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2013-06-03
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on the final day of our Hong Kong trip, we decide to go Lei Gardens(利苑) at Mongkok. I always thought Lei Gardens was among the best Hong Kong traditional chinese restaurants, especially their soup (例汤). the one nearest our hotel was at Tsai Yee Street洗衣街 Mongkok outlet (we were staying at Sam Shui Po) and that also happened to be the only 2 michelin star outlet (the other outlets were 1 michelin star). CJ ordered 3 dimsum items. the first - 鲍汁凤爪 braised chicken feet in abalone sauce – was the b
CJ ordered 3 dimsum items. the first - 鲍汁凤爪 braised chicken feet in abalone sauce – was the best we had thus far c/w Timhowan添好运 & 迎. the abalone sauce was similar to that for abalone & goose webs so it was very tasty. I guess the preparation was different from the usual deep-fried then steamed with black beans chicken feet so may not be fair to compare.
the soup (例汤) was good as expected,much better than Tao Heung 稻香 restaurants (which was also to be expected). however for this particular soup it was no better than, & indeed not as good as, the many 例汤 I had at Imperial Treasure Nanbei (from green papaya to 鸡脚草).
the 小笼包 didn’t look that great, skin looked thick but actually it was very good, the sauce/soup was very sweet & the skin was normal thin.
JK was pining for lobsters so we ordered a HK$598 twin dishes combination (common in Hong Kong). the star dish was 2 small lobsters halved 上汤局 steamed in superior sauce with golden mushrooms - this was very good.
the 1/2 roast chicken had very crispy skin & was tasty so no need the usual 5-spice salt dip. in Hong Kong they called this the 龙凤 dragon phoenix pairing.
we had another HK$298 2-eats combination. the 海斑 (garoupa) in claypot was also good tasting very flavourful. it was different preparation, not better than a steamed whole live garoupa but very good the way it was done.
the other dish was a thick beehoon in seafood soup – no fish or seafood but very tasty like our good fish beehoon.
and in Hong Kong, always order vegetables. the garlic heng chai was very good & flavourful too.
both JK & I were fan of 奶黄流沙包 custard egg bun. this was good, but I guess no better than Royal China or Imperial Treasure in Singapore.
we had 3 dimsums & 6 dishes for HK$1320 for 4pax (about S$55nett per person). it was a premium to Tao Heung but for a great deal more satisfaction & “shiokness”.
張貼
