One bowl of noodles or one bowl of congee?

This shop was opened about a month ago but as I am not really a fan of Chinese food I wasnt really bothered about trying it.
Walked past again and the bright white decor attracted me like how it did the first time, so this time I decided to try it as there was not many people inside.

 

Most people dine in restaurants that have long queues but sometimes I go for the quieter places because I am not rushed to order and the food quality is not sacrificed for speed.

They specialise in noodles, congee and glutinous rice.

 

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Dried shrimp rice rolls:

 

Although this took a while to arrive, it was presented quite nice and it came with soy sauce and the other standard sesame sauce and bean sauce.
The rice rolls were a tad too soft but with the dried shrimp and spring onions it tasted ok.
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Noodles with pork trotters:

 

 

 

When it came, you could tell the broth was quite strong so the noodles tastes nice after absorbing the broth and becoming soft, however the pork trotters were rather salty.
It was also difficult eating from this bowl because of the shape and size and the trotters could have been cut into smaller pieces.
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Snack platter:

 

This was a platter of six snacks: 2 pieces of fried wontons, 2 pieces of fried dumplings and 2 pieces of fried dace balls.
Fried wontons:
In comparision to the dumplings it was much smaller.
Fried dumplings:
The dumplings tasted quite nice and the prawn filling inside was quite fresh.
Fried dace balls:
As usual these have grounded bones in it but it tasted better deep fried as well because it was not so fishy and it came with clam sauce too.
The clam sauce tasted like clams in fermented beancurd (fu yue).
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Hot ginger and barley drink:
The taste of barley could have been stronger but the ginger was nice and warmed you up.
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Overall, the food here just tasted how it should but I thought it was quite expensive.
I also tried their oyster sauce which was not the Lee Kum Kee Brand but it was quite nice dipping it with the snack platter items and the rice rolls.
On the table there were various of other sauces too.

Vegetarian char siu rice rolls & vegetarian sushi

Since my last visit in 2006, their attitude is still the same and as pushy as before.

 

If they were not next to a temple they would probably have less people deliberately coming over to have vegetarian meals unless they were vegans.

The vegan rice roll looked good so I decided to get the Vegan BBQ pork one, as soon as I picked it up, the woman tried to put donuts and other items which I was not intending to buy.

 

Then I looked at the vegan sushi and she tried to get me to buy other snacks as well.

 

 

Although vegan foods are meant to be good for you, it sometimes can be bad for you especially when it is made with ingredients which are hard to digest.
Some vegan foods do not break down in your mouth and they come out the other end how it went in because I have experienced that before!

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Vegan BBQ Pork rice roll:

 

 

I have tried vegan BBQ pork before and this one was not as good as the ones I tried before.
The texture of the BBQ pork was like hard rubber.
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Vegan sushi:

 

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Vegan salmon:
The texture was similar to real salmon but there was a strong carotene taste.
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Vegan tuna:
This tasted 90% like raw tuna and there was even an unami taste.
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Vegan squid :
This was like jelly plastic but the taste was quite nice.
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Vegan eel:
As well as vegan salmon and tuna, this is another one of my favourites because it is made of soy and mushroom stalks which have a real fishy texture.
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Vegan scallops:
The appearance was similar to mini vietnamese sausage slices but the texture was extremely rubbery like plastic that does not break down when you chew it and I suspect it will come out the other end like that too.
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