Wonton noodles is one of my favourite foods and so every now and then, I will go and look for a good bowl. The only good noodle place near my office is Wing Wah in Wanchai and so that is where I went today.

Sadly, Wing Wah is very inconsistent and today's noodles were too soft, broken into bits and the wontons were all wrong. They were overcooked and some of them broken up. One wonton only had a big piece of uncut pork inside and the shrimp had swam out into the soup.
I also ordered a plate of boiled vegetables. Usually boiled vegetables at noodle shops are a bit too much for one person but the portion at Wing Wah has only about 6 vegetables, so only enough for one person and at $30, that is expensive for a noodle shop. Today, the vegetables were Kai Lan and very crunchy and green, the beef flank sauce I asked for instead of oyster sauce goes better with it. So at least that was a consolation.

The other thing that you must have if you go there is the pickle turnip in a jar on the table. It is pickled in vinegar with a bit of chili and while waiting for the food which is often quite slow, it's nice to have some.

In terms of wonton noodle shops, I much prefer Ho Hung Kee or Mak's as they are more consistent. After a bad bowl at Wing Wah, it will take me a long time to want to come back again. Sadly, this isn't the first time I have had a bad bowl of noodles here although I have had good ones too.

跟太太的同僚們吃完tapas走出來，見肚子還有些空位，於是又走到軒尼詩道去尋吃可也。此時看到永華這塊老招牌，想起當時吃得一肚火之不快經驗，正盤算着找下一間選擇之際，立時又想到好些食友提到這兒的麵味已有改善。已是差不多九時了，決定不再四處亂竄，於是就走了進店內，給她多一個機會去平反吧....

不信邪，仍是叫了上次吃得滿肚屈氣的蝦籽雲吞撈。太太已夠飽，坐在旁邊陪吃。於心不忍，叫了一碗熱合桃露給她消磨一下時間....

東西未上桌，先吃一口醃蘿蔔開開味蕾。味道偏鹹不太夠酸，起不到醒胃的效果。比起劉森記的，這只是"下把"，不是正印......

麵上桌，賣相不錯。吃一口麵進肚，仍是一口鹼水的苦味只可以用苦得"離晒譜"去形容，而且麵質也是太淰，全無彈牙之感，就算是有少許鴨蛋香，也又如何 ? 實是枉自稱為"竹昇靚麵"了。看到旁邊的客人像吃得津津有味，更是大感奇怪難度小弟的味蕾出現了問題 ? 於是用筷子拌一拌麵條再吃，感覺還是一樣，就算有味極濃的蠔油存在，仍是蓋不了那一咲苦澀味，可想而知是如何厲害呢.....

就算是名店又如何 ? 對小弟而言，莫說是跟同grade的劉森記、麥奀或麥文記作相提並論，就算是跟普通求其一間街邊小店，也比她優勝多了.....

蝦籽份量倒是不吝嗇，但欠鹹鮮香，且帶少許苦味不知是否味覺已被那一口鹼水徹底的破壞了呢 ? ；雲吞餡是傳統的一半蝦肉帶一半豬肉的，但豬肉部份卻是偏瘦的，口感是"實的的"，少了那種入口滑膩的感覺，又是另一失敗之作.....

如此質素的一小碟麵，竟還敢收我五十六大洋 ? 過份了點吧.....

縱然伴麵吃的上湯有很重的蝦及大地魚香，很清甜；合桃露質感很滑溜不過甜之餘亦有果仁香氣，不過小弟是一心來吃麵的，遇到如此尷尬的經驗，怎能不氣憤 ? ....

發誓不會再來，這是小弟來年的承諾......

一間以「竹昇麵」而聞名的舊式雲吞麵店。麵質果然夠彈牙有嚼口，雲吞亦做得不俗，用料新鮮。不過每碗索價近三十元，又未免貴了一點。

[14/11/2009; Sat]

本地仍堅持人手造的傳統雲吞麵店不多，永華是其中一間，淡黃色的麵仍是「竹昇」而成，在附近工作，獨個兒想不到吃什麼時，也會來碗細蓉。

是日路過，來碗雲吞拼水餃麵祭五臟廟，麵未來先吃粒酸瓜，它的作用是化淡鹼水，如獨吃的話，既酸且辛清爽開胃不錯。

雲吞麵來，湯底是略甜的大地魚湯，帶點糊椒的辛，夠熱而帶著魚乾熬出的鮮，不錯，竹昇麵是粗身平民版本，軟熟有嚼口，鹼水味不重，仍保持水準，喜歡竹昇麵的朋友，是推介的招牌作。

至於雲吞及水餃，質素一般，尤其是水餃仍處於「半熟狀態」，是可以更好的。

埋單$40左右，以傳統雲吞麵店來說，值得繼續捧場的。

夜晚係灣仔D頭買下野, 路過永華, 就入去試下; 聽講D雲吞麵都唔錯喎

入到去, 其實同一般的麵店無咩分別; 但枱面上有碟酸蘿白真係唔錯, 仲任食添

第一次食, 當然食佢地D招牌野, 我叫左:

