4.3 stars Venue: Close to Wan Chai MRT station. Retro Chinese decor. Comfy seats. Slightly packed. --- 7.4/10 Service: Nice and friendly. Introduced dishes and refill tea proactively. Food served fast. --- 7.8/10 F&B: Bilingual menu. Tidy presentation. Normal portion. Slightly on highside, and + 10% service charge. Chinese Tea, $12pp (Dinner) Sliced Goose滷水鵝片, $168: served with tofu slices and braised peanuts. --- 8.5/10 Threadfin Fish Rice馬友魚,$238: Poached Fish served as a cold dish. Served with Pu-Ning yellow bean sauce. Served with fish gelatin. A bit salty for me. Not fishy. --- 7.8/10 Teochew Deep-fried Shrimp Balls and Crab Balls 蝦棗拼蟹棗,$168/ 4 @: very Crispy --- 8.8/10 Stir-fried Chinese Kale with Dried Fish 方魚炒芥蘭,$128: good. Crunchy kale. But not many dried...
Read moreAn Ok Chiu Chau restaurant with slight above average food. The goose dish was very impressive with tender meat and good seasoning. The tofu is another dish that worth trying as the texture was different from regular tofu and filled with soy aroma. The soups had to be preordered but was quite flat. Rest of dishes were regular and standard. MSG level was low though and ingredients were fresh. The classic green bean dessert came with a different type of dumplings and not chewy enough which flatten it a bit.
It is on a pricy side though. Service was good and attentive but the floor probably used wrong tile and have a slippery feeling. Ambience is ok and busy. Seating was comfy and...
Read moreAuthentic Chiu Chow Restaurant@Wan Chai 灣仔潮州餐廳
My famies and I went to a restaurant called “Best Chiu Chow Restaurant”正潮樓 located in Shop 2, G/F, Fortis Tower, 117-119 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai 灣仔謝斐道117-119號富通大廈地下2號舖 . . There are many authentic traditional Chiu Chow cuisines that are hard to find elsewhere! . . Braised Goose Meat 滷水鵝肉 HKD$138 . The goose meat is incredibly juicy,moist,soft and tender! . The brine has very complex spice flavour! . combination of brown sugar, water, salt, soy sauce, galangal, and a series of natural spices such as cinnamon and star anise. . It is used to slowly simmer and cook together with the meat. The braised meat is then further infused with the flavor by drying naturally. . Before being served on the table, it is cut in pieces, further dressed with the master stock, and garnished with some fresh coriander. . Consumed along with vinegar and garlic paste, it brings a pleasant stimulation to tickle one's taste buds. . generous portion.value for money and delish!! . . 以紅糖、水、鹽、醬油、南姜、桂皮、八角等十幾種天然香料進行烹製,用文火慢浸 . 使其入味滷熟後自然涼乾,上桌前將滷物切塊置於盤中,淋上滷汁,放上青芫荽,稱為“芫荽疊盤頭”吃時再佐以“蒜泥醋”更能刺激人的味蕾,解膩而爽口。 . . Stir-fried Beef in Satay Sauce 沙茶炒牛肉 HKD$168 . The Chinese kale is green,fresh,crunchy . It soaked up all the essence of the beef gravy and the Satay sauce! . . Pan-fried Oyster with Duck Egg in Shantou Style 汕頭煎蠔烙 HKD$108 . . With golden crispy rim . moist,succulent,juicy oysters at the center!! . using creamy rich duck egg as the batter ingredient instead of ordinary chicken egg . pairing with high quality fish sauce(no those very salty) as dipping with nice umami flavour lift the cake to another level!! . . Pan-fried Crystal Dumpling stuffed with Red Bean Paste, Lotus and Mushroom 水晶白桃粿 HKD$58/3 pcs 件 . authentic traditional cake that is hard to find elsewhere !! . The red bean filling is sweet and the lotus mushroom filling is savory taste! . The restaurant boss and male managers are polite and...
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