[Thai Bin Lo] Thai style hot pot

If you like Thai food, I think this is a great place for hotpot because the appetizer, dessert and drinks cabinet is all you can eat including chicken, Thai salad, etc.

For the main hotpot broth, you get a choice of Thai style soups such as tom yum kung, coconut chicken, curry etc.
I chose two because it was only $10 extra for two different pots.

For me, the best bit were the noodles because they have Thai Mama noodles and Cambodian noodles which I had first before the broth get oily.

With the Cambodian noodles, I like the way, the softness of the noodles is up to me.

It was nice eating out of bamboo bowls for a change.
Both noodles were good but I prefer the Instant noodles.

After having the noodles, it was time for the beef and seafood.

You get half a grey mullet which goes nicely in the tomyumkung as the strong broth balances the strong flavour of this fish.
I put the pandan leaves in the coconut pot which were used to garnish the seafood platter and it enhanced the coconut broth even more because pandan and coconut always go well together.

The huge oysters didn't shrink in the hotpot and they had a very strong taste to it.

For drinks had the fizzy cucumber which was refreshing and soothes the spicy food.

As well as the hotpot I was really satisfied with the appetizer bar so I hope to come again soon.
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[Thai Bin Lo]:
9/F, King Wah Centre, 628 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
23678876

Tom yum kung noodles with Thai sausage

RA CHA MOO YANG (Wan Chai)

I have never liked Tom Yum Kung or perhaps I have never had an authentic one.
The only impression I got from it was the strong taste of lemon grass.
The Tom Yum Kung here is quite nice and the vermicelli is the super thin type that absorbs the soup.

However, the broth was not that strong compared to the one I had on a earlier visit.

The Thai sausage slices were thick and peppery.

Inconsistancies at Tomyumtomyum branches

Tom Yum Tom Yum (Kowloon Bay)

Took my fellow foodies here because the branch at Hang Hau was quite nice.

I recommended this place because you can choose the level of spicyness for the Tom Yum Kung soup base .
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Vermicelli in tom yum kung broth:

The tom yum kung broth was much spicier and stronger than the version I had at Hang Hau, and to be fair I chose the same spicyness level to compare the two restaurants.
This restaurant was a tad spicier than the Hang Hau branch and there was less tomato in the taste.
The vermicelli disappointed me because they were thicker than the ones I had at Hang Hau and I thought the vermicelli used in all the branches would be the same.
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Tom yum soup with Cambodian noodles

Cambo (San Po Kong)
As there are not much food choices at Mikiki I came here for some simple noodles.



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Tom yum soup with Cambodian noodles:

The noodles were likable and tasted better than I expected.
The broth had a strong tomato taste and it was not very spicy.
However the prawns could have been fresher.
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Overprice Tom Yum noodles

I have always wanted to try this place but the decor of this place looks like a fast food restaurant and the prices on the menu reflect classy dining.




Finally tried their tea set which costs $3X for a noodle including a drink.


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Salted lemon soda:


Ordered this thinking it would be nice but it was the most disgusting salted lemon soda I have ever had.
It was a concoction of sweet syrup, salt and seven up.
The addition of syrup made it foul.
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Vermicelli in Tom Yum Kung soup with shredded chicken:

The noodles on the other hand were nicer. Apart from vermicelli you can choose Vietnamese lemon noodles or potato noodles and the level of the spicyness of the broth.
It was weird they had peanuts in the broth too!
Luckily the vermicelli was the thin type I like and the broth tasted nice.
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A colourful dining experience with trendy noodles

When I look at reviews the first thing I look at are photos and I was attracted to this place because of the colourful and clear chopsticks.
I have put off coming here as a priority mainly due to its location as there is no MTR station.

Finally I decided to come here because it was nearish to To Kwa Wan.

Arrived at Hung Hom by ferry, walked and walked, crossed alot of roads until I got there.

This noodle joint is located on Sung Kit Street where there are lots of eateries, however I entered Sung Kit Street from the alleyway end so I was doubting if I was on the right street.

Anyway, was greeted by the young owners and the style of the shop felt really vibrant and colourful, even the air conditioners above were painted to match the front of the shop (which I forgot to take a picture of).

Basically this place sells noodles where you can pick different toppings that you tick on the sheet.
Usually these noodle shops use tacky photocopied paper for these order sheets but here they used quality paper with colour that you would expect for leaflets that you recieve.
Now at MinMax1950, there are no ordering sheet but through their computerized system.

 

 

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Photos of the restaurant:
Not an area of this joint was left undecorated and the bowls and holders were fun too!

 

 

 

 

 

On the glass panel by the counter there was a really nice barcode decal too.

 

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Deep fried Fish shaomai:

 

This was no ordinary fish shaomai. It was fried!
As well as being fried, the shape of it was round like fishballs.
The shaomai was quite airy inside. I wonder if injected them with air so that they became round.
Anyway the taste was delicious, the fishmeat was soft and the yellow wonton skin was really crispy and the softness of the fishmeat was similar to foamy marshallow.
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Instant noodles with Thai chicken and coconut broth:

 

Apart from the thai chicken and coconut broth they also had tom yom kung soup base too.
I really regretted not ordering a third bowl of noodles with the tom yom kung soup base.
For the thai chicken broth, it was an extra $10 but it was worth it.
The bowl is much bigger than the bowls for the ordinary broth because the broth is so nice that you end up drinking it.
The broth had lots of lemongrass and it was really refreshing and the chicken taste was strong and luckily the coconut flavour was subtle.
With the noodles I picked blood curds and chinese radish.
For improvements I feel that the toppings should be served separately from the soup if you order the thai broth because the creaminess of the soup does not quite match the Chinese ingredients such as blood curds and radish.
Despite that the blood curds were full of flavour and the chinese radish was incredibly sweet that I wondered if they were natrually like that or sweetened.
Finally I chose instant noodles because these noodles do not alter the soup taste but surprisingly when I ate the instant noodles it had absorbed the thai chicken and coconut broth flavour which was good.
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Thin noodles with ordinary broth:

 

These noodles reminded me of Happy Noodles, the broth and ingredients tasted really strong.
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Yuzu and lemon drink:

 

Even the drink was served in a nice plastic tumbler with colourful swizzle sticks and straw that match the table.
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I will be back soon if it was not so far away!!!!!!!!!!!!