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上次路过见到这间泰国菜馆，写著「正宗泰式美食」，于是今趟专程到这间店食晚餐。可能我们比较早食的关系，一入内，没有客人，我们可任意选择位置。店很小，墙上贴满很多名人在店内用餐的照片，这让我们觉得可放心食用。食物选择不多，只有一页纸。我们叫了「木瓜沙律」、「猪肉碎生菜辣沙律」、「泰式炒菜苗」、「串烧牛肉」和「泰式炒河」。木瓜沙律，份量较小，我们已叫小辣，但我吃第一口就非常辣。猪肉碎生菜辣沙律，这就是我们平时在别店叫的「生菜包」。虽然肥猪肉颇多，但友人觉得比其他店更好吃。泰式炒菜苗，清清地，味道算不错。因见餐牌有很多串烧美食，认为这店应该主打串烧。但由于友人不太爱吃串烧，所以只叫了一串「串烧牛肉」品尝。泰式炒河，虽然卖相差，但味道不错。
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DO NOT GO HERE. This is the worst restaurant I have ever been to! It's a total disgrace. We decided not to have the overpriced grill fish, so we were served absolute garbage, recycled seafood shells, food in the Tom Yum soup and a Pad Thai someone wouldn't even feed to their dog. The waiter was a total a**hole who told us we didn't know what to order. Absolute dump! I just hope I don't get sick!!
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刚进门就觉得犹如仙境，因为在铺头里面的厨房好似无开抽油烟机，又无开冷气，客人全部在浓重的油烟环境下食饭，当时候我已经觉得不妥，无奈天气冻唔想行，又见铺头外面贴满名人来用餐的照片，觉得可能味道很好，值得等。坐下后在一张纸上面tick好要食物（一件烧羊架，一个炒饭，一个腌鸡脚），交单，然后就开始了漫长的等待过程。中途我的朋友因为鼻敏感，终于顶唔住油烟环境，叫老板来了半扇门，感觉舒服好多。但我们等来等去，望来望去，在铺头的电视看完了爱回家，一样食物都未上。旁边的座位坐了两个似是港大的学生，也等了好耐都无食物。催单时老板用很不客气的语气讲：得一个厨师啊，等下啦，唔会漏咗你！我们都很无语，后面那一台的客人直情等到同老板讲撤单。如果唔系我朋友好有耐性，我真系忍唔住要走。讲返食物，个腌鸡脚都算fresh，但不知为何非常辣；羊架上台食一碟都系血水，其实我不介意3成熟，但可否帮手擦下d血水先上台啊～～个海鲜炒饭仲衰，类似炒㶶锅的味道，食到呢个程度，我终于开始有点明白呢间店的经营策略：让客人等到饿死，然后上菜，这时乜都食得落。我也不想说话讲得太尽，但这次的用餐经验简直差到令我想注册openrice过来不吐不快。但毕竟可能人地有特色菜我未试过，所以我只能推荐不肚饿，不介意等，又不会对油烟敏感的客人过来尝试下。
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这么美味的泰国菜居然只有1条评论！在此之前，我一直以为泰国菜是虾膏炒饭、冬阴功之类的菜式，来到这一家，才发现原来“别有洞天”。串烧、牛脷等，配上酸辣的蘸汁，美味得难以忘怀！烧鱼的鱼肉很鲜嫩！虽然店面很小，容量也不超过50人，座位间甚至几乎无空隙，但因为太美味，相信还会再来：）
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BAKKER'S BITESJune 22nd, 2013"There's Something About Ping Kee..." (Ping Kee Thai Review - adapted for OpenRice)Ping Kee Thai Restaurant is on Third Street, crossing Water Street.It's been a while now that I've been meaning to blog about Ping Kee Thai, a neighbourhood restaurant in Sai Ying Pun. The only problem was that I always bring friends and - in my enthusiasm - kept forgetting to bring my camera with me.I was first taken to Ping Kee by a family friend, and in turn I've passed along the favour by introducing my own friends to this unassuming, family-run restaurant... one of whom literally went back the very next day, on his own, to relive our dinner - and, in particular, the AMAZING grilled fish.Although you can usually walk in to get a table, we happened to go on a public holiday, which meant there were more patrons than usual. After about a 20 minute wait - in which we enjoyed our fresh coconuts outside - we began the feast...Ping Kee is named after its chef, a hardworking and talented lady chef who prepares the food in a relatively small kitchen at the back. Her husband and son also work in the family business: by serving the floor and preparing BBQ grilled menu items.The secret ingredient tying every dish together is their special, homemade chili sauce. Spicy, sweet and little bit tart, it goes well with everything! If only I could somehow steal the recipe; I love it so much I could practically bathe in it...As I mentioned, part of the menu consists of BBQ grilled items that are prepared on order. Then of course, there's a slew of classic Thai dishes, with a splash of Cantonese influence here and there. We started with some grilled items - this being the perfect way to enjoy and savour Ping Kee's chili sauce and get our appetites flowing! There's a LOT more options for skewers/grilled items, so GO and sate your curiosity The star of the show always was, and continues to be (for me, at least) the Grilled Fish... a phenomenally fresh grilled white fish. Everyone I've brought agrees, and when you eat at the restaurant, you can spot regulars by the simple fact that they've also got one on their table.Arriving steaming hot, with herbs and chilli stuffed in its cavity for flavour, it has crispy, salt-encrusted skin encasing its tender meat. The meat within is sprinkled with dill, and when you eat it with the chili sauce together, it's just heaven.To accompany this, some pad thai was in order. Brimming with goodies (fresh vegetables, chicken and egg), the pad thai was such a success that we felt it would be wrong to leave Ping Kee without eating more.And so followed a deliciously creamy and fragrant green chicken curry......which, of course, we needed rice to eat with. Thankfully we opted for a huge plate of pineapple rice, instead of steamed rice - because it was the best pineapple rice I've ever had.Chunks of juicy pineapple, chopped vegetables, raisins lay under a bed of pork floss which, once you've mixed it together, produces a most delightful texture and flavour. I couldn't help scooping pineapple rice, green curry and cabbage (below) all into one bowl, mixing it together and revel in how lucky I am that I live so near to Ping Kee. Casual, familial and bursting with good, honest food, Ping Kee is one of my favourite places to eat in Hong Kong. It has never disappointed me yet, and whenever I feel like a great dinner and a couple of beers with friends, my mind immediately jumps to Ping Kee...So, what are you waiting for! Bakker x
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