Wai Kee     清真惠記  

lucky we are. this restaurant close early. we are the last group of customer. we got there around 6p.

we had roasted duck with rice & curry lamp.

The roasted duck is warm. the skin is crisp. and it's huge. if u wanna try next time, make sure that you've ordered the roasted duck dump and no cutting. eat it with your hand. when you see the oil drop on your hand, you would know how good it tastes. It's HKD$35

the curry lamp is good too. It's well cooked and prepared. It's one of the best I'd. It's HKD$30.

Don't expect too much on discoloration nor services. The environment is not clean but not dirty either. it's A/C!!!

This Cooked Food Centre is pretty interesting because if you sit for long enough, you'll notice that a lot of its Customers Base are not Chinese. The reason is because this shop, WAI KEE, serves Halal approved food. With the Sheikh Mosque nearby, you see a lot of Middle Eastern or Indonesian Muslim faces coming here to eat at this cooked food centre. The interesting part is that WAI KEE serves Curry Lamb, a typical Middle Eastern dish as well as Roast Duck, also braised Pomelo Skins. So its a fusion between Cantonese and Middle-Eastern cuisines all at once!

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Roast Duck Rice -
Their 燒鴨 Roast Duck here is not bad (its NOT Roast Goose). It has a bit of marinades taste, the skin is half way between crispy and chewy. Although this shop is much more famous, its ex-staff's shop 海記燒臘飯店 adjacent opposite to here serves the better Roast Duck version. 3/5

Curried Lamb -
The spices and herbs, fruits are all prepared in house. The flavour has a very good depth rather than spicy. The lambs had a strong lamb's flavouring, but I found it distracting that it contained a lot of bones intact. There honestly wasn't a lot of meat. 3.5/5

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A VERY INTERESTING SHOP IN A COOKED FOOD MARKET NEXT TO AND ON TOP OF A RAW FOOD MARKET. THIS REALLY SHOWCASES HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE.

I am now living in US and oh... this is one of the most I missed HK food.
The Curry is really really good and the roast duck, fresh and tasty.
Whenever I back every year to HK, Wai Kee never failed me.

It's been years before I revisited this Wan Chai favorite. The first time I was here the floor was slippery and there were barely any lighting. I was here with family on a Sunday afternoon. It must've been at least 5 to 6 years before I went again. For so many years I'm surprised my OR buddies haven't forgotten a neighborhood gem, famed for its Curry Lamb, Roasted Duck and slow-cooked 'pomelo peels".

Located on the first floor of a market, 清真惠記 shares the same space with a handful of other small joints. Plastic chairs and wooden tables, plastic cups and communal jug of room temperature tea, chopsticks and plastic spoon on plastic trays -- settling in one of these tables overlooking the counter, I realized that rush of nostalgia hits back at me like things have never changed at all, and when the food came, I realized once again, that things haven't changed all that much.

Rice with Lamb Curry ($26) was a fantastic treat. Big chunky bits of lamb (bone-in) slowly simmered in a richly spicy curry sauce. The succulent lamb was moist and tender, with the necessary gamey taste to it. (wouldn't you be at a loss without the gaminess?) Curries have always been about the sauce. This one is no exception. You can taste a strong punch of spices rhapsodizing in your palate as you taste along. Don't forget to have plain steamed rice to go with the curry. There is, however, some doubt over the portioning. You can see the rice piled up like a small hill. Be sure to ask for smaller portions, so you don't waste anything. Another big star of the show here are the potato chunks that go with the curry. The spuds are angular cut and fried in hot fat to form a nice crust. Pairing it with the curry everything tasted just fantastic. Do ask for a few more chunks if you can.

Rice with Roasted Duck ($24 per plate) was a scrumptious picture to describe. Look at the picture here, you'll see brown crispy skin under tender meat chunks, again bone-in. There is something utterly fulfilling gnawing on bones, to recognize a somewhat innate canine-like desire to tear meat off a bone with the mouth. A rich five-slice seasoning marinates the duck thoroughly, without a too-salty sour note like some roasted ducks you have elsewhere. There is little sauce to go with a pile of rice served here, you can always have the lamb curry sauce (just the sauce) with no additional charge.

Slow-cooked pomelo-peels (蝦子柚皮, $13, not pictured here) is a popular dish that's often sold out during the weekend. Pomelo peels are soaked with several changings of water until soft and then cooked until partly translucent and rid of any bitterness. It acts as a soft sponge that soaks up flavorful broth. Then are then cut into large pieces and served with a light sprinkling of shrimp roe. The texture was quite funny, if you ask me. It's somewhat like a sponge, or more like over-soaked soggy bread. But fret nothing, if eating skins of citrus fruits is not your cup of tea, you can always have boiled goose intestines ($15) or more roasted duck/ lamb curry!

Some things did change. When I was little I didn't understand a single thing about 'halal' and the reason behind the sign "no pork allowed". Now I do. There is not an ounce of pig-anything here at清真惠記 . Even the wontons served here are made with minced chicken with mushrooms. This no-pig policy is to be respected, despite orders can be considered quite forgiving to the servers here. You can feel free to ask for more/less rice...or potatoes, and more sauce too...Like I said, even the sense of generosity hasn't changed over the years, despite what has outside of this corner of the market.

燒鴨脾飯 - very very good Curry Lamb a bit too oily though but still tastes good....
Yummy! One of the "must visit" restaurants!

I went to Wai Kee yesterday and ordered roast duck and curry lamb.

The roast duck is delicious, skin is crispy and the meat are so fresh. For curry lamb, it is also delicious with their usual high standard.

We had six people and only spend approx. $30 each person. You need to spend at least 6 times more if you go to Yung Kee for a small dish of Roast 'Fat' Goose.
I reckon Wai Kee the best value for money to enjoy such a wonderful lunch.

I also take away one roast duck home for dinner to celebrate Father's Day. Everyone likes it so much. I am sure that I will go to Wai Kee again and highly recommend to curry fans!

Located on the 2nd floor of 灣仔's 鵝頸街市, 惠記has been around for many years for the best curries and Halal food. The place are still going strong, very popular with local Hong Kong ppl. and Muslim residents.
Its 'curry lamb brisket' (咖喱羊腩) is my top choice. I usually bought several orders ($33 each order) back home, heated them up with additional red chillies (for extra spiciness) and a tub of plain yoghurt (to extra sauce and creaminess). The taste is... heavenly! ^_^
You can have the curry lamb or beef right at 惠記as rice dish ($21 iirc), but the meat portion will be considerably less, and the curry has very little sauce for your rice as it was cooked in such a way that the entire batch of curry were reduced to very thick gravy and lamb (or beef) fat, so if you can cook, I recommend you buy an order or two, bring it home, and make more sauce by yourself (with yoghurt / coconut milk / water, or anyway you want).
Besides the famous curries, 惠記also have regular 燒臘, 潮州's 鹵水鵝翼just like regular 燒臘鋪. However, it serves Halal food so don't ask for pork; it a no-no for Muslims!
Bottom line: if you love to eat tasty 咖喱羊腩at affordable price, you won't go wrong with 惠記.

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