Darrie-Darrie-Go-go-go-go-go-go

This restaurant stood out on Open Rice because the name sounded interesting, I thought it was American at first, but then realised it was Chinese because it was the Mandarin phonics for 大熱 as in Darrie.
Nevertheless, Darrie-go sounded exciting, it reminded me of racing carts.

After I saw the reviews, I liked it even more because the dishes had some Chinese dynasty style to it.

I had more expectation for the noodles because they had different soups with different noodles.

In the end ordered the set with two noodles which includes five side dishes.

 

Basically there are three types of soup you can choose for the noodles: Clear beef soup, Fish soup and the Chicken soup and for the noodles there were konjac noodles, thick rice noodles (maesin) and thin noodles (yeungchunmean).

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Black fungas:
This was a chilled appetizer with black fungas and sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
The taste was slightly sweet for me
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Mushrooms in abalone sauce
These were king oyster mushrooms in oyster sauce, but there was no oyster sauce taste, all I could taste was strong garlic.
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Prawn balls with a plum sauce centre:
I felt the oil they used for frying was slightly old and it was over done which affected the flavour.
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Konjac noodles in beef soup
The konjac noodles were very chewy and elastic and the beef soup was bland.

 

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Baby chinese cabbage/chicory in fish soup:
This was quite nice, but I was surprised the broth tasted stronger than the fish broth for the noodles which was the same.

 

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Noodles in fish soup:
The noodles were not bad, but the soup was tastelss, the same broth that was used for the vegetables was much stronger.

 

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Deep fried dace dumplings
I liked this but the oil that it had been fried in was old, and it had been fried too long.
It was also too oily.
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Lemon tea:
With all the nice dishes they used for the food, I wish they matched the drink with a better glass/cup because the presentation of the glass let it down.

 

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Prawn patty wrapped in Bamboo pith
This was quite nice, but tasted bland.
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Mushroom and preserved sausage wontons:
I am not a fan of preserved sausages so I cant comment.
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Overall, I really liked the concept and the way they presented their dishes, but the taste was bland.

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Shop: Darrie go
English menu: yes
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
Saltiness levels: Light
MSG levels: None
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More than your average noodles

Vermicelli and flat rice noodles are boring that’s why the noodles here attracted me.
There are so many different types.
The last time I had some decent noodles was at Happy Noodles in Happy Valley because they had Laksa and Tom Yum Kung soup base.

Anyway I came here especially for the noodles with abalone and fish maw which cost $138.
The udon with garoupa and the noodles with prawns both cost over $100 per bowl.

 

The rest of the choices could be ordered at other restaurants so I chose the abalone and fish maw.
However I felt the noodles were rather expensive because at Maur's Kitchen in wanchai you can order abalone or parma ham noodles for $88 excluding service charge.

There are five types of noodles which can be seen in the picture below.
I chose the bottom most one which is a flat noodle sheet cut in triangles.

 

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Fish maw and abalone noodles
For a bowl of noodles costing $138 you could imagine the most important item is the Abalone, so I was expecting to see the abalone or the presentation as good as their product picture above.
But all I could see was the vegetables on top.

 

Anyway, I found the Abalone and fish maw in the end underneath the noodles.

 

The noodles which were cut in triangles reminded me of wonton skins cut in half.

 

But overall the noodles tasted great, and the soup was nice and gelatinous.
The fish maw was nice, but it was slightly too fishy.
The abalone was soft and fresh.
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Chili sauce
They make their own chili sauce and you can also buy jars of it to take home.
The chili sauce tasted really nice.

 

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While I was waiting for the food I noticed so many abalone shells

 

 

For improvements I think they should improve on the presentation before serving it, but then I did not see the noodles when it left the Chef's hands, the abalone and fish maw may have sunk beneath while it was being brought over to my table.

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Shop: More noodles
English menu: Yes
Service: OK
Yummy factor: OK
Toilet: Yes, very clean and spacious
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