Wing Hop Shing Restaurant — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

I ordered their famous minced beef with egg claypot rice. Unlike many other places that do really weak 飯焦/socarrat/scorched rice, the 煲仔飯 is well cooked so it develops a prominent layer of charred crispy rice at the bottom of the claypot. This imparts smokiness to the dish and adds another layer of aroma and charred flavour. Mix it with the egg and beef mince while it's hot, and you've got an amalgamation of contrasting textures. The runny egg cooks in that residual heat and helps to bind everything together, while the rough mince provides bite. Together with the semi-firm jasmine rice and crispy scorched rice, it makes for a great bite. The soy sauce that they provide is light and savoury, and you'll probably need more than you think, given that the dish isn't really seasoned.

With all that said, the claypot rice did feel a little dry without the usual fat-richness from waxed meats and the usual chicken & pork ribs, and the flavours were heavily dependant on the soy sauce. But regardless of whether you prefer the rich, oily, pork rib/eel & waxed meat claypot rice or the simpler variations, one thing is for sure: They know what's up when it comes to the most important component of any claypot rice, i.e., 飯焦.

P.s. They also have other combinations of claypot rice if you prefer something...

This is one of the famous clay pot rice in this area. On this visit the yellow eel rice $110 with $20 additional for 2 short liver sausages. If you want the burnt crust typical of many clay pot restaurant that's extra $10. The waitress reminded no need for adding soy sauce on the table, but I found the eel and rice are lacking in taste adding the soy did help. The small soup $13 tasted good. Liver sausage was good. Eel and rice, meh, not impressed. The beef I have with many of these clay pot restaurants charging over $100 and still feeling hungry after finishing my rice as most of it was stuck to the bottom. I guess for burnt crust you can scrap them out easier. In Shenzhen you can get the same rice for less that feeds 2 people. No wonder so many...

First visit to this clay pot rice shop after watching a few videos about HK clay pot rice recently. It was a week day lunch time, so apparently it was busy and a few persons were waiting outside the shop. The shop is small with 7 to 8 small round tables. Each table can accommodate 4 persons at most. Little room between the tables. So eat quickly and run. Ordered a clay pot rice with eel (黄鳝煲仔飯），taste ok but 'no socarrat' which is the signature of this shop. The eel appeared to be pre-cooked though. Overall, no surprise at all and its price is...