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2012-03-28
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Eight hungry caterpillars slithered down bonham road and arrived at this small, homey restaurant. It was quite full. One friendly waitress helped rearrange some chairs, move some diners around and created a table for 8. So nice of her. We were very rowdy. Apologies to those trying to watch TVB soaps. Environment: One cannot expect much. It is a very local restaurant so please expect a couple other diners sitting at your table if there are empty seats. The waiters will arrange. You have no ground
Environment:
One cannot expect much. It is a very local restaurant so please expect a couple other diners sitting at your table if there are empty seats. The waiters will arrange. You have no grounds for objection.
Food:
Roasted shredded Shandong chicken on greens
Chicken thigh/drumstick meat was used, so every bit was succulent and smooth, not rough (I don't think I ran into any chicken breast). Seasoning was just right - a nice mixture of sweet and salt. Deliberately omitted the greens (coriander mainly, which I avert). Served cold. Cold is good. Chilled cucumber marinated in garlic dressing
NOT a palate cleanser, because of how heavily seasoned it is, with garlic. You will emerge from this restaurant with a strong garlicky aftertaste from only a couple pieces of cucumber. The cucumber was chilled, fresh and moist. Slightly slimy, in a pleasant sort of way. Slightly briny too, probably because a bit of salt was sprinkled on top, or was used for soaking the cucumber a bit. Chicken with shredded cucumber and bean starch sheets in yummy peanut/sesame dressing
If one were to choose any chicken-related dish at all, I would recommend this one!! Everything I love being served on the same plate is too cool a dream. Peanut/sesame dressing in itself goes well with anything, imho (At home, boiled veggies are anointed by a drizzle of sesame dressing which really brings up the simple dish by a few notches). Anyway. Sometimes you'd find a super thick sauce which kind of clogs up your mouth a bit (not that i mind), but I found that this watery version works extremely well too. Your health-conscious self don't wanna eat too much dressing anyway. The most special feature which distinguishes Ho Hak Shan Tung with other restos is the type of bean sheet used. I've come across many white sheets with an opacity like horfun (rice noodles). This one was almost translucent. Texture-wise, this translucent bean starch sheet had better bite - al dente almost, in the Chinese fashion. Bouncy and slithery. But not rubbery so it's not difficult to chew. Accompanied by the same delicious chicken and finely shredded cucumber, it is a delight. Chive and pork dumplings x2
A big fan of chive and pork dumplings. No complaints - the filling was juicy but there cld've been more chives. Tasted good though. I would come back anytime for the filling. About the skin - a bit thick by average standards, but I'm a carb lover so I didn't mind at all. Actually helps balance the saltiness of the filling, so its' good. But be warned that it's quite floury. Not thin like the skin of soup-infused dumplings (xiao long bao). Seafood dumplings CAUTION.
Didn't take a picture because they look basically identical to any other dumplings but...I did not enjoy the filling at all. It was pasty, the texture resembled that of stale fish although it certainly didn't taste that way. But it wasn't a very pleasant experience - I'd rather have two more chive n pork dumplings!
Dan Dan Noodles - mildly hot
Not a big fan because i don't like hot food. This isn't too hot actually, but I much prefer sesame/peanut-butter based noodle soup! Jaa Jeung Noodles - salty!
The noodle texture is identical to that of the Dandan noodle. The 'meat sauce' is savoury and fatty. A bit boring in the sense that I couldn't taste much other than dark soy with a bit of sugar. I didn't like the texture of the sauce either - very floury and fatty - lack of bite. Really would want more chunks of pork in there. Conclusion:
Will certainly revisit!! There is no reason why anyone living/studying/working in the vicinity shouldn't visit once. You are missing out on good cheap comfort food!
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Menu strongly resembles that of [b]Home Town Dumplings[/b] on Caine Road. Prices are similar too, but the food offered is different - different ingredients, even! Especially for the [b]Chicken with shredded cucumber and bean starch sheets[/b]. Since this is one of my must-order dishes any any restaurant I like all of them as long as they don't deviate much from the norm but my honest opinion....Ho Hak Shan Tung does it better! :D
(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)
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