My friend has desired to try good quality ramen for a long time, that’s why I recommend 豚王! Honestly, it was really quite hard to find the exact location of the shop, but luckily we arrived at one. When arriving in front of the shop, I was really shocked, not because of the long queue, but the vanished queue!! Remember the last time I went to the shop in Central, I waited for 30 minutes in a rainy day, that’s why it was so surprised to know the truth that you can get a seat without waiting.
Again, I ordered the famous and original ramen of the shop. This time, more choices of ingredients were provided. Instead of offering 肩肉 (meat cut into thin slices), 角煮 was a new item for me, it was a whole meat without cutting into small pieces. Apart from the meat, vegetables was offered to customers.
It didn’t take long for the staff to bring us the noodles. I was so excited as I enjoy eating the thin ramen. Mixed all the ingredients with chopsticks, I first got a taste of the soup, the soup tasted better, it was not so oily this time (though you could clearly see some oil floating around the bowl)! Ramen was perfectly cooked. What disappointed me was 角煮, the meat is indeed too oily and a bit hard to chew, I would prefer small slices next time! Soup of the ramen is the essence, the tasty and very rich. Though it is not healthy to drink it all, I drank two third of it!
Seems there are some good restaurant nearby, hope I will come again so soon to try it out!!
As I know from friends, the ramen is now offered as instant noodles that you are able to eat it at home! However, I wont make a try, it is obvious that hardly can the big fresh bowl of ramen compared with the newly promoted one in supermarket. Undoubted it is convenient and save you so much time, but you won’t feel satisfied. At least you need to really sit in the shop, surrounded by the Japanese style decorations and staff speaking Japanese.
豚王
其實本人素來聽到不少人說豚王很美味
友人的, 試了一口, 墨魚汁湯底挺香的
服務態度...其實本人一向不會特別寫出服務態度, 但近來有見年輕人的服務態度真差得令人摸不著頭腦
這家尖沙咀店是其第三家在香港的分店, 相比起中環, 銅鑼灣分店, 這裡的人龍就不算長. 我們周日晚上8時左右來到, 說是沒什麼人龍, 不過其實都仍要等上15分鐘左右.
這裡的自調度都頗高, 不只湯底, 連香料多少, 叉燒要什麼肉都能選. 我這種重口味的人, 當然要濃湯底了. 麵條也有細麵跟粗一點的太麵選擇. 可能宅女傳統一點, 個人還是覺得豚骨湯底配細麵是最合適的, 而拉麵的軟硬度, 不知怎的在香港吃到大部份的硬度, 雖然巳經叮囑要硬一點, 但常常出來的只是正常硬度, 所以現在當然是選有咁硬得咁硬.
除了放有一大壺放了片檸檬的水, 還有辣芽菜跟高菜讓食客自行調味. 不過宅女一向不愛辣而且吃拉麵不喜放太多其他配料影響拉麵本身的味道, 所以我就沒試了, 但喜辣或愛惹味的朋友不妨一試.
賣相又幾吸引, 我不吃蔥所以轉了要椰菜, 份量都幾多的鋪在面頭, 入口爽甜不錯, 旁邊還有些木耳. 先嘗口湯, 湯頭帶點濃稠感, 但油脂不太多, 喝起來帶著點豬骨味, 味道是很夠的但未算十分鮮甜, 入口沒有了那種香醇的感覺, 整體味道比較單一沒層次. 個人覺得只是比一幸舍或一風堂好一點而巳, 又未算是很出色的豬骨湯底. 心想一句, 是我吃的這碗水準如此還是什麼? 這樣的程度也能瘋魔香港人那麼久? 不過後來番看中環店的, 那邊的湯底是濃厚一點也帶油脂的, 是不是不同的店湯底也不一樣? 那就不得而知了.
我要的是超硬, 上來的程度只是普通硬度. 果然要超硬是沒錯的. 麵條份量適中, 一個人吃完都會飽的. 掛湯能力一般, 入口帶點煙韌感彈牙就說不上了, 整體口感是OK的, 如果再硬一點便更好.
這裡用的不是傳統圓卷形叉燒, 也不是直身火灸那種叉燒, 而是一大片帶點薄身, 有點像HAM的叉燒. 不知怎的看起來感覺有點西化. 但看看那片''火腿''肥脂分佈都幾勻稱, 色澤帶著少許淺粉紅的, 感覺討好. 入口肉質十分柔軟, 肉味濃郁帶著豐厚的油脂感, 邊位也燒得有點焦香吃起來幾香口, 味道又幾好. 不過吃拉麵, 我還是想要回一片傳統一點的圓卷形叉燒.....
在坊間加蛋一般在HKD$10左右時, 這裡要上HKD$15又覺得幾貴. 不過咬開來, 蛋汁非常濃稠地慢慢流出來! 中間還帶點少許者喱狀, 不過仍有不少蛋汁, 吃起來蛋味濃郁, 油潤滿足!! 而蛋白亦香甜柔軟帶點輕輕的醬油味, 果然是隻中上水準的半熟蛋. 吃完後覺得HKD$15又算是值回票值的.
嘩我吃不了辣的人一看這碗紅噹噹的拉麵真的嚇了一跳! 不過本著好奇的心, 仍膽粗粗的試了一口湯, 味道果然是非常的辣, 十分刺激. 大爺吃得辣但也吃到汗流浹背的頻說好辣灌了2,3杯水.
一小時後，L小姐才姍姍來遲，這時候，豚王門外又人龍再現了，看來註定吃豚王還是要等候的。不過也只等了十多分鐘就有位了，等候時也不會無聊，因為有一張詳細的點菜清單……對於第一次吃豚王的我，還真的頗頭痛的。
黑王賣相黑漆漆的十分豐富，數片的豚肉，加上一個黑漆漆的「肉丸」豚骨湯油的發亮。我先試了一口湯，坦白說啖不出墨香，嚐試搓散了肉丸再試，味道也熟不了多少。麵要了太麵，麵身較一風堂的為粗，已經要了偏硬，但吃起仍然偏腍，豚肉吃起來相當堅實粗糙，加上L小姐更多給我兩片，過於專注咀嚼也忘了肉味。上面提到的肉丸其實是肉碎揉成的「丸子」，因此整碗拉麵也十分的「肉」，吃擺也十分飽足。
L小姐添加了大量的辣高菜及豆芽，放滿了一整碗，我也很懷疑她是否真的嚐到湯底的真正味道。不過看她吃得起來仍舊津津有味的。
半熟蛋原隻上，蛋白呈淺褐色，內裡溏心，很夠味道。
餐牌上，依然有震店的豚王、黑王、赤王及翠王，店員提示今天有期間限定的「魚王」（$90），我就一試啦，並選擇濃湯、幼麵、腩肉叉燒及蔥，還加一隻半熟蛋（$15）。
麵方面，名叫「魚王」，但我就喝不出湯有何魚味，只有濃濃的鹹味。 幼麵之麵質尚算彈牙，而厚叉燒就真的不夠腍，但香味及肉味就還可以。
整體而言，這碗麵只屬好普通。 是否我不懂欣賞或品味有問題，鄰座的男女也點了同一款麵，但他們卻說很好味，果真見仁見智。
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