The blackest vinegar pork trotters!!

Restaurant: 順德魚鄉米粉麵米線 (San Po Kong)

I was intending to dine at the famous Tak Lung Restaurant round the corner but it was packed with people so gave up and dined here.

From the name of the joint I assumed they were famous for noodles but at the front they claim their pork trotters in vinegar sauce was also good too so I tried that.


The joint is quite small but there were lots of interesting items on the menu such as the deep fried shaomai with salt and pepper so I tried that as well.





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Porks trotter in vinegar served with rice:





When they came I was quite shocked by the colour. I have never seen BLACK vinegar sauce!
It was almost as black as squid ink!


The vinegar they used tasted really nice and it was good quality as claimed.
It was not too sweet and vinegary that I kept sipping spoonfuls of it, and the pork trotters were marinated well in this vinegar.
The texture of the pork trotter were extremely gelatinous and chewy, and the sauce tasted perfect with rice.


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Deep fried fish shaomai with salt and pepper:





The deep fried fish shaomai with salt and pepper was interesting so ordered it!
I thought it was shaomai tossed in salt and pepper but when it came it was deep fried shaomai sprinkled with salt and pepper.


The taste was quite nice but the salt and pepper was clumped together so the taste of salt and pepper was not evenly distributed.
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Chicken wings in vinegar:


The chicken wings did not taste as nice as the pork trotters because they were not pre-marinated.
The tofu pieces were panfried and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside and tasted nice when it was dipped with the salt and pepper from the Shaomai dish.
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Vegetarian Shaomais @ Kung Wo Tong

Kung Wo Tong (Wan Chai)

At this branch of Kung Wo Tong, they have a glass cabinet section that serves Vegetarian snacks.

Not all branches of Kung Wo Tong have it, anyway got some Vegetarian Shaomais.

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Vegetarian Shaomais:

The vegetarian shaomais here are weird and I do not know why I keep getting them again and again.
They taste really artificial and rubbery.
They smell weird too!

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Pung pung Laksa noodles set

Restaurant: 碰麵撈麵專門店 (Mong Kok)

Ordered the set because it had Laksa vermicelli for $48.

The set was interesting because it came with herbs and butter toast, seaweed, Roselle tea drink and a tofu pudding (subject to availability).

As well as that I tried the intestines with soy wasabi sauce.

It was tea time so there were not many people.


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Roselle tea:

The sweetness was just right and it basically tastes like ribena with a rosy taste.
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Butter toast and seaweed:

Initially I assumed it was garlic bread but it was herbs and butter which was quite nice.
It was interesting it came with seaweed too! The seaweed tasted natural with a hint of sesame oil but the green colour was artificial because it came off on the toast.

Weird combination to pair seaweed and toast!
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Laksa vermicelli:
The laksa broth tasted more like prawn broth with added lemongrass to it.
It was not spicy which was good because I did not feel like anything spicy that day.
If you have tried the seafood broth at this place, the broth tastes like that enhanced with lemongrass.
On top of the vermicelli, there was a huge piece of pork chop with shimeji and enoki mushrooms.
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Intestines with soy wasabi sauce:


The colour of these intestines were quite dark! Usually they are bright orange or natural.
I tried them without the sauce and it was already flavoured and quite nice.
The texture of them were soft and springy.
After dipping them in wasabi sauce they tasted even better.
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Tofu pudding:

The taste of the pudding was really nice and not too sweet.
The soybean taste was strong and it seems to be made with soymilk and gelatin.
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Overprice Tom Yum noodles

I have always wanted to try this place but the decor of this place looks like a fast food restaurant and the prices on the menu reflect classy dining.




Finally tried their tea set which costs $3X for a noodle including a drink.


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Salted lemon soda:


Ordered this thinking it would be nice but it was the most disgusting salted lemon soda I have ever had.
It was a concoction of sweet syrup, salt and seven up.
The addition of syrup made it foul.
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Vermicelli in Tom Yum Kung soup with shredded chicken:

The noodles on the other hand were nicer. Apart from vermicelli you can choose Vietnamese lemon noodles or potato noodles and the level of the spicyness of the broth.
It was weird they had peanuts in the broth too!
Luckily the vermicelli was the thin type I like and the broth tasted nice.
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freshtea by happylemon

There were so many branches of Happy Lemon closing and opening and this branch of Happy Lemon is slightly different because of the range they serve and it is called Freshtea Happy Lemon (Mong Kok).




The range they serve was quite interesting with drinks like pineapple green tea, banana green tea, kiwi green tea and papaya green tea.



I ordered the green tea with lemon because the reviews said it was quite tart.

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Green tea with lemon:



When I got it, there was a real slice of lemon in it.
The first sip tasted like lemon sorbet which is slightly different to the usual Taiwanese style lemon teas and maccha and the maccha taste was very powdery.
There maccha was very grassy and there was a lot of maccha powder so it taste tasted floury.
As for the sweetness it could have been less sweet and the lemon flavour was quite artificial because I could taste lemon zest in it which made it slightly bitter.
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