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2014-02-07
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During my stint in Tsuen Wan, there was a Yunnan noodle place that I was totally crazy about. I went there for my birthday it was so good, but then, sadly, it closed. This place was a real find. I mostly just walk by places with Chinese signs and no clear indication of what's served or whether there's an English menu. But when I found out this place did Yunnan noodle soup, I had to go at any cost (luckily, it's a low cost).YES, first of all, there's an English menu (this place is basically on th
This place was a real find. I mostly just walk by places with Chinese signs and no clear indication of what's served or whether there's an English menu. But when I found out this place did Yunnan noodle soup, I had to go at any cost (luckily, it's a low cost).
YES, first of all, there's an English menu (this place is basically on the escalators) and the server we got had excellent English. We came around 2:30pm, so getting seating wasn't difficult (but the place was surprisingly full the entire time). Here's what we got:
There are two kinds of broth. I got the Sichuan broth, but this was somewhat of an accident. I thought 'Sichuan' was a level of spicy (I think it even says 'Sichuan spicy' on the menu next to the different levels of spice) and then after I ordered it, I was asked how spicy I wanted my soup. But hey, I love Sichuan spicy."Very hot" is very hot. I haven't had anything spicier in all of Hong Kong. I'm sure it exists, I'm just saying that I haven't had it-- and I'm a spice freak, so there you go. It wasn't inedibly spicy-- I could still taste all the flavors and I was able to eat until I was full (it's a lot of food).
The broth's notable flavors, in order of salience were: spicy (duh), Sichuan peppercorn (very prominent, yet nicely distributed throughout, without many of the actual peppercorn husks), sour. It was really good stuff, and as others have said, not overly oily-- and I'll add, not overly salty either. Easily the best part of the soup.
Noodles: I was disappointed in the noodles. I thought they didn't have a lot of flavor, and they were somehow both too soft (on the outside) and too firm (inside). They were slippery and had a tendancy to flick broth all over my shirt. They weren't bad or anything, but nothing that I would crave. I believe our server told us that there were other noodles, but they were out of them, so maybe there's a better option I've missed.
"Dishes": you order dishes to go in the soup. I picked just the fish dumplings and the beef flank. I thought the skin on the dumplings was flavorless and clothy-textured, but the fish was pretty good. The beef flank included some large pieces of fat, but the meat was alright and medium-tender. I believe it had been barbecued before being added to the soup.
Others: You get a large pile of green onion, cilantro, and bean sprouts in the soup. Standard fixings, but definitely more than you'd get in, for example, a bowl of pho. There's also some pickled vegetables that give things a nice sour note.
Overall thoughts: I came here for spicy and I got it. The broth was delicious, and even though nothing in it blew me away, the potential here is very high. I was a big fan and I will come back, definitely. A-
My wife got the Yunnan broth-- also very spicy. She ordered the beef flank, but also pork balls and lettuce. We were sharing a table and so didn't get to share food as much as usual.She says the broth was "delicious-- absolutely fantastic." She really liked the pork balls, but found that some of the beef was overly chewy. Despite the fact that cooked lettuce in soup sounds awful to me, my wife rather liked it. She found "very spicy" to be on the edge of her tolerance level and would probably get less spicy in the future. Her rating overall: A
As you can see, we liked the place. I will come back to try the other broth and the other intriguing add-ons. Hong Kong is full of "spicy" things that really aren't, especially among its Sichuan places (like Yunyan or San Xi Lou). If you're really into spicy food like me, this is the place to be. They don't even try to talk gweilos out of it!
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