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Fan Tang is back ! but as a wholly private establishment - accessible only to friends of the owner or if you are lucky enough to be part of a group that have been invited to the restaurant by the owner or one of the owners friends The rooms are totally refurbished in line with the needs of the HK/Chinese tycoons who frequent the place . Large luxurious in hues of pigeon grey not unlike a salon at Christian Dior, there are no more public dining areas but 3 large private rooms A wine cellar and walk in humidor have been added to the mix with a collection that would make a grown man cry…..Food remains consistent and the menu is largely intact in the sense that you can order pretty much what you want from their repertoire of Cantonese and Szechuan dishes as the original chef has not left. They have added a few more dishes to the mix, most notably xinjiang lamb skewers and the tastes are a tad stronger reflecting the preferences of the mainland guests so if you aren’t a fan please tell the maitre to cook the dishes “HK style” The bill is not for the faint hearted but I guess if you are one of the few who can enter past it’s secret entrance the bill should be the least of your concerns
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之前见跟住本饮食书介绍铜锣湾美食试炸猪排饭比到我惊喜,今次就试下中餐「私房菜」!头盘点左烧云腿同牛展 是薄粉浆包咸云腿! 粉浆煎得香脆,包住咸香金华火腿,算是有特色既前菜!牛展炆到好捻!另外点左个饭堂榄菜炒饭,干身不油腻,淡淡榄菜香吊起炒饭香味! 刚好两人份量!最后甜品选左传统蛋散! 完全无半点油腻感,沾上蜜糖脆度刚刚好!虽然价钱偏高,但食物算精致,以今晚我唔太肚饿既状态同男朋友黎食算刚刚好!
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今次有幸黎「饭堂」食饭,全因为有两位高我两级o既长辈邀请,想屋企人一齐食餐晚饭聚一聚。「饭堂」个门口唔系好明显,木造o既门口深色唔起眼,楼上所有玻璃又有厚布隔住,冇人讲真系唔知𠮶度有间共两层高o既餐馆。「饭堂」室内都好西化,楼梯设计系一个好例子。 当晚我地人多,被安排到楼上最大间房入面。大房宽敞阔落,有电视睇,冷气又足,重有一个全自动化o既私人洗手间,好舒服。因为长辈们都系酒客,所以主人家一早叫伙计安排酒杯。餐厅所用o既酒杯全部都系方形设计,几独特;不过在场o既红酒粉丝就不甚欣赏,话方形酒杯不及传统弧形酒杯;小肥对酒唔多熟识,何况系酒杯?!所以唔敢比意见。 当晚礼宾式o既招呼已经讲明主人家系常帮衬o既熟客。负责我地间房𠮶位哥哥仔好落力,态度友善诚恳,绝不马虎;连经理Mark哥都好多时亲力亲为,真系好有face!成餐晚饭最令人难忘就系多款小碟,如姨丈所言,如果我地成晚只系食小碟,都已经好满足,同好够惊喜。 皮蛋青瓜:青瓜点醋食,劲酸!用醋黎做皮蛋汁,心谂咪仲唔夹?!不过食落就明白到皮蛋点醋食,效果就系唔会食到咁滞,个配搭亦唔系太差,所以XO仔一个人食左两只皮蛋。 酱萝卜皮:萝卜皮经腌制过,非常爽脆多汁野味。 雪菜毛豆素鸡:煮得唔会太油,口感好似年糕咁,烟烟韧韧。用雪菜黎调味,斋得黎唔会咁寡,做得算好唔错。 