蝦子撈麵
D蝦子真係好好食, D麵又好彈牙; 好正呀; 但係一碟要$43, 真係…好貴

雲吞麵
有5粒雲吞係度, 好細粒, 但真係好正, 一隻雲吞有一隻蝦; D料好新鮮; 但都唔平呀, 要成$28碗; (因為太餓, 唔記得影相添)

但係無論撈麵定雲吞麵都好細碟/碗, D個價錢真係貴

　嗰日去修頓中心做嘢，聽聞呢間嘢有蔡瀾、米芝蓮同蘇施黃推介，咪去試下囉。
　一坐落，個樓面就問你食乜，大佬呀，雖然你哋啲雲吞麵馳名港九，但都睇吓個餐牌有乜嘢食先得架！最後叫咗碗雲吞麵，睇吓佢有幾好食。
　佢哋都有酸蘿蔔畀客任食，同桂林街嘅劉森記一樣，好爽呀！
　碗麵好快就煮好，個湯幾正，好陣陣地魚嘅香味，有五粒雲吞。其實我嘅favourite係京都炸醬麵，但人地雲吞麵咁正，點都要試吓。
　不過碗雲吞麵好揦脷，要廿七蚊一碗，仲貴過旺角池記同中環沾仔記，更加唔好去同劉森記比。
　如果大食啲，食埋油菜同炸魚皮，分分鐘一百蚊出門口。
　呢啲咪叫做賣名氣囉，如果係隱世食肆，十零蚊都可以食到。

湯濃味鮮, 喝後不會有很渴的感覺, 一好。

麵幼彈牙, 二好。

根淋肉嫩, 三好。

環境以麵店來說算很不錯, 椅子坐得舒服, 四好。

唯份量太少, 正常食量的人都會覺得不夠。

再者, 一碗份量這麼少的麵都要上30塊, 略貴; 撈麵更要40-50塊, 更貴。

總結：十分好吃, 但嫌略貴

很少到這裡附近, 要吃傳統的竹升雲吞麵, 除了不像話的池記和麥奀之外, 只有劉森記了. 兩點半還是客滿, 這店也真有一手.
好在有一客人起身, 我正好坐下, 叫了水餃麵, 廿九大元.
等了又等, 十五分鐘左右, 收銀的老闆娘走過來說水餃要湪, 要稍等, 我說ok, 不夠一分鐘, 麵便到, 覺得服務還不差, 發現枱面沒有辣椒油, 叫阿姐取, 立刻便到, 很好.
麵是沒意外的少份量, 有三隻小型水餃, 只因吃慣了劉森記的大哂士, 味道各有春秋, 蝦是不爽的, 但是沒有化學味, 個人覺得這樣比吃很爽的化學蝦還好.
湯是一貫的濃香豬骨蝦瞉味, 麵亦是有蛋香味和麥味, 很幼, 彈牙, 這對品質的堅持使人覺得廿九大元一小碗的傳統麵食還是物有所值的.

相信不用我多講，大家對永華麵家的名字也不會陌生，不少著名食家如蔡生、蘇絲黃等都曾經介紹過，更獲得米芝蓮推介，絕對是城中的名牌老麵店，亦是我喜歡的麵館之一。

每次來到，也不會錯過其泡蘿蔔，有時甚至覺得泡蘿蔔的角色比竹升麵更為重要。以精緻玻璃瓶盛著的泡蘿蔔，切成粒，口感爽脆，滲出甜味，同時又是酸辣兼備，十分醒胃。吃幾粒才食麵，合適不過。

對蝦敏感，無緣嚐這裡的名物「細蓉」，點一碗炸醬麵取而代之。先喝一口湯，味道不夠濃香；肉絲則軟稔，冬菇絲爽口，辛辣度不算十分強勁，且帶點微甜，撈麵一流。麵條彈牙爽口，反正這裡的竹升麵從沒令我失望。

$29/碗炸醬麵，比坊間的貴了一截，但如此的有水準，也是值得的。

昨晚第一次去呢間野.
人地個個都話佢好食同埋出名.
不過價錢比一其他麵家貴一倍.

叫左佢出名的雲吞.
叫左雙併加牛腩..

雲吞味道好咸. 口感實~
牛腩好味唔un. 牛根好正~
湯底好good.
麵質好有口感. 真係出名手打.

另外叫左個甜品.
桑寄生蛋茶. 味道唔苦. 不太甜. 好大碗. 唔怪之得收咁貴啦.
個蛋好大隻. 深啡色的表面.

昨天七時許入座都佷多人. 還要等位一陣.
整体上. 可以再食過..

今日收左工,近近地係附近醫肚....

見好多人讚過呢間店(亦有人彈過)

,咪想入去試下, 之前聽人話過呢間野唔平,但我估都唔洗100元1碗掛...

