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2012-12-18
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Went on a monday evening at 7pm.Decided to play it safe and made a booking for the table a week in advance. Do note that you have to call between 2pm to 5pm for table reservations.The restaurant did set a side a table with a handwritten placard of my name and the time. We were promptly ushered to the table after the waiters spoke to each other on their walkie-talkies -- do remember that this is a food centre one level above a wet market, so I was pleasantly surprised at their use of such equipme
Decided to play it safe and made a booking for the table a week in advance. Do note that you have to call between 2pm to 5pm for table reservations.
The restaurant did set a side a table with a handwritten placard of my name and the time. We were promptly ushered to the table after the waiters spoke to each other on their walkie-talkies -- do remember that this is a food centre one level above a wet market, so I was pleasantly surprised at their use of such equipment in this setting.
At the waitress' recommendations, which she seemed to memorise and blurt out without much emotions, we ordered:
1. Wind-sand chicken ("Fung Sha Gai") -- This was the best dish I tried. Give it 5 stars out of 5, The skin was very crispy, and meat was tender. Some people may find that the chicken could be slightly undercooked, but I find that it makes it more juicy.
2. Deep fried pork trotters -- 4 out of 5 stars. Crispy skin and collagen. Not much meat, but you shouldn't expect meat from this dish anyway. The problem is that there was too much for us to finish, and after eating 5-6 pieces of this per person, the marginal satisfaction does plummet very quickly.
3. Fried kailan with garlic - 3 out of 5 stars. I must confess that I'm not a veggie person, so I can't really appreciate vegetables. This is but an obligatory dish for a psychological health boost.
4. Carrot, radish, and corn soup. Soup of the day. - 4.5 out of 5 stars. I actually drank the same soup at FuSing Shark's Fin restaurant (a Michelin star restaurant) at Wan Chai a few days ago. This one at Tung Po is much tastier and had a richer taste of ingredients. There was one big pot, and I easily drank 5 bowls of this soup. At FuSing, it was one bowl per person...
Didn't order beer, but I did notice that the other patrons drank from bowls. Also saw other patrons ordering lotus leaf duck rick, which I shall try on my next visit.
Total cost of the meal was around HKD 450. We had 3 persons, and 4 dishes as listed above.
Two thumbs up.
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