Tasty Congee & Noodle Wantun Shop     正斗粥麵專家  

The Tasty Congee & Noodle Wontun Shop is one of the best restaurants in Hong Kong.

My friends told me that it is a terrific restaurant and I should visit there and order the Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Beef. I knew that this is a very famous restaurant in Happy Valley because the Michellin Guide Book and Chua Lan, famous gourmet in Hong Kong, highly recommended.

When I enter into the restaurant with my friend, a waitress appoach us with lovely smile offering me the assistance. She escorts us to a round table and another waitress gives us the menu. My first impression is the staffs who work in there are well trained and the restaurant is very clean. Their Chinese style uniform is quite match with the Chinese decor, it makes me feel very comfortable. They serve us the "HOT" (Very important) Chinese tea and listen to our order carefully.
We order three dishes, Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Beef, House Specialty Wonton Noodles and Fish Slices & Meat Balls Congee,which I think that they are the signature dishes of this restaurant.
The Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Beef - Highly recommended since it is tasty and not greasy.
House Specialty Wonton Noodles - The soup is really good but the Wonton are not large enough.
Fish Slices & Meat Balls Congee - It should be the top ten in Hong Kong

It is comparatively expensive with the same class restaurants but it is worth by spending HK$180.00 for these dishes. The rating of the restaurant I will give 5 stars. You should go and find it out by yourself.

This joint has always been popular. Be it take away or seated, always packed and have a line.

Their congee is one of the best ones in HK imo, very 棉 very soft and well flavored.

Their noodles are alright, dumplings are well made. However please be warned that their noodles portion is very small given the price. Basically we ordered two "lo mein" and one congee to go, and had to wait in line for 25 minutes!! And only with those 3 things, It was more than $150.... I could get the same things for half the price at congee and noodle king in Central. The 牛腩 lo mein portion was a bit pathetic, not enough soup base and there's hardly any beef in it.. just ginger slices..

I've been here a couple of times as the congee is good. When we arrived at 12:30pm on a Sunday, I noticed that the Michelin Guide has added this restaurant to its recommended list for 2011.Looking at the menu, I noticed that they had four pages of congee items, the cheapest being $20, and the most expensive at $350! I selected the Chicken & Mushroom Congee ($60). The congee was good! Just the right amount of salt, and not too watery. The chicken and mushroom were tasty, and the spring onion was a nice touch.

My gf and I also orderd some dim sum:

* Rice Noodle Roll (炸兩)
* Fried Turnip Cake
* Shrimp DumplingsOverall, the food was delicious, with the only disappointment being the Shrimp Dumplings, which had a little burnt after-taste, possibly because it was steamed for too long. The Rice Noodle Roll was very good - the fried dough had the right firmness and the noodle wasn't too heavy. The fried turnip cake was also very yummy, as it had outer crispiness and wasn't too gluey in the middle.

been here twice, once in august 2007 and once in september 2008. not a big fan of this place.

dishes that we ordered in september:

炸醬麵 - for myself. the whole thing is OK but the meat in the sauce is really tough.
牛肉腸粉 - my brother orders 2 for himself everytime but i'm not a big fan of cheung fan so cannot comment.
白灼鴛鴦蚌 -also for myself. it's tender and fresh enough but tasted very plain. but then again it IS poached.
窩貼 - good. we ordered 2 plates. crisp skin, piping hot filling.
jade vegetable dumplings - for myself again. good but portion was small...

i don't dislike this place but cannot say i am a fan. personally i go here because my brother likes it and it;s convenient.

Mr. Chua Lan, the famous gourmet, once wrote that this place make the best dry fried beef noodle in HK. I have been here before, never tried the noodle, but my impression of other food such as congee was just so-so. Too much MSG. However, his description of the noodle was so invincible that I was tempted to give it a try.
I bought a box for takeaway while my husband was away for business. Once opened, I was already disappointed. Unlike Mr Chua's description, it was very greasy. The taste was just average, and the beef was marinated with soda. It was overprice for such quality. I guess Mr. Chua's noodle must have been specially made for him.

Great place for dim-sums (esp. shrimp dumplings) on top of their already infamous Won-ton Noodles.
It's a must eat-place in Happy Valley, not to be missed.