When I was invited to this tasting I was like 'huh' because it was a Thai restaurant but the item we were going to try was Poon Choi (big bowl feast).
Poon Choi is a traditional type of dish originating from Hong Kong rural villages found in different parts of Hong Kong. In the old days, it was served in huge wooden, porcelain bowls but these days they are often served in disposable metal basins that allows it to be kept warm on top of those gas portable cookers.
The traditional Chinese poon choi includes ingredients such as pork, beef, lamb, chicken, duck, abalone, ginseng, shark fin, fish maw, prawn, crab, dried mushroom, fishballs, squid, dried eel, dried shrimp, pigskin, beancurd and Chinese radish.
Before I tried the Thai style poon choi, I was already curious whether it would be spicy or served in some sort of Thai sauce.
When we got there, we saw the poster and it looked like the usual poon choi.
It is currently on promotion as shown.
Here's what the Thai style poon choi looked like:
Basically it had some Thai items such as Thai style porks trotters, Thai style Royal chicken, Thai sausage and fish balls.
The usual items such as ducks feet, dried mushrooms, abalone and dried oysters are still there so fuddy duddies won't get upset!
To be honest, I prefer the Thai style poon choi because it does not contain fatty pork, pigs skin and duck which make the whole bowl really oily.
It was also great that it was not spicy and is suitable for everyone.
I chose young coconut water with my poon choi for an extra Thai touch!~
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In the product shot, there are prawns, but that they were served separately.
Poon Choi is a traditional type of dish originating from Hong Kong rural villages found in different parts of Hong Kong. In the old days, it was served in huge wooden, porcelain bowls but these days they are often served in disposable metal basins that allows it to be kept warm on top of those gas portable cookers.
The traditional Chinese poon choi includes ingredients such as pork, beef, lamb, chicken, duck, abalone, ginseng, shark fin, fish maw, prawn, crab, dried mushroom, fishballs, squid, dried eel, dried shrimp, pigskin, beancurd and Chinese radish.
Before I tried the Thai style poon choi, I was already curious whether it would be spicy or served in some sort of Thai sauce.
When we got there, we saw the poster and it looked like the usual poon choi.
It is currently on promotion as shown.
Here's what the Thai style poon choi looked like:
Basically it had some Thai items such as Thai style porks trotters, Thai style Royal chicken, Thai sausage and fish balls.
The usual items such as ducks feet, dried mushrooms, abalone and dried oysters are still there so fuddy duddies won't get upset!
To be honest, I prefer the Thai style poon choi because it does not contain fatty pork, pigs skin and duck which make the whole bowl really oily.
It was also great that it was not spicy and is suitable for everyone.
I chose young coconut water with my poon choi for an extra Thai touch!~
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In the product shot, there are prawns, but that they were served separately.
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