尖東林記燒臘 — Restaurant in Kaohsiung

Great Cantonese style cuisine with 90% authenticity is rarely found in Southern Taiwan. I would give 5 star rating for the taste alone, slightly modified to fit Taiwanese taste but not losing Hong Kong cuisine core values. BBQ varieties are highly recommended. Taste is even better than San Francisco Chinatown’s. Salty fish chicken fried rice was really tasty, not very salty. Safe Harbor style pork rib was also good.

Roasted pork: crispy, tender (5 star)

Soy sauce chicken: juicy, aromatic (5 star)

Salty fish fried rice: good balanced taste (5 star)

Hong Kong style crispy noodle: excellent gravy (4 star) what is missing is the egg yolk noodle. The egg yolk noodle did not taste the same as those served in HK or in US. A bit chewy and lack of crispiness.

Safe Harbor pork rib: tasty (4 star) did not match the dish name from the menu. I was expecting salt and pepper pork rib but getting Safe Harbor style pork rib. Safe Harbor style is the style more common serving on crabs or lobsters instead...

Everything presented beautifully, but the mixed vegetables, tasteless. The shrimp fried rice, tasteless. The fried seafood noodles, not only tasteless, but exactly like "instant noodles", hard, dry, tasteless. The fried beef with truffle and mushrooms, we needed the sauce to try and flavor the...

Good but a bit expensive. The environment is very crowded the tables were too close together and many customers were abnoxiously laughing in the party section because the room isn't closed off. The wait staff are constantly in the way because the aisles are too small and the decor...