四餸一湯 白飯任裝 - not meant for free rice but a phrase for telling people to get more
rice from the delicious dishes. There were many Tsui King Lau back in the 70's/80's
and I was told the one at Hong Kong Mansion (the big mansion on the triangular area
off Sogo to the west, Fashion Plaza (was Daimaru) to the north and Hennessy Rd (tram
way) to the south) was the original one. Later on that one closed and various Tsui King
Lau carried on with Hakka cuisine with the renowed chicken baked in raw salt, five belly
pork stewed with preserved veggie...etc. So I got to try this one at Jordan which has been
over 30 years.
1. the classic table setting. 2. the menu. Suggested set is the 4 dishes plus one soup at HK$268 including a half chicken ($90). The other dishes are at around $50-68, and soup at $60.
3. Look at this nostalgic red chair. 4. This is the renowned chicken baked in raw salt. Pretty good!
3. pork stewed with preserved veggie. A nice one and it's not that salty and heavier taste. So it may not be very original but good for any health conscious people. 4. Nice steamed rice.
5. stir fried veggie. 6. minced pork stuffed in tofu on veggie. This tofu is a bit too overcooked and very oily.
7. Carrot and pork soup - so so. In conclusion, I would prefer Wanchai Tsui King Lau. 8. See ths uncle and I believe he must have spent all his time in this restaurant.
9. See this restaurant still practise the traditional way of bill order.
10. even more nostalgic. 11. the shop outside. BTW, there were quite a lot of Thai tourists in this restaurant.
5 comments:
wow for the those dishes in the post i can eat 5 bowls of rice
(last night i went to Thon Krueng, still very good)
Glad that this restaurant is still here.
We used to go to Tsui King Lau a lot before we left HK.
Our favorite dishes are the baked salty chicken, preserved Mui Choi pork, and the beef ball with veggie.
Really glad to see this good old friend from here.
Thanks SEA.
SS
5 bowls of rice... ? No wonder you can walk and walk for hours. That's the energy. BTW, rice would make people in a happy mood.
SS, it's good that still a no. of classic restaurants survive despite the fusion/hip restaurant trend.
Do you know I eat 3 bowls of rice in average when I eat out? (That means sometimes I eat more than 3 bowls.)
On Friday night I had dinner with friends and I had 4 bowls of rice, and the other girl also had 4 bowls, but the two guy had only 2 bowls and they are sacred of us.
Good as it will make you happy.
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