Wah Yuen Chiuchow Cuisine — Restaurant in Kowloon

A very authentic Chiu Chow restaurant, and it also looked like it has been around for a good number of years.

The classic 🦪方魚肉碎蠔仔粥Congee with minced pork, dried flounder and oysters was delicious 🤤 with plenty of fresh plump oysters 🦪 though the minced pork used was on the fatty side.

Another delicious yet very traditional dish we had was their 🦆芋泥香酥鴨 Crispy duck with toro purée! Loved the flaky crispy layer, and the smooth taro paste sandwiched within along with the gamey flavour of the duck! Very well-executed!👍🏻

And of course, we had to other a side of 滷水鵝片Spiced goose Chiu chow style! We ordered only a half portion as we already had way too much food. Great flavour and quality though they sliced it from the wrong angle, which made the meat a tad tougher than it otherwise would be😭

Overall, although food was great, personally, I am not too keen to revisit considering the service (which was no service at all), how battered and worn the interior of the restaurant was (eg the seats, the tablecloth etc) and the poor public health awareness (esp during Covid times). Food was also quite pricey given the environment of...

So much has been said about this place on many forums; they were such extremes; many haters. I state my case, I love this place; that I refer solely to the food. Are they expensive ? Not cheap for sure. Are they unprofessional in handling bookings at time ? Quite often. Are they not top notch in service ? You can say that again. They focus on cooking excellent food at an above average price with fair service provided. As to bookings, they are handled by senior waiters over the phone, so just imagine ! Today we talk about total customer experience like it is the only standard. I believe variety is the spice in life ? We go to different restaurants for different reasons and that's what make eating out such fun. In HK we are blessed to have so so many choices of restaurants, make up your own list of favourite restaurants by understanding each unique selling point; the reason you go there. As to 華苑潮州閣，go there enough times, understand your reason is for the authentic cooking, maybe even become their regulars.....your return is...

Found this Chiuchow spot that's all about the authentic vibes! It's quite packed inside, but it's cozy - they even gave us up with a private corner with a partition. And let me tell you, the raw seafood game is on point! Mantis shrimp and Chiu chow raw clams (生腌獅蚶) were fresh and tasty.

The real MVP was the Poached squid with shrimp paste - it was cooked to perfection and had me feeling like I was chillin' by the ocean! The goose liver was also fire - super smooth and packed with flavor. The fried fish noodles were decent, but it turns out they're made with fish ball instead of fish meat - not really my thing. And don't even get me started on the Chiu Chou style crispy salted egg rolls - they were the bomb! The orange peel flavor was off the charts!

Went back twice in a month and it's definitely a spot to hit up with your...