Showing posts with label Tai O. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tai O. Show all posts

Sunday, February 09, 2020

[Review] Tai O delights found at North Point

If you have been to Tai O, it is fishing village famous for prawn paste, seafood and salted seafood.
At Tai O Tak Fat, they serve delights from Tai O Village as well as local Hong Kong stuff so it makes sense to try Tai O dishes here.
There were so many Tai O delights to choose from on the menu.
They also sell jars of home made Chili oil which can be found on the shelves.
Started with some salted lemon drinks.
For food, tried the signature salted fresh fish which is like Chinese style Bacalhau but you get a whole fish here.
The texture of the fish is firmer and tastes salty so it goes well with rice.
We also had the steamed fish head in two ways, one side was black beans and the other side was chili.
It's nice but too many bones so you don't get much fish out of it however the vermicelli beneath was delicious having soaked up all the delicious flavours from the fish head and the black bean flavouring.
Finished with the dried prawn glass vermicelli pot which was light and healthy.
As well as the food, the staff there are such a friendly and lovely bunch.
They speak English as well and there is an English menu.











Monday, September 21, 2015

Retro snacks as well as the famous pizza at 大澳小食

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Tai O food tour held by Tai O Heritage hotel because we got to try different joints in the lanes of Tai O.

There were three groups so each group tried different routes.
Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water.
They are also famous for fermented prawn paste.
大澳小食 was one of the shops on our list and I was really chuffed because I have tried it before twice for the Chinese pizza and fried shellfish.

Tai O's yummy chinese crepes n da BEST CHIPS in HK (april 2011)
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/tai-o-%E5%A4%A7%E6%BE%B3%E5%B0%8F%E9%A3%9F/2159427
Your healthy dose of Chitosan and gourmet food (Dec2012)
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/tai-o-%E5%A4%A7%E6%BE%B3%E5%B0%8F%E9%A3%9F/2276924

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This time we had the Chinese pizza again which was still delicious as the first two times I had it.
Basically they are similar the the crepes at Mr Bing.












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We also had these retro snacks called YAU CHEE that are hard to find in HK these days because no one does them.


I have tried them before but it was at the Tsing Yi opera food stall.

The retro snack here is really good because there is not much batter and the rest is juicy grated Chinese radish and shrimps.

It tasted really nice and reminds me of an Indian Pakora!!
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We also tried the fried fish which was 100% edible including the head, bones and tails~

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Tai O greenhouse at the Tai O Lookout

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Tai O food tour held by Tai O Heritage hotel because we got to try different joints in the lanes of Tai O.
There were three groups so each group tried different shops marked on their routes.
Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water and they are also famous for fermented prawn paste.
As the tour was held by Tai O Heritage hotel, how could we not visit the hotel!!
Went to the Tai O Lookout which is a beautiful big greenhouse with scenic views of the place.


The drink was classy with two different colours which were roselle and apple juice.

After mixing it, the drink was very refreshing and not too sweet.

The others in the group had the abalone fried rice and quesadillas!!

Refreshing lemon tea at Tai O 其記

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Tai O food tour held by Tai O Heritage hotel because we got to try different joints in the lanes of Tai O.

There were three groups so each group tried different routes.
Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water.
They are also famous for fermented prawn paste.

其記 was one of the shops on our list and I was really chuffed because I have tried it before and the lemon tea is fantastic.



The lemon tea here is unique compared to others served in Hong Kong.
It contains no lemon slices which give off a bitter taste due to the lemon peel.
When I saw reviews of this strange looking lemon tea I just had to try it, and it tastes just as good as the Lemon Tea at Greyhound.

The price of the lemon tea is cheap compared to Greyhound.
I rarely order Lemon tea in Hong Kong because the tea that they use is not my cup of tea and for cold lemon tea, you need to request for no syrup or less syrup because the standard ones are far too sweet but after requesting, it usually ends up far sweeter than it should.
As well as the taste, the appearance of the tea looks like tea with a few drops of milk added to it and some lemon bits floating about served in a glass with a straw.
It was interesting watching them make the lemon tea because they make it like cocktails where they add various liquids and pour from one glass to another ensuring the lemon tea cocktail is mixed thoroughly.

On the table, there was an interesting bowl of water with a metal pot inside.
The water is like a moat so that ants drown before they can get to the sugar!!
Hence the name gik say ngai in Chinese.

Light and dreamy egg puffs at Tai O Bakery

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Tai O food tour held by Tai O Heritage hotel because we got to try different joints in the lanes of Tai O.
There were three groups so each group tried different shops marked on their routes.

Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water.

They are also famous for fermented prawn paste.

Our first stop was Tai O Snacks which are famous for Chinese pizzas and fried crusteans.
Then we tried this famous bakery a few doors away for the sugar and cinammon puffs which are called Chinese donuts.

The appearance is basically the same as the Tai Cheong donut but they taste amazing because they are light with a crispy surface and the amount of sugar is just right.
The puff is soft and chewy like a fried dough stick but it is light and airy like a choux puff.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Dinner at Tai O's Fook Moon Lam Restaurant

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Tai O food tour held by Tai O Heritage hotel because we got to try different joints in the lanes of Tai O.

Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water.
They are also famous for fermented prawn paste.
I go to Tai O frequently because there are so many joints to eat with a good variety of snacks but I have never had a meal in these restaurants because I am usually full by then.
Thanks to the tour, we all had dinner here and I quite liked the food.

The fried rice was really good because it was cooked with dried prawns which give it a lovely salty prawn taste, and the steamed pork belly with prawn paste was not oily with a flavourful prawn paste infused in it.


Salt and pepper squid.

The prawns in salted egg yolk were fragrant and velvety.

Seafood mania at 肥妹燒烤小食

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Tai O food tour held by Tai O Heritage hotel because we got to try different joints in the lanes of Tai O.

There were three groups so each group tried different shops marked on their routes.
Tai O is a lovely town on water which is themed as a Chinese Venetian with stilt houses on water and they are also famous for fermented prawn paste.


This was a shop on our list which I have tried before.
Prices can be pricey but the squid with wasabi was good and the clams are good if they are in season.



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