Hong Zhou Restaurant — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

💚Steamed Stinky Bean Curd and Vegetable Stem 紹興蒸雙臭 Super Stinky, Stinkest in HK, according to what I have tried till now you can tell just by the green liquid 5 times stinkier than HK Street Food Deep-Fried Stinky Tofu

🦀🐖🥬Steamed Minced Pork Bean Curd Sheet Rolls with Crab Roe 蟹粉百頁包 Generous Portion of Crab Roe, Umami Minced Pork Bean Curd Sheet Roll has a rich taste with different textures Slightly chewy Steamed Bean Curd Sheet Fluffy & Savory Minced Pork with a great balance of Fats & Lean Meat

🍜🐟🥬Noodles in Soup with Yellow Croaker and Preserved Vegetables 雪菜黃魚麵 Milky Color Slightly Thick Fish Broth unleashed intense fish flavors Springly Thin Noodles delicately absorb the broth. Wise to pair up slightly thick & intenses broth with thin Noodles and savory & refreshing Preserved Vegetables to ⚖️ balance the heaviness

🍆Stir-Fried Eggplant with Hangzhou Chili 杭椒炒茄子 the beautiful purple color, form and texture of eggplants perfectly shows the chef's mastery skills Some Chili was really hot🔥

🐖Pig's Kidney Special Sauce 燴腰花 Xmas Tree Plating spreads Happiness Flower Petals shaped Kidney shows how perfect the chef master the skills of using knife Crunchy & Fresh. No uncomfortable taste of offals means the cleaning work was done perfectly without influencing the shape personally, prefer soy sauce & freshly sliced chili and scallion instead of sweet Hoisin sauce, cause the former one helps to make the umaminess more prominent

🍚Lotus Root stuffed with Glutinous Rice in Syrup 糯米蓮藕 those little Osmanthus unleashed strong aroma quite sweet, not my thing

🖌Chinese Character of Hong Zhou Restaurant 杭州酒家 was Calligraphed...

Food was under average, considering the comparatively high price point (HKD500-600pp for around four to five dishes for a party of four) and small portion sizes. The different dishes we ordered were distinctive in taste which was good, but they failed to leave a lasting impression.

Chinese food has great potential to be memorable, but this relies on the ingenuity of the chef to give the dish a unique twist to position it top of mind when one recalls that cuisine. HEXA comes to mind - HEXA command their price point by applying an assertive, innovative twist to each dish they serve.

Service at Hong Zhou was acceptable, with the exception of one staff member who was (sarcastically?) pushy. It is, however, a nice setting. The tables have sufficient spacing in between them allowing parties to have comfortable conversations, and the ambience was generally good.

I had high hopes for this restaurant following a friend's recommendation, but I felt it failed to live up to the expectations it had set for itself simply based on the premium pricing and lackluster service.

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Definitely the best Hangzhou/Zhejiang cuisine I’ve had in HK. Gets close to the real thing, and has some additional dishes that I wouldn’t quite call local to Hangzhou but are nevertheless very high quality Chinese classics (e.g. beggar’s chicken）. The chef came out to greet our party afterward to make sure everything was good and is clearly passionate about his craft. Would recommend bringing a big group so you...