As my friends and I like hot and spicy food a lot, we decided to try this "private-kitchen" in Wanchai. This is the first time we have tried this type of restaurant before.
We arrived at 6:30pm and were the first customers for the night. Since there were 4 of us, we were given a choice of 3 cold dishes and 4 hot dishes, plus a complimentary dish of stirred fried vegetable, and a small bowl of Dan Dan noodles for each one of us at the end (need to pre-order).
All the cold dishes were fine - we ordered the 酸辣青瓜 (very crispy), 夫妻肺片 (good), and 四川涼麵 (very good indeed - really hot, spicy and tangy noodles).
On the other hand, the hot dishes were of variable standard and did not manage to blow us off. The 重慶辣子雞 was not very good as the chicken they used was obviously not fresh (we could sense that even though the dish had a strong spicy flavour). The 糖醋里脊 was ok - just the usual sweet and sour pork without the bones. 水煮牛肉 likewise was bit of a disappointment as the texture of the beef suggested that it was "pre-treated" in such a way as to make it very tender - in an altogether unnatural way. The garlic stirred fried "A" vegetable was ok. The best dish of the night was definitely the 水煮魚 - fresh fish, very tender, very spicy, served together with some 薯粉 which was also great. But after a while, I must say that all dishes tasted pretty much the same to us
The Dan Dan noodles which came at the end were a bit different from what one would expect. Unlike other places they do not add peanuts or minced beef and the noodles were served soaked in spicy flavoured garlic oil. The noodles appeared a bit soggy and greasy to me, and as I was pretty full by this stage, I could not finish even the small bowl of noodles.
One small point that I did particularly appreciate was the near constant "hard-selling" by the manager - just kept talking to us how fresh and original the ingredients they used were etc. etc ... ... would have appreciated the meal even more if he could just leave us alone to discover for ourselves ... ...
Overall I think the standard is acceptable. For one thing, the portions are quite large. And my comments here may not be fair at all since I have only tried this place for once. But whether or not you think it is worthwhile to have dinner here at ~200 per head (excluding all drinks, but no additional 10% surcharge) is a matter you must judge for yourself. As for myself, I think it might be a long while before I will contemplate another meal at this place.
We arrived at 6:30pm and were the first customers for the night. Since there were 4 of us, we were given a choice of 3 cold dishes and 4 hot dishes, plus a complimentary dish of stirred fried vegetable, and a small bowl of Dan Dan noodles for each one of us at the end (need to pre-order).
All the cold dishes were fine - we ordered the 酸辣青瓜 (very crispy), 夫妻肺片 (good), and 四川涼麵 (very good indeed - really hot, spicy and tangy noodles).
On the other hand, the hot dishes were of variable standard and did not manage to blow us off. The 重慶辣子雞 was not very good as the chicken they used was obviously not fresh (we could sense that even though the dish had a strong spicy flavour). The 糖醋里脊 was ok - just the usual sweet and sour pork without the bones. 水煮牛肉 likewise was bit of a disappointment as the texture of the beef suggested that it was "pre-treated" in such a way as to make it very tender - in an altogether unnatural way. The garlic stirred fried "A" vegetable was ok. The best dish of the night was definitely the 水煮魚 - fresh fish, very tender, very spicy, served together with some 薯粉 which was also great. But after a while, I must say that all dishes tasted pretty much the same to us
The Dan Dan noodles which came at the end were a bit different from what one would expect. Unlike other places they do not add peanuts or minced beef and the noodles were served soaked in spicy flavoured garlic oil. The noodles appeared a bit soggy and greasy to me, and as I was pretty full by this stage, I could not finish even the small bowl of noodles.
One small point that I did particularly appreciate was the near constant "hard-selling" by the manager - just kept talking to us how fresh and original the ingredients they used were etc. etc ... ... would have appreciated the meal even more if he could just leave us alone to discover for ourselves ... ...
Overall I think the standard is acceptable. For one thing, the portions are quite large. And my comments here may not be fair at all since I have only tried this place for once. But whether or not you think it is worthwhile to have dinner here at ~200 per head (excluding all drinks, but no additional 10% surcharge) is a matter you must judge for yourself. As for myself, I think it might be a long while before I will contemplate another meal at this place.
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