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2013-04-02
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The famous 小王牛肉麵 Xiao Wang Beef Noodle is from Kaohsiung in Taiwan. On my 1st visit for a tasting event here, we even met the 2nd generation boss himself, who is a funny and witty bloke! Anyway since I just came back from Taipei myself - I had a craving for Taiwanese beef noodles and came back to re-eat and also re-try the shop anonymously myself. (Haven't got time to post the longer tasting event though, when we tasted much more food... but it's similar to what my friends posted b
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牛肉麵 Normal Beef Noodles - $48- Noodles: Seemed slightly narrower than my last visit. I am not someone who takes forever to take pictures, so after taking around 3 photos each on my camera and also iPhone, which would be barely 20 seconds or below, I started eating. The noodles were thin like Hor-Fun rice noodles, and I noticed that they were spot on at the beginning but softened up by the end of the bowl. I think it could be boiled for 30 seconds less? ~ 6.9/10
- Soup: Since we tried MANY bowls last time around, I already formed an idea in my head that soup flavours do vary slightly between various bowls. The one I got today was in the middle of the pack (a good sign for consistency). Filled with a decent amount of beef essence, hint of spice and just a tad of medicine flavour. Since 小王牛肉麵 is not a 藥燉 soup base, I actually consider this very well balanced. In fact this soup was better than many of the ones we tried in Taipei recently. Welcome to HK! ~ 7.9/10
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- Beef: The beef seems to be the rib fingers version. The shape is exactly like you find in Taiwan, but to me it's less tender. In fact personally I found it a little tough chewy to my liking. ~ 6/10
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鹽酥雞 - Spiced Salt and Fried Chicken -This was very salty, but guess what, this is normal in Taiwan. But even then, this was a bit on the saltier side. But fortunately I love salt, plus the chicken was fried really really well here. Not a bit greasy and the chicken meat remained moist, whilst the skin was outright crispy. Perfectly done in this instance and better than some of the Taiwan ones we ate. Really liked this! *But wish they could cut back on the salt still.
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It's not perfect here as yet.
Some blogging friends will be trying out their original Taiwanese store soon , so I await with anticipation of what they ate and really felt after going to the original Kaohsiung shop! But there are always compromises in life - and right now I am definitely happy enough to return back to here and hoping that they could improve on some minor points which aren't far off. And considering the price is set pretty low and the taste is quite authentic enough. Improvements that can be made, Eg. the Soup Base could really do with being slightly more medicinal input if they were to be consistent with the original store or just be a tad more potent to be convincing. Why cater for locals's tastes when most people crave for the real thing here? The noodles can also be slightly cooked less, just because the type here gets soft too quickly especially if people take ages to shoot the pic. A real foodie would always want to have the original version always. As a side note, the beef could really be improved as it's not tender enough compared to the Taiwan counterparts. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS MY FORTE! OTHERS CALL ME ARROGANT I JUST WANT TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE WHAT I WANT TO EAT..
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