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2017-03-17
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尚上夏下 Jkj hotpot, seem more of a chicken-hotpot joint catered to heartlanders at first sight, even with the usual try hard frontage and JKJ as a restaurant name in English (with exception to 尚上夏下 the wordplay in Cantonese shows forth some intelligence) surprisingly serves acmuch better-than-decent quality food. But it's sometimes hard to judge a good book by its cover.The quality and variety of food choices for the pot is well above expectation. And the occasional advice, on how long to boil c
The quality and variety of food choices for the pot is well above expectation. And the occasional advice, on how long to boil certain items for optimum culinary experience , by the staff, deemed really helpful( for instance , "5 seconds in the boil for the black-tripe", is really the crunchiest and tender experience as compared to overcooking to a n approximate 10 seconds).The table was set with a yinyang pot with a choice of broth in one compartment and Sichuan style chicken in the other. The staff were very particular about the flame control so as to not burn the chicken and the flavour inducing ingredients. I would say leave the chicken pot to the experts as we nearly burnt ours when we decided to take things into our own hands. Next we would choose a broth to pour into the the remnant Sichuan style ingredients, and the diy cooking segment commences. The MSG content is one of the lowest I've had amongst the many hot pot joints I've visited, another 2 thumbs up, as I've not had any allergic reactions after the meal.
The vegetables are surprising kept very Crisp, green and juicy.
The deep fried rolled bean sheets fried upon order, were light, fluffy and crumbly.I would say frozen meats are the norm for such joints, however, the pork, mutton and beef are of higher than average quality as in there are no signs of refreezing and the colours of the meat look fresh, taste fresh and equally fresh to the bite. One must not expect prime cuts of beef tho the cut served was from a tender enough cut and slices of mutton are a little on tendon-ish side but gladly not exessively gamey in flavour.
Oysters are huge, non smaller than 4inch long well flash frozen till served, still retaining its ocean sweetness, totally without any hint of off flavours and the mouth feel was plump and juicy. Two thumbs up for quality control here.
The freshly made seafood maw in 4 types of seafood is a real delicacy.
A gimmicky but fun to eat banana stuffed squid ball brings a chuckling "oh this works too!"
Service was brisk and courteous. A definite worthy visit even for someone who isn't a hotpot fan.
张贴
