Congee and the singing C-Opera waitor @ 潮城燒臘粥店

I was really surprised this place had an English menu.
Although it did'nt make sense but at least they put effort into it.

 

Ordered the congee, rice rolls with dried shrimps, rice roll with fried dough sticks and a soup.

When the the waitor bought over the soup, he sung out the name of the soup.
It just sounded exactly like Chinese Opera, but as there were some people from ChiuChow on that table they said it was ChiuChow style opera, anyway whatever it was, it all sounds the same to me.

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seaweed soup

 

The seaweed was clean and there was no sand, however it was so hot, it needed cooling down.
There was lots of Chinese coriander and celery in it too.
It was nice however it was too salty
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congee
Tasted rancid and I did not like it
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rice rolls with dried shrimps
Too soft and not cut properly.
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rice roll with fried dough sticks
Tasted good with the soy sauce and bean sauce.
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Overall the rice rolls depended on the sauces heavily but the sauces tasted watered down and tasteless.

 

The air conditioning was really annoying because it made the rice rolls cold as soon as it was served.

Super Super Cold Air Conditioning @ 譽居

Overall the food here is over priced and you need to pay a 10% service charge as well as a tea charge per person.
The air conditioning was too cold that it gives you headaches!

 

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Red bean curd pork knuckles with rice
Very bland.
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Dried shrimps and spring onion rice rolls
Overall these were ok, but not smooth enough.
They were not too oily.
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Congee wtih crab
The congee was appauling and there was so many pieces of tiny crab shells in it.
The odd crab shell here and there is expected but not in every mouthful!
I have had crab congee else where and it is not as bad as this and the crab was not fresh.
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Interesting chopsticks
The tips of the chopsticks are frosted.
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Great translation
Noodles with shrimps! I think they mean shrimp roe.

Super Super Cold Air Conditioning @ Super Super Congee & Noodles

Overall the food here was reasonable and the set was really cheap for the late supper session.

 

 

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Noodles with luncheon meat
The noodles tasted how it should and it was not greasy, however due to the super cold air conditioning the noodles were cold which made it less tasty.
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Rice rolls with Chinese roast pork
These rice rolls were different from other rice rolls with pork, the usual ones have pork inside with the rice roll wrapped outside the pork.
The roast pork here was chopped up into tiny pieces and embedded in the rice roll.
Personally I liked the rolls here because the pork was distributed more evenly and there was lots of spring onions in it.
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Deer tendons and sea cucumber congee @ Red More

 

The Causeway Bay branch is much bigger and there are more items to choose from.

The staff there wear clear plastic hygiene face shields, the same as the ones the staff wore at FAIRWOOD in WanChai.
I finally got to try deer tendons because the TST branch is more expensive and here you can get them in smaller portions.
As well as deer tendons they had other food such as abalone congee and noodles with sea cucumber.
Although I have been here twice, there are still many items I want to try.
I really like the way they have taken ordinary Chinese snacks such as fishballs and noodles and poshed it up with Chinese delicacies.
The good thing about this joint is that I can order these luxuries any time, any day myself without needing need to go to Chinese restaurants with a group of people for it.
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Fish balls in truffle sauce
These were ordinary fishballs in truffle sauce however the there was no truffle taste.
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Deer Tendons and Fish Maw
Both were soft and gelatinous.
The deer tendons tasted really nice and the fish maw were really soft as well.
I prefer this branch because they have a big stew of it which has been heated all day keeping it soft, whereas the TST branch they are heated up when ordered so they may not be that soft.
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Congee with sea cucumber and black moss
This was really nice and there was lots of black moss and sea cucumber but the congee was slightly bland, but since I had lots of sauce from the deer tendons I mixed the congee with that and it tasted really nice.
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Fuscilli with tomato and Fish maw
As well as fish maw and tomato sauce there was also kidney beans.
The tomato sauce was slightly too sweet for my liking and the fish maw was a new experience with tomato flavouring.
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Noodles with sea cucumber
I was looking forward to this but the noodles were too dry and salty, and the sea cucumber was a bit chewy.
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Cordyceps militaris ice-cream
Compared to the TST branch, there were more ice-cream flavours here.
I tried the cordyceps flavour which was really nice, it was a bit like ice-cream with truffle and it tasted slightly savoury.
Before I tried it the staff said there is a strong herb taste for this flavour which people may not like.
The Chinese name was quite interesting because it is usually called 冬蟲草 but this one is called 北蟲草.
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It would be brilliant if they had more items in the future such as ducks feet in abalone sauce, har gau with truffle, siu mai with abalone, porks trotter in vinegar and ginger sauce, braised grapefruit skin.
But anyway so far so good!
I will be back to try the thick soup with fish maw and the fish maw congee.
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