Friday, May 21, 2010

Tai Hing BBQ restaurant, 太興燒味, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

Tai Koo Place has been face lifting the shops and restaurants near my apt. area. Unfortunately, not many of my favourites have landed here. Tai Hing is the one just landed. Actually when this shop was first opened in Tai On Mansion in Sai Wan Ho 20 years ago, I really don't know what's good about it. Just Wing On BBQ shop opposite to Tai On Mansion can beat it by at least 1 block. Anyway, when Tai Hing went on as a chain, it wouldn't turn out to be any better, and even at this one after I tried 3 times, their food quality is still very consistent.

2. Del Monte's heavy syrup pineapple can be a selling point for this sweet and sour pork? What would you expect more then?

3. Their self-acclaimed best-in-town roasted pork. See those big volcano holes. One word - careless! After pinching on the skin and during roasting, they forgot the brushing (with hard needles) to make the skin crispy. 4. Best roasted pork shouldn't be skin and fat/meat be apart. What's more, a contemporary food critics claimed Tai Hing roasted pork has strong pork flavour. Well, if he knows what original pork flavour is, and what the Knorr's chicken powder taste, and if he can taste. BTW, not even the pork is seasoned with chicken powder, they don't discriminate the chicken and duck. At last their rice is soft mashy with the new boiled ones. The worst I hate the most. It's not cheap at all. HK$45 (normally at HK$20-25).

5. Iced coffee. 6. See those jello like pieces. It's because their tea has been boiled for quite a long time and they mix the left-over old tea and new tea! That caused the acidity in the tea. Then they use some very thick evaporated milk. This is a chemical reaction of thick milk into acid tea! If you want a sick leave from the office, take this one. The doctor will give you more than 1 day sick leave.

7. See the table no. 32A and 32B on a 4 seater table. They think they are an airline. 8. the shop on Westlands Road.

2 comments:

Thailand Club said...

for pic #6, OMG, that's sucks

for the seats, well they already kind enough not to add the C and the D

Tai Hing opposites Wing On? Tai Hing owner's name is Chan Wing On. Is that both of his shop? Old brand to make his BBQ pork famous, and the newer fast food alike brand tends to suck more money?

in the sea said...

Yes, and the person who didn't listen to me but took 1/4th of this milk tea. No need to go to those slimming institutes. What a ride for your stomach!

Re the seats, will reflect your comments to them. I guess probably they will set up a business class section later.

I'm not sure if Wing On and Tai Hing are related. Wing On has been in Sai Wan Ho before I was born, as told by my father. It's one of my father's favourites. What you quoted might be possible, or the owner of Tai Hing once worked in Wing On and set up their shop opposite to Wing On.

Anyway, Tai Hing is clever to run their business to attract many fans who don't care about the rice quality and how to tell "hard" pork skin from crispy skin pork skin, and pork seasoned with chicken powder from fresh pork seasoned with just "five spice" salt 准鹽 and white pepper. That's the result in general.