it tastes like coffee, so I didn’t try it.
Anyway, on my next visit I hope to try the deer tendons, because I have not seen them served in restaurants nor have I heard if this dish!
I am not a fan of Chinese food, so now I do not have to go to restaurant for only one item that I like.
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Price: $120
Service: Bit unwelcoming
Yummy factor: OK
MSG levels: Felt thirsty all day
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