Old chengdu besides 老地坊 @ Landale Street

Found out about this new restaurant because there were so many hardcore reviews by fans who have just reviewed this place only and the menu was really interesting, there were so many things I have not heard of or tried.

 

When I visited this place it had just opened so only a few things were available.
Some of the portions were really small and there was a particular item I wanted to try but it was always not available. The item I wanted to try was the glutinous thing steamed on a leaf.
串街葉兒粑

 

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The dishes I have tried:
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Dan Dan Noodles

 

The portion was small but it only costed around $2X.
The sauce was mostly at the bottom and needed mixing.
The spicyness level were medium in my point of view.
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Green soup

 

This soup looked interesting so I ordered it, it was chopped mustard greens in thick clear soup topped with a few wolfberies.
The taste was quite grassy and I loved the bitterness of the green.
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Cold noodles with chicken, sichuan style

 

Again, this only costs around $2X so the bowl was quite small but it tasted quite nice and the sichuan peppercorns were intense. The chicken was slightly tough and dry.
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Glutinous rice balls in fermented wine

 

 

Again the portion was really dinky but I loved it, the sweetness was just right and the dumplings were really soft.
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Fried glutinous rice rods

 

 

 

This dessert was really interesting, it was fried bars of mochi and they were uniformly rectangular, it was crispy on the outside and chewy in the centre coated with lots of yellow bean powder and drizzle with golden syrup.
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Anyway I hope on my next visit they will have the steamed glutinous snack!

 

Simple fried egg, luncheon meat and tomato sauce

The fried egg and luncheon meat with tomato sauce reminds me of the same dish at Happy Restaurant in Tsuen Wan.

Although it was just simple fried eggs, luncheon meat and tomato sauce, it was really nice.
The egg was fried just right and the frying oil used was fresh and did not reek.
As for the tomato sauce it was delicious, it was not sweet but nice and savoury.
Although the sauce does not taste like real tomatoes it was similar to western tomato soup and it was really moreish.

Instant all day Dim Sum @ Tong Kee

At this place you can get dim sum at any time of the day and most items under the sun except for my favourite Prawn dumplings.

This time got the steamed beancurd rolls and shaomai with quail eggs.
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steamed beancurd rolls

 

As usual these were greasy and MSG loaded, inside there was lots of pork fat and oil.
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shaomai with quail eggs

 

These were ordinary shaomai wrapped with white wonton skin and the quail egg on top.
Again they were quite oily and tasteless and the quail egg was hard boiled so it tasted really dry.
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