香芧排骨:热辣辣,肉质爽口,排骨又唔会油淋淋,送酒佳品。 惊喜推介之烧云腿:第一眼望落去仲以为系中式饼干,点知入口先知道系云腿。烧云腿貌似饼干,亦似三文治,做得非常干身,虽然表面唔系好平滑,不过胜在超级薄身轻巧,所以小肥唔系好抗拒,更乐意试食。云腿薄脆香口,味道香浓,咸中带甜,两种味道好均匀,完全唔会互抢,好精彩!Mark哥话做法好简单,先为云腿涂上蛋浆,加少量生粉,炸完之后再慢烘,咁就得左。 创意推介之千层脆皮豆腐:师傅张豆腐切成一层层薄片,每层间分别加入咸蛋蓉,苋菜蓉同腿蓉,然后炸成一件件黄金砖;外表看似简单,其实内有干坤,非常有心思。黄金皮脆卜卜,好香口,咬落豆腐同时间有多种不同口感同味道,香脆嫩滑松化集于一身,妙极妙极! 游水苏眉:据爸爸所讲,蒸苏眉其实唔系好讲技巧,只要条鱼新鲜,好难会出现问题。当晚条苏眉来自菲律宾,正当我地欣赏紧多款小食时,Mark哥攞左个透明袋黎,证明入面条鱼重游紧水,更指明苏眉要好似𠮶条咁白身先叫靓。 滑蛋苏眉碎:Mark哥提议叫厨房帮我地起埋食剩o既苏眉鱼肉,以滑蛋炒制。鱼肉嫩滑依然,滑蛋加添香口,哗,正呀! 脆皮牛腩:牛腩半肥瘦,轻轻炸过,所以干脆中见腍,配上带甜o既酱汁,成个组合好新颖,平时唔系好食牛腩o既小肥都食左三件,真系唔讲得笑。 杭椒鱼胶:杭椒爽脆,有辣有唔辣。鱼胶口感似花胶,有赵头。 和味粉丝煲:用煲上,够热又唔黐底,粉丝烟韧入味,而且好够干身。 杏汁炖猪肺汤:猪肺汤浓郁香滑,好够火候,完全唔觉有味精,最重要系唔会有杏粉嚡住个口或黐住个喉咙,证明杏汁有隔过渣。猪肺嫩口腍滑,非常白雪雪,洗得好干净,食落口都觉得健康D。 柚皮扣鹅掌:大大只鹅掌同柚柀都好够腍滑,芡汁个味亦调得唔错。 翡翠扣津胆:津胆清甜,胜瓜亦冇泥味,两者都煮得够腍。 烟熏鸡:XO本身唔系好钟意烟熏𠮶阵味,所以就算个鸡做得几嫩都唔能够取悦倒我。 围虾鱼汤泡饭:用瓦煲上,一边滚一边分,埋到位都重好够热。好欣赏哥哥仔帮我地分o既时候,最后𠮶一刻先续碗加入脆卜卜o既饭粒,上枱时重听倒「时时」声。围虾爽甜,鱼汤又够香浓,口感同味道都咁一流! 香滑芝麻糕:味道清淡,OK滑,小肥嫌佢唔够芝麻味。 流沙奶皇包:如相所见,唔系好够流沙;因为实在太期待,所以特别失望。晚餐以一连串创意小碟作序,成功挑逗食客o既味蕾,充满惊喜。中段o既汤,以及几碟大𩠌亦不负所望,显示出师傅o既厨艺。可惜,最后平庸o既甜品因不够突出同水准,令晚宴衰收尾。当晚系两位长长辈请客,所以唔好意思问价钱。不过,同桌o既表姐同表姐夫之后自己再黎过,重复叫左好多相同菜式,减左条鱼同鹅掌,埋单都要成一千蚊一位,听到之后我真系愕左然,似乎我地𠮶餐饭冇五位数字都唔落得楼,听倒都觉得肉痛。
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I come here regularly on sundays for lunch. It's a decent chinese restaurant with excellent dim sums. I was REALLY impressed with their Siu Long Bao (soup dumplings). The soup was tasty, meat was juicy, and dumpling skin was delicate and made to perfection. Definitely comparable to Din Tai Fung. The Yin Yang Fried Rice (fried rice with red and white sauce) was not bad either. I thought it was weird that the restaurant doesn't serve Hor Fun (thick rice noodles) on a regular basis - apparently because they don't have time to make their own and don't bother to use the store-bought noodles!?For desserts, the Drippy Egg Yolk Buns really stood out. Think salted egg yolk blended into a sweet golden lava inside a classic steamed bun. It's way better than their Thousand Layered Cake (steamed white cake nested between salted egg yolk custard filling), which isn't bad but got too much custard paste for my liking.