入到去,D伙計笑容欠奉(人氣店不嬲係咁,唔憂做),

我叫左$29元的牛腩麵,$27元剩雲吞,

伙記話換緊水,等一陣,

我就手痕,食下桌面既辣酸蘿蔔,又幾好味,仲係任食...

牛腩麵,===好似屋企飯碗咁上下,但麵香彈牙,冇皂水味,軟硬適中...

牛腩看似好廋,我怕鞋口同un牙,但入口鬆軟有牛味,$29元不叫抵,但你又唔可以話佢呃$

剩雲吞===不過不失,豬肉偏廋,蝦亦不是特別大隻,但有蝦味,

而且一碗$27元的雲吞有9隻之多,也就算了....

這兒不會叫你失望,但我又不會特別再幫襯...

已經有兩、三年冇黎食過,再次惠顧亦再次失望!

1.招牌雲吞麵:雲吞味道ok,但有點煮得過耐；麵身太淋不彈牙,而且上湯都幾味精,渴了都幾口渴:
2.蠔油蝦子芥蘭:比較有水準,芥蘭爽口唔苦,但蝦子我覺得澳門香D同好食D,一碟$30比雲吞麵仲要貴,當然有要求!
3.可口可樂:夠凍,因為太口渴局住飲

以呢個價錢係灣仔區揾野食,未免太不值,本人比較喜歡中環麥奀多D!

First visit here on a Friday afternoon. There were about 5 other customers in the shop at 2PM, one of the staff was cleaning up a table, guess they were ending their afternoon shift.

Ordered:

1. Beef tendon noodles x2 (one for dad, one for me) ($29)
Beef brisket was tender, tendon was not chewy but very jelly-like. I would like it chewier. Soup was a bit oily. The noodles are really the best part of the dish (or should say bowl?!), it's very tender yet still has body. The vegetables were a bit limp, they might have overcooked it slightly.

2. Wonton noodles ($27)
One of the wontons had a lot of shrimps, while most only had a small piece. The shrimps were not supple at all, it didn't have the "bounce" that fresh shrimps often have. The spice was quite pungent too, a bit salty perhaps. Pork was a bit drier than expected. A bit disappointing.

Pickled turnips! I couldn't help having seconds. Refreshing, with chopped chili. Its sweetness helps balance out the saltiness and otherwise very strong savory taste of the soup and seasoning in the beef noodles.

Apparently their "Ja Jeung Mien" (shredded pork noodles with sauce) is pretty good. I won't execute their wontons indefinitely and say Wing Wah has bad wontons, but judging from this one time, it really doesn't deserve such reputation. Ho Hung Kee makes juicier, fresher wontons. Or maybe they overcooked it.

Service wasn't great either. When I asked for more vegetables with my noodles, I was prepared to pay more, but the woman replied with some attitude "We don't have that"; so I remained quiet.

Famous for their meager portions, my dad always orders 2 for himself - a single bowl is about the size of an average rice bowl, about 8 oz. Overall, it's worth a visit, but I don't think I will order their wontons again. Worth coming for the noodles itself, but nothing notable about the meat nor the soup. Although $27/29 is not a lot of money, it is a bit unreasonable for such a measly size and so-so quality.

好耐無食過,再次黎,除左發覺,枱上無左自家製的酸菜外,亦被價錢嚇呆了!閑閑地都$27碗,甜品也要廿多-三十多元!
睇價錢揀左雲吞麵$27、原汁/味?筋腩麵$29。
雲吞唔覺好食,見有唔少肥肉,蝦是白壐壐的,總之唔好食。
那個忘了是原「汁/味」?的牛筋腩,好腍,同埋都幾肥吓!但係「原」,原來係咁「原」始!白烚原味,仲等我以為,有腩汁麵食添….
竹昇麵的而且確係幾…..口感腍與彈牙之間；味道是蛋香與鹼水混合體,係在其他麵店食唔到既水準。
但係湯…還是餸?食到我好涸喉,味精嗎?唔係咁好law….

第一次去米芝連既餐廳食野..但係估唔到係食粉面..
大概7,8點左右唔洗等位就可以入去食野啦..
叫左一個炸醬面,义燒撈面,炸魚皮同埋水餃..
叫炸醬面既時候佢會問你要碗定碟..
我要左碗,原來係好細好細好細碗..
一個普通既女仔食呢個碗一定唔夠食架!!
聽聞正宗既炸醬面D肉係凍既..d碗都ok既..微凍囉!!
幾好食..不過真係好快就食得曬..
男朋友就叫左义燒撈面,
呢個超好食呀!!d义燒半肥瘦d蜜汁又juicy..
仲要通常女仔對d肥肉都避之側吉..
但係呢d肥肉係令我覺得入口唔肥之餘,
反而有即溶既感覺..真係好好食!!
d面同d湯又無枧水味,好正=)
不過d水餃就普通左d..
貼心提示:檯面有一d酸蘿蔔,必食呀!!!=)