Sugar cane juice beats the thirst @ Kung Lee

I have a sweet tooth and I love savoury snacks but not for Chinese food.
The sweetness in Chinese desserts seems to taste weird and overly sweet, even their crisps are sweet.

I am not sure if the sugar used in Western food is different to the Chinese one, but the Chinese sweetness stings the throat and causes a build up of phelgm.
Unless it is plain water or sugar-free drinks it does not quench my thirst, because the sweetness of the drinks just makes more thirsty.

Anyway I assumed that it would be another one of those "been there tried that" reviews because I only wanted to try their famous Cane sugar juice and Cane sugar dessert.

From the reviews some people have said it wasnt too sweet and some said it was too sweet.

I sat down and the sugar cane dessert was placed on my table by the lady before I even ordered, but I was going to order that anyway.

Wanted to try the sugar cane juice and the hot sugar cane drink so I ordered the sugar cane juice first to see how sweet it was.
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Sugar Cane dessert:
The sugar cane dessert texture was similar to those steamed red bean puddings in a bowl (butjaigo) but softer.
The first piece was hard to get as it was all stuck together.
The sweetness was not that sweet so it gave me confidence to order both the sugar cane juice and the hot sugar cane drink.

Sugar cane dessert

 

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Sugar cane juice
After trying the dessert, I ordered the sugar cane juice.
It was not that sweet and similar to drinking nectar or the sap of some plants.
It was slightly grassy but pleasant.

Sugar cane juice

 

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Hot sugar cane
This was slightly sweeter than the cane juice, but it was lighter and reminded me of that drink with waterchestnuts and carrots.

hot Sugar cane drink

 

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I think the sweetness of the sugar cane juice varies from time to time depending on the season for sugar cane and the concentration, just like the way soy milk tastes stronger and sweeter from the bottom of the jug.

Although the shop is old, they had many interesting decorations inside like the green thing which is made of green drinking straws.
On top of the fridge there is a huge paper cup with a story cut out.
The story of how sugar cane juice is processed from washing the sugar cane, to peeling the sugar cane, extracting the juice and drinking it.

making cane juice pictorial - washing

 

making cane juice pictorial - peeling

 

 

 

Chinese word thing made from green straws.

green thing made from green drinking straws

 

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Brilliant scrambled eggs Chinese style but where is the dessert @ 順興車仔麵茶餐廳

When I saw pictures of the soy sauce with spring onions, I just knew I had to try their signature egg because it comes with the sauce.

Ordered egg with roast pork and egg with prawns.

Both came beautifully done with lots of spring onions embedded in it, and the colour of the spring onions were still jade green and fresh.

The roast pork was thinly sliced, lean, tender and soft, much better than the specialists that sell roast pork!

Before I tried the egg, I tried the soy sauce first, the one thing that made me come here.
The soy sauce had some stir-fried spring onions in it, and there was some spring onion sweetness and aroma to the soy sauce.
The egg with delicious natrually, it was cooked just right with a thin layer of half cooked egg in jelly form.
It was so nice it tasted nice with or without the sauce, but adding the sauce made it completely delicious.

The lemon tea was nice as well, but there seemed to be no dessert offered even though it stated it on the menu.

Next time I will try their bottled soy milk with the set.

Price: slightly more expensive than your average Chinese
English menu: nope! not your dreams
Service: Ok I suppose, can be confusing.
Yummy factor: very
MSG levels: none

 

 

 

 

 

Better and better roast @ Roast Sai Kung Takeaway

On my last visit, I felt that this shop was in its teething stages, since then it has improved.
The rude waitress is not there anymore and you are served by Star studded crew which I shall explain later.

There is more items on the menu that were not previously there such as the fried chicken, burritos, quesadilla, kebabs and burgers.
I ordered a lamb kebab, fried chicken, and roast chicken.
The fried chicken was good because there were two versions spicy and non spicy.

It was also interesting that they had a beverage called Halo Halo which is Flipino!
It would be good if they also offered fries with chicken salt that is served in Australia, because one of the owners is also from Oz.

I really liked the aluminium boxes that they used to serve the food, the exact same ones used in the English takeaways.
On my previous visit it was the white CFC boxes.

