I came to have lunch alone during a weekday. The shop is very tiny, with only about 10 seats or so. I order a set lunch with laksa noodles and a cold drink. The soup was very good and tasty but it would be better if there are more meat. There were only two pieces of beancurd and very limited slices of chicken meat. I was hungry 2 hours later. …查看更多
喇沙 x 甜辣蝦湯 + (油麵x米粉)= 正!Laksa Prawn Mee (Yau Min & Vermicelli)I originally wanted to try "Inari" but they were under renovation - the circular stated that it would reopen on 10th May2012 but when I went there, it's still under renovation! I hope I'll be able to see it reopen soon. :(So I walked along the street to find something to eat. In case you haven't been to this TST/Jordan area, there are tons of interesting restaurants and eateries along the same street - as long as you are not afraid of venturing a bit further down Austin road. :)This Laksa shop caught my attention because of photographs of Mr. Chua Lan (蔡瀾)and many other Hong Kong talents. I have to say this promotion method is usually a source of concern for me instead than anything else. My previous experience of "star-studded" restaurants were at "Very Good Restaurant" 頂好, which was quite bad; and another restaurant, "Hing Kee" 避風塘興記 (they serve nice duck Ho Fun and fried crab but very expensive for the size.) Having said that, it worked (because they also had photographs of the prawn mee and a price list). It was a small shop with about 10-12 seats which were reasonably spaced apart. The whole decor was green. Good air-conditioning. Golden mandarin oldies as the background music.After a quick look at the menu (which had laksa, prawn mee and I believe rice dishes as well), I ordered the deluxe prawn mee with 10 toppings, which appeared to be their signature dish: (HK$57) I got rid of the beef ball.After being prompted by the friendly and assertive female boss (not rude at all, just assertive), I also ordered barley water. The barley water came first: This was very interesting! It had a mild ginger taste to it and had a lot of barley. Very refreshing! But at HK$24, i think it's quite pricey. Shortly afterwards, my Prawn Mee arrived:The broth was very interesting : The soup base was actually very similar to a Laksa soup base with some coconut milk and a tingling spiciness (definitely less spicy than those in Singapore but already one of the spicier ones, if not the spiciest, laksa i've tried in Hong Kong). :)The prawn taste was pronounced. It was quite addictive. Imagine this as a mixture of the Laksa you have at "EXP", Festival Walk (which I think is quite good) plus the sweet & spicy prawn soup you get at "Prawn Noodle Shop". The effect was very nice! It had quite a lot of fried onions as well. Very aromatic. All in all, I was very happy with the broth. Definitely much better than the prawn mee I had at "Katong Laksa", Wan Chai, which was similar to a light pork meat soup instead of what I had at Katong, Singapore. About the toppings, as far as I could remember:Vietnamese sausage 扎肉 : Tasty . Fresh (as far as a sausage could be ). Generous portion.Smoked Duck Breast 煙鴨胸: Chewy, had a strong smoked duck taste. Nice.Vegetables 油墨菜: Yau Mak Choi (literally printing ink vegetable). Perhaps taste a bit like a mustard leaf and slightly bitter. Also fresh and crisp.Chicken wings 鹵水雞翼: marinated in soy sauce. A bit salty like more soy sauce wings but no complaints. Pork Belly 豬腩肉: A slice of pork belly, which was quite well marinated and flavourful. Very tender.Fish cake 魚片: Very fresh and chewy. The fish cake was quite sweet. It's delicious.Fried fish cake 炸魚片: similar to above but fried. Not oily. Also delicious.Fried Tofu 豆卜: Normal. No complaints.Black Fungi 木耳: Again, fresh and did not have the grassy taste.(Beef meatballs)The noodles they used were a thinner type of egg noodle (when I say thinner, I meant thinner than yau min at Prawn Mee Shop and Katong Laksa). It's still thicker than normal egg noodles. Those were firm and chewy. It also had egg taste. Also, it's mixed with vermicelli! Just like the real thing. :) This adds a lot of complexity (& carbs) to the texture of the whole noodle. The whole portion was quite filling. More filling than "Prawn Noodle Shop" and a bit more than "Katong Laksa". All in all, good quality broth and noodles, toppings were nice, decent size and decent value - HK$57 - Recommended!總評:蔡生曾到此一遊.地方細(10-12個位)但不太逼.大量明星照(像”頂好”-頂唔順 及 ”避風塘興記”-河粉及炒蟹好食,但好貴:(),有點兒擔心.幸好好食及價錢公道:叫了招牌蝦麵及薏米水薏米水:有羌味及很多薏米. 有特式但好像有點貴 -HK$24招牌蝦麵:湯頭:有點似”蝦麵店”的蝦湯加上”exp”的喇沙. 鮮甜的蝦湯及較辣的喇沙.有椰香但不會蓋過其他味道 - 正! :)麵: 油麵-爽口新鮮.比蝦麵店和加東喇沙的更有嚼勁.再加上米粉, 口感豐富又夠飽肚.配料:夠豐富.十種材料 - 扎肉,煙鴨胸,油墨菜,鹵水雞翼,豬腩肉,炸魚片,豆卜,木耳,(牛丸)肉類入味,魚片及菜類都新鮮.HK$57 - 算幾抵食.整體相當滿意.如在附近,不妨一試!…查看更多
Ordered 2 laksas for lunch and self-collected (since the staff claimed that they are busy). Ate halfway and noticed there's nothing in the laksa except for 3 pcs of fried-beancurd and a thin slice of hard boil egg. Immediately, clarified with my collegue to see whether her bowl of laksa is the same as mine. Turned out, her laksa has 3 pcs of fried-beancurd, a thin slice of hard boil egg, 3 slices of fish cake and 3 slices of vietnamese pork sausage. For your information, the laksas cost us HK$44 EACH! Called up the shop, a lady picked up and told her about the laksa and was answered RUDELY that they are extremely busy and will compensate me the next time! Her attitude is really bad and she thinks that I am finding fault with her! Her mind was like....can't you see that we are so busy just now and this is something that will happen once awhile!! Frustrated with her rude voice, I cut the line off!A minute later, my phone rang and its a call from the owner (I guess) this time. Her attitude is a little better than the first lady but overall she still mentioned the same thing like....we are too busy at lunch just now that caused the kitchen to missed out on the fillings! I told them that this is not an excuse since they cannot expect their customers to open up every bowl of their takeaways and start counting whether they have put in the proper ingredients/fillings before leaving the restaurant! This is RIDICULOUS!! I told her, no more next time!!When the restaurant first opened at Jordan, there aren't many customers visiting them and their attitude was nicer. Now.....NOT ANYMORE since you might see some 2 or 3 person waiting in front of their restaurant during lunch. Maybe because of this, whole of their attitude changed!Last but not least, their food is NOTHING SPECIAL AT ALL!! Huh....HK$44 for a bowl of creamy curry, beancurd and a tiny slice of egg!!......real profits to them! …查看更多
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Mr.Veggie
I ordered a laksa and the same thing happened to me--tofu and egg only. I told the waitress, her attitude was very rude as well. When she couldn't find the rest of the condiments in my bowl she just snatched the bowl away with no apology. I did get the bowl back with all the condiments this time with a reluctant "sorry" from her. With attitude like this and the food wasn't even that impressive, I'd spend my money somewhere else. Good luck to this shop.