16/10/2012
匯麵一九五0 MinMix 1950
紅磡德安街7號黃埔新天地黃埔花園8期黃埔美食坊1樓116號舖
Shop 116, 1/F, Whampoa Garden Site 8, Wonderful Worlds Of Whampoa, 7 Tak On Road, Hung Hom
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/digitalized-noodle-ordering-and-cheap-pastas-e2263774
Heard about this shop a while ago because of the computerized ordering system.
This shop sticks out on the first floor because of its futuristic design and bright yellow lighting.
It appears that there are seats at the side of the shop but I think they are for decoration purposes only unless they suddenly have so much business that people have to sit outside.
Although the reviews here are negative I came here specifically for the pasta even though pasta is not their specialty, but since it only costs $20 there is not much disappointment if it didnt taste good and also the fun of using their computerizered system.
The pastas they have are either angel hair or fettucine with a choice of cheese sauce, mushroom sauce or black pepper sauce.
There is a page for grilled pork chops and lamb chops which can easily be missed because it is sub divided from one of the pages.
The ordering is done through their tailor made application and then once your order is complete you can pay by OCTOPUS.
Technically the only payment method they accept is OCTOPUS but if you do not have enough credit in your octopus you can pay them by cash and then they will use their OCTOPUS to pay.
For those who are still not sure whether to pay this place a visit, you can visit their website which shows how their ordering system works. There is also a fully functional system at the front of the shop too.
I was puzzled by why they called themselves MinMix1950 and the relevance of the year 1950 has to do with noodles.
I found the answer on their website because these types of noodles became popular in the 1950's.
Usually these noodles are not expensive but they also serve expensive options such as Abalone.
I chose the Gourmet noodles, Fettucine with mushroom sauce and three other items.
When I ordered I forgot to put the last three items as snacks so they were plonked on top of the pasta!!
Hence the weird presentation of Western pasta with blood curds, intestines and Chinese dumplings on top!
Since the pasta and the snacks were not meant to be together, I ate those items first then the pasta.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Gourmet noodle:
This was a mixture of ingredients for those who cannot decide what to get, there was blood curds, chicken wing tips, pork intestines, Chinese radish, pigs skin, red sausage, duck kidney, mushrooms and noodles.
The noodles tasted Ok but was enhanced by adding the sauce they had on the table.
The Chinese radish was sweet and not woody.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Blood curds:
The blood curds were too salty.
Orange small Pork intestines:
These were quite nice and had strong sesame oil flavouring, however there was a slight smell because they had not been cleaned out properly.
Chicken and cabbage dumplings:
On the English menu it says Chicken and broccoli but I think they mean cabbage.
The dumplings were not cooked properly because they were still cold and $8 for two was quite stingy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Fettucine with mushroom sauce:
I felt that the sauce was actually tomato sauce with mushrooms and the fettucine was quite rigid and hard that it tastes almost the same as the parpadelle noodles at Yat Woon Min and Freshly made pasta.
They had some spicy sauce which tasted like the sauce at Yat Woon Min, so after adding it to the fettucine it tasted exactly like the noodles at YAT woon Min! What a bargain for $20 if it tastes like the parpadelle noodles at Yat Woon Min and the portion is much bigger too
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sour Prune drink:
This was made by them but I did not like it because it had that signature smokey taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
On my way out, they gave out plastic folders which were nicely designed.
