Lion's Mane Mushroom and Lingzhi soup

There are two Indonesian joints on this street and this joint specialises in Grilled satay skewers.

 

As it has a prominent position being the first on that road, it becomes very busy.

There were lots of customers there, however it feels like being in a Hong Kong market trying to order because there is no orderly queue and if your not aggressive enough the people behind you will order regardless of you being infront of them.

I really wanted to try the satay skewers but I wasnt sure if I could get a seat and they can get messy if you do not have any tissues.
In the end I ordered a soup because it was really odd seeing this soup in an Indonesian joint.

 

I will save the satay skewers for my next visit.

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Lingzhi and Lion's mane mushroom soup:
In Chinese the mushroom is called "hautaugoo" which basically means monkey head mushroom.
Before I got the soup I did not know what it looked like but when I saw it, I could not see the slightest resemblance it has to a monkey's head.

After googling it, this mushroom is also called a Lion's mane or pom pom mushroom which both I can relate to.
In the soup you can see the mushroom and it does look like a pom pom and a cartoonized lions mane.

 

 

There was also pork, carrots, and sweetcorn in it as well but I could not see the Lingzhi.

 

The taste of the soup was slightly bitter so I wonder if it was the Lingzhi.
The soup was quite nice and you could also taste the sweetcorn and carrots.
I ate the mushroom and the texture was meaty which is why they use this to imitate meat in vegetarian dishes.
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Noodles in soy sauce @ 安利大排檔

There are two branches in Shau Kei Wan, not sure which one is better, however the noodles in sauce at this branch are not as strong as the one opposite.

The sauce at this place tastes more like oyster sauce, whereas the one opposite is more soy sauce based.

I had noodles with braised beef, however most of it was beef tendons, not much beef.

Winton World of Wontonderful treasures for everyone

I have always wanted to try Winton world because there are over twenty different types of wontons.

Winton world is located in Shau Kei Wan far from the city.

The street that it is located on has so many eateries and Winton World is right at the end of that road that you need to resist trying other restaurants before you reach it.

The restaurant is quite small with about four tables.
As this place was serving local food I did not expect there was English on the menu, but there was an English menu, and not bad translated either.

 

 

There were so many types of Wontons that I have never imagined of because it is usually pork with prawns or chives/spring onions.
It was interesting because they have combined clams and oysters with pork in the wonton.
They even have one made with intestines and liver.

Winton World was quite flexible with their orders, they let you choose two different types of Wontons in a portion and charge you the more expensive price if the two that you chose cost different.
When the Wontons arrived, they were quite small and cute.
The sizes of the Wontons were about 2.5cm in diameter.
They were all uniform in size and uniformly wrapped.

Since there were more than twenty types, I chose the ones that I thought were interesting.
There were wontons with abalone but it was cheaper than the ones with clams. Judging by the price, they probably used mock abalone shreds in it.
In the end I ordered: egg, tomato and pork, preserved egg and coriander, egg yolk, clams, oyster, crab and pork and Jellyfish.

I do not recommend dipping the wontons in Chilli sauce because you won’t be able to taste the different elements in the Wonton, and if you order the egg and tomato one, to try that one first.

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Egg, tomato and pork
This one has the lightest flavour compared to the rest I have chosen, so I ate this one first.
I really liked the tomato and egg with the pork. There is a similar one served at Wang Fu, but it is the dumpling version.

Tomato, egg and pork wonton

 

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Preserved egg and coriander:
The preserved egg was slightly hard, and it was tasteless compared to the rest.

 

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Egg yolk and pork:
I really liked this one as well, it reminded me of the Chinese meat patties with salted egg yolk.
The egg yolk was nice and salty giving the pork flavour, and the texture of the yolk was starchy.

Egg yolk and pork

 

Egg yolk and pork

 

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Clams and pork
I have never imagined clams with pork, but the clams they used have been salted so there was a strong brine taste.

clams and pork

 

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Oyster and pork
Again this was similar to the clam and pork wonton, the oysters were fresh, and this had the strongest taste.

 

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Jellyfish and pork
I didn’t expect the Jellyfish to have significant taste, but the Jellyfish wontons were too salty, and the Jellyfish was very hard and chewy.

Jellyfish wonton

 

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Crab and pork
This was the most expensive wonton, but there was real pieces of crabmeat in it. I was not sure if there was meant to be any crab roe, but the Chinese name seem to imply there are some inside.

Crabmeat and pork

 

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Shop: Winton world
English menu: yes!
Service: OK
Yummy factor: very
MSG levels: none, but the Jellyfish wonton was too salty
Address: Shop 12, Newton Harbour View Block 2, 2 Shau Kei Wan Main Street East
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