Nice noodles at Lan Fong Yuen

Lan Fong Yuen (Central)
I was craving for some instant noodles so came here randomly.
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Instant noodles with chicken steak:

I had no expectations because my first visit at TST branch was crap.
When the noodles arrived, you could see the chicken had been fried so I was expecting dry chicken, but it was actually still soft and juicy.
The chicken skin was crispy too.
The noodles were done just right and were still springy but the sauce was not evenly tossed into the noodles because towards the bottom, it got saltier.
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Tasting at AHU

AHU (Tin Hau)
Honestly if they had not rebranded this noodle place I would not have bothered trying it because I have do not like Hunnan style noodles unless it is the buccatini type.

The logo stood out from across the road! It looked like there was an English word that spelt BOHITA in the logo but it was actually Chinese.

Inside the restaurant, it is brightly decorated with a yellow and black theme.


They had spices on the wall for display.

The choice of broths for the noodles was good too, there were five choices: Vegetarian, tomato, laksa, preserved eggs and spicy broth.

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Dumplings:

According to the picture, they look panfried but when they came, the dumplings were deepfried.
I felt that they tasted nice deepfried because the dumpling skin is crispy and thinner complemented by the pork and leek fillings.
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Instant noodles in Laksa broth:
The noodles were the best because you could choose instant noodles.
The instant noodles were slightly thinner compared to other brands and it reminded of the "CHEWY" (chiu lik) brand.
As for the broth, it was not that spicy.
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Deep fried pork knuckles:


The pork knuckles could have been better because it seems that the pork knuckles were not that fresh because they have been in the fridge for too long that they were dehydrated. Hence the pork knuckles were too chewy, elastic and sticky.
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Minimum order for noodles @ 麵麵店

麵麵店 (Jordan)

Came here again because I wanted to try the soup base with Chinese wine and ginger.

When I ordered, they said I had to choose more than one item to go with the noodles.
I was looking frantically looking everywhere for that statement which was not on the menu or the ordering sheet.
I finally found it stuck on the wall, and frankly there should be English as well.

Apart from that, there is a cute black bird ornament near the exit.

As for the noodles, they were a bit too soft for my liking and the broth was a bit bland because I could not really taste the ginger.

The air conditioning at this place was freezing!

Instant noodles with cheese and seaweed broth

Tsui Wah Restaurant (Jordan)

Recently walked past Tsui Wah Restaurant and saw the poster for the noodle set.


I was mainly attracted by the unusual noodles because it was noodles in cheese with seaweed.

Anyway, finally tried it because it was only available during the afternoon.

The set comes with a beverage, crispy bun, scrambled egg and noodles for $40.

I was given a spoon and fork for the noodles which I found weird because it is difficult eating noodles in broth served in a bowl.

Wouldn't it be easier with chopsticks!


Its a bit like eating steaks with chopsticks and a Chinese spoon which some places do because they give you chopsticks and spoon when people order noodles and steaks.

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Noodles with cheese, seaweed and luncheon ham:


It was difficult eating with a spoon and fork so asked for chopsticks.


I was quite disappointed because it was the Korean Nong Shim instant noodles and not the local brand of instant noodles.
The noodles were tasteless because the broth was tasteless but later I found the broth powder conjugated and clumped together at the bottom of the bowl.
After stirring it, there was taste in the soup and it was spicy, the exact broth given in Nong Shim instant noodles.
I just expected the broth to be mixed properly and not to be done by the customer because I assumed the noodles were ready to eat when served.
As for the seaweed, the taste was bland initially because of the broth and the luncheon ham had a weird taste because it tasted like luncheon ham soaked in celery.
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Mini crispy bun:


I thought this was the usual crispy bun that was buttered and drizzled with condensed milk, but it was a mini version of the crispy bun.
It was buttered with no other extra frills such as condensed milk which made it the best item out of the set because the bun was chewy in the middle and crispy on the outside with delicious butter on it.
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Scrambled egg:


Too oily and the oil was rancid.
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Beverage:
Not going to comment because the drinks served at Chinese cafes are not my cup of tea.
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Lovely modernized rickshaw noodles - NOT!

MinMix 1950 (Tseung Kwan O)

Previously tried this at Hung Hom and now they have opened in Metro City and Tuen Mun.


I was quite surprised the locals were quite ready for the new ordering system. A lot of people managed to order without a problem, but the only flaw was payment by octopus because not everyone has much credit on their cards.

There are round tables where the ordering panel swivels 180 degrees.

Anyway, I dined at this place because it is simple and has ENGLISH!



This time I decided to try the LAKSA.
The choice of noodles were only VERMICELLI or FRIED NOODLES for the LAKSA!.



I chose VERMICELLI because the English definition of Vermicelli is rice noodles ie (maai fun 米粉).
When it came it was Mai Sin (Cantonese) / Mixian ( Mandarin) 米線.
Mixian is guoqiao mixian 過橋米線/雲南米線 aka (Crossing the bridge noodles).

Anyway, I queried why it was not vermicelli and I could hear the people in the kitchen thinking it was my mistake.
If they have an issue, they should not cower in the kitchen and speak to me directly.

In the end, I was given a mix of vermicelli and Mixian for my laksa.



After I finished the noodles, I took a look at their Chinese version of the interface and it appears that the ENGLISH and CHINESE do not match for Vermicelli.

They have labelled the English wrongly.

So I looked at their list of noodles and they have labelled the Mixian as Vermicelli (bottom left picture) and Vermicelli as Rice noodles (top left first picture).

Vermicelli is also called rice noodles as well.






See the English and Chinese choices for the Laksa noodles:
It is implying that Vermicelli = 雲南米線 which is not!!





They should label it thick rice vermicelli then it would be not be misleading, the same as angel hair and normal pasta/spaghetti.
I was expecting Vermicelli because I ordered through the ENGLISH version.
If you wiki Vermicelli, you will not get pictures of Mixian.

As well as that, there was another translation error.

In English it saids Pork's bladder, in Chinese it means Stomach!

Interesting translation: bladder or stomach


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Swivel design:
It does not rotate 360 degrees!
There are chopsticks on one side.



The ordering panel is on the other side

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Stingy with the broth:

stingy with the broth
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Laksa:
The laksa was bland, it was nice spicy, the tofu puffs were extremely salty.
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Instant noodles with dried prawn roe

This shop is located opposite the blue house.

 

A lot of locals around that area dine there.

 

 

I went there before to try their tea set because they have instant noodles with prawn roe which is served from 2-6pm.

 

On my last visit, I got there at 5.45 but they said they had already turned off their cookers which was annoying because I had to come another time.

Anyway this time I got here around 5 and ordered what I wanted to order which was the Instant noodles with dried prawn roes and roast pork.

 

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roast pork:

 

The slices of roast pork were thinly sliced and quite lean, however they were slightly dry and hard.
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Instant noodles:

 

The instant noodles with prawn roe were really nice, but the HK style Swiss sauce ruined it because it was really sweet just like syrup.

 

The sauce is not even Swiss and does not exist in Switzerland!
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