Showing posts with label Hang Hau. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

☆Kitchen J☆azzed up better than before

Previously this restaurant used to be Watami but now it has turned into Kitchen J which is also part of the Watami catering group.
The interior is much better than before and out of place for Hang Hau.
It reminds me of Applegreen in causeway bay because of the plain wooden furnishings.
As it was part of the Watami group, I did not check the menu before going in. I expected it to be similar or a high-end version of Watami.

Anyway I started browsing the menu, and I was disappointed with the choices, there were many but limited.
It was curry, scrambled eggs or fried bentos.
I didn’t want to order the set because I didn’t think I would like the salad or the soup and if I am not full I would prefer to order dessert and drinks as well because the set does not include a drink.

I liked their drinks and dessert selection but it was quite expensive and the set does not include a drink or give you an option to pay extra or upgrade.
In the end I ordered Hamburger steak with Ponzu sauceand Deep fried Oysters with scrambled eggs.

The food took quite a long time to come.
For those two dishes, one tasted like heaven and the other one was not my cup of tea.
I came here twice and the same dish tasted so different, the first time it was delicious and the second time I did not like it at all.
While I was waiting I saw this lid that looked similar to the ones used in Morroccan dishes!
Morrocan?
Morrocan?
 
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Clear soup:
It was nice that they gave clear soup instead of Miso because Miso leaves me feeling thirsty.
The soup had a hint of pepper and sesame with a few pieces of seaweed at the bottom.
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Salad:
The portion was quite big and had some tuna and egg yolk mixture which went well with the salad and the deep fried shredded tofu skin gave it more crunch.
Salad
Salad
 
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Hamburger steak with Ponzu sauce:
The beef was heaven on my first visit, It was strong with flavour and the sauce on top was really refreshing.
I felt that there could have been more rice as the beef patty was huge. There were no elastic bits in it. However on my second visit, the beef was horrible, there was so many elastic bits in the patty.
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Deep fried Oysters with scrambled eggs:
The scrambled egg was not what I was expecting, it was just a fried beaten egg omlette floating on the sweet sauce.
The sauce was disgusting, it was so sweet it ruined the oysters and the oysters soaked up the sweet sauce and went soggy.
Deep fried oysters and scrambled eggs
Deep fried oysters and scrambled eggs
 
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Warabi mochi with black honey and soft ice-cream:
The ice-cream looked yellow on the product shot so I thought it might have a strong custard flavour to it, but the sweetness and flavour was bland, the warabi mochi was nice and soft.
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To try list: On my next visit, I want to try the matcha mixed with soda because it seems good pairing the bitterness of the matcha with sweet soda.
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English menu: yes, and they have pictures!
Service: Slow
Yummy factor: Varies on different visits
Sweetness levels: Scrambled egg was too sweet
MSG levels: Slight
Napkins provided: Yes
Noise levels: Quite noisy
Address: Shop 112, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Tseung Kwan O
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Camouflaged Hutong grill in the modern world 捌拾胡同風味烤串店

I have always wanted to try this place but it was hard to locate.
It is situated very close to the MTR exit but well camouflaged because the building is grey and this joint is also grey and dark that it blends in.
The exterior is designed so that it looks similar to a Hutong in the Ming dynasty.
(For the description of Hutong, please see wikipedia)

When you enter the joint, you can smell cumin and other spices.
The joint is quite cosy with tables and bar tables.
On the walls there are lots of posters and old Chinese ornaments.

They do not have an English menu and the Chinese menu was confusing for me.
I must be dyslexic at reading Chinese menus because it took me ages to understand their set meal.
The set meal had items that I wanted to try, so I ordered that.

However I wish the tables were bigger, unless you were sitting on a table for four people, there is not enough table space for all those dishes

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Duck breast in beer and sichuan spices:
This was an interesting appetiser because of beer and the sichuan spices.
The sichuan spices contain sichuan peppercorns which give your mouth a tingling sensation.
I liked the way the sauce gave a tingling sensation from the peppercorns followed by the bitterness and fizzyness of the beer.
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Grilled cuttlefish balls
It could have been grilled more evenly because part of it was burnt and black and the cuttlefish balls were cut in half, so you only get two cuttlefish balls per skewer.
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Triangle shaped fishballs:
The texture was just like rubber, very chewy and elastic, but they tasted OK.
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Grilled Beef
It was quite fatty, but tasted ok.
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Grilled octopus mouth:
Not sure if they were cooked properly because they were slightly translucent.
They tasted really nice but it was too salty.
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Hutong noodles
These were the best noodles I have ever tasted, I was expecting boring noodles with a side of oyster sauce, but the sauce was amazing.
I loved they way they put the spring onions and sauce aside so you can control the amount you put in.
The sauce was no ordinary sauce, it contained garlic and cumin.

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Fermented beancurd chicken wings:
The wings were disappointing in presentation and taste.
They just tasted like ordinary grilled chicken wings, there was not enough fermented beancurd sauce.
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Grilled whelks:
I had high expectations for these whelks, but they were over grilled, dry and chewy.
I was expecting them to be grilled in their shells which would prevent them not being so dry.
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Lamb chops:
These lamb chops tasted amazing, they were soft and juicy absolutely no gaminess.

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Lamb skewers:
Compared with the lamb chops, these were dry but very spicy.

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Grilled oysters:
The oyster was grilled with butter and garlic.
The taste was not as strong as i was expecting.

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Grilled scallops:
This was also done the same way as the oysters, grilled with butter and garlic.
However the scallop was overdone and tough.
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I was quite impressed with this place, because all the grilled items did not have that oily smell or taste.
The only disadvantage are that the tables were too small.
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Shop: 捌拾胡同風味烤串店
Service: OK
Yummy factor: Delicious! I'll be back
Saltiness levels: Some were too salty
MSG levels: none
Spicyness levels: Very!
Tissues: Yes
Address: Shop 22, G/F, Block 2, On Ning Garden, 10 Sheung Ning Road, Hang Hau
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