Roast chicken:
This was very spicy, it was like chicken roasted and then dipped in chili oil and grilled.
The texture of the chicken was so juicy, and it has definately improved since my last visit.
On my last visit, the skin was ripped and falling off, this time it was intact and grease free!
Interestingly on the chicken it had grill marks on it resembling the alphabet, the one on the drummette resembles an "N" and the one of the thigh resembles an "O".
So when it was served together it looked like the word "NO"!

NO ? ! ?

 

Fried chicken:
I was expecting just ordinary fried chicken, but it was amazing, it is a delicious version of the fried chicken served at the Green Waffle in Central.
The difference is that the one here has taste!!
It was loaded with spices such as caraway seeds which you could visually see, the chicken was meaty and juicy.
It is close to the divine ones I had at PFC in London.

Spicy fried chicken:
The spicy version was also good too, same as the fried chicken, also big and juicy, both the coating was light.
However this one was spicy but not as spicy as the grilled chicken, it had cumin powder on it, which really made it taste nice.

Lamb Kebab:
It is not the English kebab I was expecting served in pita bread, but tasted better than the Hongkie ones, there was less sauce dripping from the kebab but it was still flavourful.
The lamb was thinly sliced and accompanied by sweet purple onions with spices too.

Price: slightly more expensive than your average fast food joint but the drinks are fairly priced at $6 per can unlike other places where they charge you $15-$20 per can, and there is a convenience store in close range.
English menu: yes, and they speak English too!
Service: very friendly
Yummy factor: very
MSG levels: did feel thristy afterwards

Anyway just for fun, the staff studded couple (owners) are from the filming industry, lets hope to see more of their productions.

Irina Hadjieva - known as Irina Clarkson or Irina Hadzhieva-Clarkson was an art department director for various films and also an assistant direction.
2009 The Fourth Kind (art department coordinator - as Irina Clarkson)
2006 The Black Dahlia (art department coordinator: Bulgaria - as Irra Clarckson)
2004 Air Strike (video) (art department coordinator - as Irina Hadjieva)
2003 Air Marshal (art department coordinator)
2003 Alien Hunter (art department coordinator - as Irina Hadjieva)
2003 In Hell (art department coordinator - as Irina Hadjieva)
2003 Disaster (art department coordinator - as Irina Hadjieva)
2003 Rats (art department coordinator)
2003 Marines (video) (art department coordinator - as Irina Hadzieva)
2003 Submarines (video) (art department coordinator)
2003 In Hell (second second assistant director - as Irina Hadzhieva-Clarkson)
2002 Derailed (third assistant director)
2002 Run for the Money (art department coordinator - as Irina Hadjieva)
2002 Panic (art department coordinator)
2001 The Order (art department coordinator: Bulgaria - as Irina Hadjieva)

Ross W. Clarkson, well known for cinematography in various films and even appeared as an actor too.2011 Conan the Barbarian (cinematographer: second unit)
2010 The Eagle Path (camera operator)
2010 Undisputed III: Redemption (camera operator)
2009 Ninja (camera operator)
2009 Direct Contact (camera operator)
2009 Push (camera operator)
2008 Shark in Venice (camera operator)
2008 Jin ping mei (camera operator)
2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol (video) (camera operator)
2007 The Hills Have Eyes II (camera operator)
2006 The Black Dahlia (camera operator)
2006 Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (Steadicam operator, camera operator)
2006 Making of 'The Mechanik' (actor as himself)
2005 The Mechanik (Steadicam operator, camera operator)
2004 Unstoppable (Steadicam operator - uncredited, additional photographer, camera operator, cinematographer: second unit)
2004 Skeleton Man (TV movie) (camera operator)
2003 Belly of the Beast (video) (camera operator)
2003 Out for a Kill (video) (cinematographer: second unit)
2003 In Hell (camera operator)
2003 Alien Hunter (Falkland Man #1 actor as Ross Clarkson)
2002 Greenmail (video) (Steadicam operator, camera operator)
2002 Derailed (Steadicam operator, camera operator)
2002 Dead Heat (camera operator)
2001 The Order (Steadicam operator, camera operator)
2001 Replicant (camera operator: "a" camera / second unit, cinematographer: second unit)
1997 Full Alert (underwater cinematographer)
1995 Guardian Angels (camera operator: second unit, Hong Kong)
1995 Ma ma fan fan (underwater cinematographer)