Monday, February 14, 2011

Diabetic warning - Lei Bistro 利小館, Times Square Causeway Bay HK

If you prefer all the food to be sweeter than normal, this is the one.
1. Black fungas in black vinegar HK$48. Black vinegar (sweet) with sesame sauce - don't know why they could invent this sauce.
3. rice in lotus leaf HK$68. Much too oily and of course sweet and no lotus leaf aroma. Interesting not much other ingredients. Only rice and sweet soy sauce, and 2 baby shrimps and bamboo shoot.
4. This pan fried buns (HK$48) have sweet veggie pork filling. The brown surface is only some color, not aromatic at all. I really don't like cooking in abused use of non-sticky pan.
5. Preserved "snow" veggie 雪菜 and sliced pork on noodle soup, HK$35. First time I ate "sweet" preserved snow veggie. They soaked the veggie til it's not salty and then marinated with quite much sugar. Supposed this veggie should be a bit salty and best with some fresh chili to go with it. This one is red bell pepper. Fusion?
6/7. steamed date cake/sticky rice in ginger soup. Of course, double sweet.
*Lei Garden set up this outlet with a name as Bistro. Apparently this is to please certain group of people.





3 comments:

Stella said...

This place is suitable for Shanghai people we have a sweeter taste bud.

in the sea said...

Stella, I don't think in Shanghai people would have some sweet preserved veggie 垂雪菜. There are yet some Shanghai food which are salty and most famous one is salty pork veggie casserole.

Stella said...

Yes, Shanghai dish is usually heavy in taste and color.