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Normally when people think of dining in Stanley, it's all about bars and classy restaurants. Many might not have thought that there would be a Hong Kong style food stall, serving exquisite Hong Kong food.
This place is actually pretty famous. Everyone around the neighborhood or the students studying nearby definitely know this place.
The store is basically hidden behind a fruit stall at Stanley Market. It's a really small and crowded place nor is it a comfortable place. What makes it so popular despite all of these not-exactly-favorable conditions?
Let's start with its most famous food - the French Toast. Nothing special as it looked, you would soon find it not ordinary after you've had a bite of it. You could probably immediately feel the difference at the instant you took a bite of it. You should find it fluffier than most, and more importantly, even though it's freshly fried, it did not taste oily or too heavy at all. Such fluffy texture is due to the unique cooking method of the French toast. It is said that the toast is first soaked with egg yolks and is then spread with egg whites which are beaten to stand. With the butter, surely it was absolutely a pleasure to eat and you need not to add syrup at all. Yet I think it would even be better if the outer layer of the French toast to be crispy.
One of the characteristics of Hong Kong style food is that they are made from very simple ingredients. It proves that not only expensive ingredients could create satisfaction, and the following food, which is no longer very common among Hong Kong style restaurants, is undeniably one of the best examples - Toast w/ Condensed Milk, Butter and Sugar.It's such simple ingredients yet it's so devilishly satisfying. The crunchy sides of the toast, with a mild buttery aroma, plus drizzles of hearty condensed milk with the addition of sugar on top...it totally gives you a huge sense of pleasure and satisfaction but as well as a sense of guilt. It's so hard to not love this. I'm glad to have found this here, and allowing myself to indulge in it once in a while.
We had two dishes involving bread as the main component, and there's no exception for the third dish as well. Not many has recommended this or even reckoned its existence I suppose. I'm going to assure you that this one is absolutely stunning and tremendous. It's a sandwich, but not those common sandwiches such as ham and egg where you find everywhere. It's the Satay Beef and Egg Sandwich.I am never a fan of white sandwich bread. If I'm having sandwich of white sandwich bread, I always require it to be toasted. However, for this one, I still totally adore the sandwich even without the bread toasted. To me, I think the sandwich is flabbergasting. The satay beef is extremely savory, and with scrambled eggs in between, it gave an alluring sensation. Both components stood out in the sandwich, both very distinct and strong and savory, yet neither of them would overtake another and dominates the flavor. It doesn't sound any special but it's really stunning once you've tried.
Last but not least, a Hong Kong style meal couldn't miss out a cup of milk tea.Milk tea is also one of their signature items and I now totally understand why it's so popular. I have always considered Hong Kong style milk tea is actually not easy to control to make a good one. The flavor is stronger in Hong Kong style milk tea and it's crucial balance the proportion of the tea, milk and sugar. I had an ice milk tea and it tasted like heaven. I loved the mild aroma of the tea and a smoothing texture from the blend of the milk. It is sweet in a way that you seem not to be able to pull yourself out once you started drinking. The flavor and aroma of the tea may not be as strong as authentic ones but it succeeded in making you feel addicted to it by being very well balanced. It's the subtle sensation that overwhelmed me.
Every food item here are just from simple ingredients, but this place really did a terrific job in making good use of these simple ingredients to combine and create a superbly satisfying and pleasurable sensation. Even though the place and environment may not be exactly ideal, with such talent and skills to create such indulgence, you have to admit that it's hard to not love this place.