[Review 5591] A taste of Taiwan @ 台南阿豆仔 Tainan A Dou Zai

23/11/2016
台南阿豆仔 Tainan A Dou Zai
銅鑼灣蘭芳道19號地下
G/F, 19 Lan Fong Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-taste-of-taiwan-e2682298

A taste of Taiwan
2016-11-23  502 瀏覽
To be honest, I am not keen on Taiwanese food because the Taiwanese food you get in Hong Kong is probably bastardized.

The decor was quite different from other Taiwanese joints in HK.
I have never been to Taiwan so I don't know how authentic this is but the variety was good with an English menu.

 0 讚好

The pricing was quite good and the portions were quite big.

Knowing that I don't like the noodles and rice with marinated meat, I didn't choose them and ordered other stuff.

Here was what I had.

+++++

Bittermelon and pineapple soup:


The soup was clear without oil and it had a nice bittermelon taste but I couldn't taste any pineapple even though there were chunks of it.

+++++

Ribs and herbs soup:
 1 讚好

I loved this soup because it had a strong herb flavour and tastes exactly the same as buk kut teh.

+++++

Black fungus in vinegar:

The black fungus had a lovely texture because it was thick but the vinegar was too sweet that I can't classify it as a vinegar.

+++++

Crispy chicken rice:

Compared to other places I have tried, the coating is definitely different and it was so much batter.

The chicken pieces were huge and the batter made it monstrous!

Surprisingly the chicken tasted really soft and tender so I think the batter protected it when it was in the oil but I didn't eat the batter because it was just too thick.

It would be good if they could slice the chicken into smaller pieces.

 0 讚好

 0 讚好


The rice that came with it was Pearl rice.

+++++

Salted egg bitter melon:
 0 讚好

The bitter melon is a must order even though it doesn't look appealing.

It was lovely the way it was thinly sliced coated in starchy salted egg yolk, yet the whole thing was not too salty.

+++++

Hsinchu vermicelli:

The vermicelli was quite al-dente and tasty.

I was expecting the silver thread vermicelli but it wasn't.

+++++

Herbal jelly latte:

Finished off with a herbal tea latte which tasted like Taiwanese style tea with lots of herbal jelly in it.

+++++

[Review 5590] Strange boat noodles @ 昌發泰國粉麵屋 Cheong Fat Thai Food

22/11/2016
昌發泰國粉麵屋 Cheong Fat Thai Food
九龍城城南道25-27號地下
G/F, 25-27 South Wall Road, Kowloon City
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/strange-boat-noodles-e2682096

I used to like this place because the broth for the boat noodle was good.

After trying Samsen, I wanted to try this place again to see which broth was better.

The broth here is not as strong and rich as Samsen and it was a tad too sweet for my liking.

I was a bit annoyed because I assumed that Cambodian noodles would be served with it but they gave me flat rice noodles by default which is totally weird.

If you google any Thai noodles you get the thin type and all the Thai joints in Hong Kong never give me flat rice noodles by default.
 0 讚好

I wanted to get another bowl of noodles but I was too pissed to order another because the first bowl annoyed me.

On my way out I heard the waiter ask this other table what type of noodles they wanted and no one asked me that when I ordered.

Totally pissed because I went all the way to Kowloon City.

[Review 5589] Bittermelon series @ 上座水餃 Shang Zuo Dumpling

22/11/2016
上座水餃 Shang Zuo Dumpling
紅磡德民街31G號黃埔新邨安華樓地下K2號舖
Shop K2, G/F, On Wah Building, Whampoa Estate, 31G Tak Man Street, Hung Hom
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bittermelon-series-e2682091

Went to Whampoa because the MTR now stops there.
There are so many eateries that whatever restaurant I tried, I just felt I should have tried the other place because all of them looked good.
Dined here because they had a sauteed bittermelon series.
The bittermelon is probably cooked in a big batch and they just add whatever you order in it such as fish, chicken etc.
I chose the plain bittermelon because I don't really eat meat as it is never fresh in HK.
The sauteed bittermelon was nice and soft in this tasty black bean gravy but perhaps a bit too salty.

[Review 5588] Chinese pastries @ 恆香老餅家 Hang Heung

22/11/2016
恆香老餅家 Hang Heung
銅鑼灣軒尼詩道555號崇光百貨B2樓21號舖
Shop 21, B2/F, Sogo, 555 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chinese-pastries-e2682080

Only got them because some friends from UK wanted to try some local stuff.
All I can say is that it is different but not delicious.
It was just flakey pastry filled with sweet wintermelon paste and other one was weird sweet lotus paste and a savoury preserved egg.

[Review 5587] Tortoise jelly @ 健康工房 HealthWorks

22/11/2016
健康工房  HealthWorks
佐敦港鐵佐敦站JOR12號舖
Shop JOR12, Jordon MTR Station, Jordan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tortoise-jelly-e2682065

The tortoise  jelly was bitter but it wasn't extremely bitter that you needed syrup.
Towards the end I put some syrup in because I didn't like that medicinal taste.

[Review 5586] Great fish soup base @ 魚米家魚湯米線 Yue Mic Ka

22/11/2016
魚米家魚湯米線 Yue Mic Ka
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期1樓1015號舖
Shop 1015, 1/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/great-fish-soup-base-e2682060

Went here again for a quick dinner.
Ordered the set which comes with a main, appetizer and drink.
For the appetizer I had Chinese radish in fish soup which is always my favourite. The broth had a strong fish taste and the Chinese radish was naturally sweet infused with a strong fish taste.
The Singaporean rice noodles were quite salty and spicy.
For drinks I had the coffee.

[Review 5585] Bony chicken @ 香港雞皇

22/11/2016
香港雞皇
西貢福民路58-72號高富樓D座地下
G/F ,Block D, Ko Fu Building, 58-72 Fuk Man Road, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/bony-chicken-e2681447

I was attracted by this braised duck dish on the menu so asked what it was and she said it was just braised duck which was very helpful.

Tried to order it but it was only available in the evening so I went for the chicken.

Just when I remembered to ask for breast meat it was already chopped so it was too late.

In HK, I prefer breast meat because there are no bones and the chickens here tend to be smaller and tender.

The soup was quite good, you could taste that it was chicken broth but the chicken itself was too bony and skinny for me to eat and the texture was a bit hard and stiff.
The rice was yellow but it does not have any special taste to it.