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“饭堂”一间高级私房菜, 但对于在家烹调不喜假手于人的我,实在没有什么特别! 对于一些难得在家用膳的人, 相反”饭堂” 的住家菜, 例如蒸肉饼,炒蛋等…这类住家小炒, 却相当吸引, 以致连这里的白饭都被赞为人间极品, 不知是该同情或是羡慕他/她?女友从上海来设宴招待同是上海来港的客人, 特别声明要求找一间高档清静和道地小菜的餐厅, 而香港特色是,道地小菜就一定不会清静, 高档也就不会有小菜. 实在难找到一间附合要求的餐厅. 刚好我另一女友是”饭堂” 常客, 建议”饭堂”是宴客之选! 月前我也曾被她邀请到”饭堂”作客,但当时没多大深刻印象.女友同意一试. 马上致电订座. 非一般的饭堂, 却原来只是非常一般的饭堂! 今晚饭局一行8人,盛惠$5,800大元! 物非所值,令人大失所望!当晚菜单如下:前菜: 胡麻酱鲜茄, 蕃茄切得太薄, 食不出鲜味. 相反的, ”喜宴”, “千两” 的胡麻酱鲜茄比”饭堂” 的胡麻酱味突出很多.雪菜毛豆素鸡, 经理推介, 我有特别再三提到客人都是上海人从上海来港, 这道前菜对他们来说没有特色. 只是不过不失!香茅炸排骨, 经理推介, 但食不出有香茅味道, 排骨炸得太干.烧云腿, 本来是我唯一怀念的一道, 但当晚也失水准, 云腿表面上粉略厚.炖汤:夏草螺头汤, 上汤时,经理特意过来介绍此为” 西藏冬虫夏草,在冬虫未附入夏草前收割, 但当我们的客人表示他们在西藏做生意,马上转话题且借意转台! 此汤味道没有日前在” 顺德联谊会” 的螺头汤香浓, 而这里每人只有一小碗, 收费则要$1,500大元! 值不值得则见仁见智. 主菜:胡椒虾, 虾太细,味道还过得去. 老板娘刻意过来解释因为母亲节, 海鲜价太贵,不想与同行争购, 所以这批虾入货略细, 平均卖价为$45一只, 又是一句值得与否? 见仁见智!龙虿两吃, 头尾骨古法蒸, 鱼腩炒球, 是当晚唯一得到大家赞赏的一道. 味道以及火侯都刚好!两味芥兰煲, 大家都则质疑何来两味? 经理解释先炸菜叶, 后加配料猪肉松等再下全部菜番炒, 但大家除了甜味外,食不出其他味道? 脆皮盐焗鸡, 订座时提议我们预订, 也算是皮脆肉嫩, 可惜是在最后才上的一道菜, 还与上一道两味芥兰煲相隔有20多分钟. 失败!日本虾皮蒸肉饼, 是我参考食评而点的, 也是我当晚唯一感兴趣的一道,可惜被经理遗忘了.主食:白饭, 本来没什么可写的, 但因看到好几篇食评赞到似人间极品! 我好奇之下询问经理, 经理解释他们的白饭是迎选用靓米和用电饭煲煮成, 有别于其他餐厅用蒸笼. 但他可能不知道现今很多小炒店也用电饭煲, 不是用蒸笼了. 居住美国已一直坚持选用金凤米, 喜欢他的口感和米香, 有友人家住内地, 在我家尝过后还刻意到处找金凤米带返国内!甜品:蛋白杏仁茶, 香滑! 我们只点了4份, 结账时可能因为芥兰过甜, 鸡上得太慢, 夏草之故事….送给我们!整晚服务没有不好, 但以价钱来衡量服务水平, 则尚有改善空间.
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