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2013-04-27
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車胎人推介的雲吞麵及糖水店;竹昇麵爽而有筋味道深沈;雲吞有豬及蝦質素不錯;上湯味道夠平衡, 鮮味非常突出!地點方便，冷氣開放．推介!Noodle shop introduced by Michelin;Thin egg noodles with a subtle taste but firm texture;Good prawn roe lo mien;HK$34 for 10 good quality wontons;Very good wonton broth;Air-conditioned!Recommended.My friends know that I've got an obsessive streak. I've been having a lot of congees lately so I became quite interested in finding out how wonton noodles shops and congee shops could differ. As a result, I've been having wonton noodles
竹昇麵爽而有筋味道深沈;
雲吞有豬及蝦質素不錯;
上湯味道夠平衡, 鮮味非常突出!
地點方便，冷氣開放．
推介!
Noodle shop introduced by Michelin;
Thin egg noodles with a subtle taste but firm texture;
Good prawn roe lo mien;
HK$34 for 10 good quality wontons;
Very good wonton broth;
Air-conditioned!
Recommended.
My friends know that I've got an obsessive streak. I've been having a lot of congees lately so I became quite interested in finding out how wonton noodles shops and congee shops could differ. As a result, I've been having wonton noodles and/or congee almost every day for the past two weeks. Wing Wah caught my attention because it's close to work and mentioned by Michelin restaurant. I tried it over lunch time.
Air-conditioned:
The location was conveniently near the Wan Chai MTR station. The place was dated but kept reasonably clean and tidy. Importantly, there was a glass door shielding customers from the heat and dust outside. It's air-conditioned.
The interior looked just like most local noodle shops, not as grand as Chi Kei or Wong Chi Kei, with small compartment seats and 2-3 long tables for 6 placed in the middle of the shop. There were reasonable space between customers, more comfortable than Tsim Chai Kee Noodles, for example.
Menu:
The menu was in Chinese and English. Other than a decent selection of noodles, they also serve a large number of traditional Chinese desserts. I believe their braised pork knuckle and red bean soup is also famous.
In order to have a fair comparison, I ordered "prawn roe lo mien" and a separate bowl of wonton instead of the Wonton noodle which they're famous for.Lean & Mean Noodles:
I believe this shop also served bamboo-pressed noodles. The size was similar to the one served at Wong Chi Kei but they had more prawn roes here. Interestingly, oyster sauce was also included on the plate of noodles so you could mix it in with the noodles. I didn't really touch that as I found the prawn roes flavourful enough. Even more flavourful than the one at Wong Chi Kei and those served at Mak's Noodle. I also added a few tablespoons of the lo mien broth to the noodles. This broth had a very pronounced, aromatic flounder and shiitake taste rarely found in other noodle shops. It had impact but less salty than those at Wong Chi Kei.
The noodles were slighter tougher than those served at Wong Chi Kei, similar to those at Chi Kei but thinner than both places. It did not have pronounced alkaline taste, which is good. It had a more subtle aftertaste than the assertive eggy taste of Wong Chi Kei noodles. Somehow I think the texture of the noodles here will suit Ja Chaang Mien very well (sweet, sour and slightly spicy sauce with shredded pork on a bed of egg noodles served on a plate without broth), perhaps even better than Wonton noodles.
HK$54, No complaints.
Wonton:
It had about 10 wontons for HK$34, which is quite reasonable. The wontons had about 50% pork and 50% prawns balance. The minced pork inside each wonton was aromatic and had a very good pork taste. The shrimps had a crunchy texture, indicating it's freshness. The pork taste was not bad too.However, what really stood out here at WIng Wah noodle shop was in fact the Wonton soup broth!
Compared with the lo mien broth, which had a strong shiitake aftertaste, the Wonton soup was a lot more refreshing. Even though the taste of the flounder was lighter than other shops I've tried, the balance between the flounder, Chinese chives and fresh spring onions was very good. The broth was really one of the best I've tried so far, it might have chicken broth mixed into it as well. I prefer this broth over Mak's Noodles, Wong Chi Kei, Chi Kei and Tsim Jai Kei.
Now I can see why Wonton Noodles is so famous here. The "quiet" noodles with character and texture should match very well with the "outgoing", refreshing, taste of the broth and the umami of the pork inside the wontons.
No wonder the name printed on their menu is not just "Wing Wah Noodle Shop" but "Wing Wah Wonton Noodle Shop"!
Recommended.
张贴
