Showing posts with label Chinese Cuisine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese Cuisine. Show all posts

Friday, October 22, 2010

Lung King Heen @ Hong Kong

Some trivia:
  • Lung King Heen is on the fourth floor of the Four Seasons hotel;
  • It has a majestic view over the HK harbor;
  • It has very comfortable chairs;
  • It is the only Chinese restaurant in the world that got Michelin 3 Star rating;
  • It was a The National Day of the People's Republic of China: Friday, 1 October 2010;
  • You want more? The former dim sum master Mak Pui Gor now works at Tim Ho Wan.


The dining room with majestic view.

We had "National Day Fireworks Dinner" menu, a 7-dishes menu including a wine menu.


Starting with a long and quite serious fireworks viewed from the top of the Four Seasons terrace...


Lung King Heen appetizer selection - Crispy Suckling Pig, Barbecued Pork with Honey, Fried Scallop with String Bean, washed down with Auxerrois Vieilles Vignes Dom. Mann, France 2007


Braised Shark’s Fin Soup with Bamboo Piths and Shredded Chicken


Simmered Prawns in Supreme Broth, washed down with Twinwoods Chardonnay, Australia 2009


Braised Fresh Abalone Cube with Star Garoupa Fillet in Supreme Oyster Sauce, washed down with Riesling Grunsilber, Schloss Vollrads, Germany 2008


Wok-Fried Diced Beef Tenderloin with Lily Bulbs and Green Peppers in Black Bean Sauce, washed down with Château Roque Le Mayne, Bordeaux, France 2006

Fried Rice with Fresh Crab Meat, Mushrooms and Vegetables; unfortunately, in the midst of enjoyment I forgot to take a picture...


Chilled Mango and Sago Cream with Pomelo, washed down with Muscat De Beaumes de Venise Dom. Coyeux, France 2003

Ending up with a standard petits-fours.

The restaurant wine list is very subtle, but some choices are difficult to comprehend, such as Petrus 1970...

All dishes were with a clean flavors, precise spicing, well cooked, tasty and with wonderful silky texture and lingering aftertaste. The only thing I didn't like was the shark’s fin soup; but maybe this was subconscious political decision:-)

Wok dish was quite ordinary and I was not expecting this at three-starred restaurant.

The wine paring was remarkable and frankly, it has been a big experience and an eye opener.

Highly Recommended.

Rating: 9.3 (out of 10.0)

Lung King Heen
Four Seasons Hotel
8 Finance Street
Central
Hong Kong
China

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Tim Ho Wan @ Hong Kong, Michelin 1 Star@10€


I've wait ca. 90 minutes at Tim Ho Wan, just few hours before my flight to Shanghai... and I've been lucky! People ware nervous, agitated... actually quite strange and unceremonious for Chinese...


BUT, the prawn dumplings, pork buns... tasted as haven and it cost less than 10€! If I compare this to other bills I've paid at at other Michelin-starred restaurants... simply I can't believe!


The prawn wrapped in delicate, rice pastry... a food amazingly inspirational and tasty!


Steamed to a perfection.... and yet with some crisp texture... actually completely contra-intuitive; I've checked few time what's in it!


And when the food is fried, well just amazing!

The man behind is Mak Pui Gor, the former dim sum master at three-starred restaurant Lung King Heen at Hong Kong's Four Seasons Hotel. I believe this explains everything!

Don't miss this one! Just take a number and stand in line...

Rating: 9.1 (out of 10.0)

Tim Ho Wan
Shop 8, 2-20 Kwong Wa Street, Mong Kok,
Kowloon, HK

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Random food @ Hong Kong

Probably not the world's healthiest foods, but it is so good food...







Monday, October 11, 2010

Random food @ Shanghai

Although it is not completely different from the Zhejiang coastal province, Shanghai have some authentic cuisine, that is a drunken (in alcohol) steamed or raw dishes. In addition mix of sugar and soy sauce are most normal like "sweet and sour pork ".

One can get almost anything… cold sesame noodles, seaweed, cucumber, shrimps and pork soup dumplings, pork stewed with eel... even some 1930’s cocktail like grasshopper or Mai Tai.

Enjoy the pictures and help me to fill the text :)


Picture 1


Shrimps


Squid


Shrimps


Double stir fried pork


Shrimps


Picture 7


Picture 8


Chili Crabs


Abalon...


Mashed bamboo...

Sunday, October 10, 2010

XinJiShi @ Shanghai


Probably one of the most popular Shanghai-style restaurant and recommended by Michelin guide is Xinjishi. We waited quite long just to be sited and than even longer to actually get some food…


which serves a delicious braised pork with brown sauce, sweet and with equal parts of meat and fat... irresistable and also terribly not healthy...


an appetizer made of stuffed red dates stuffed with a glutenous rice; really interesting/strange savory-sweet mixture...


perfectly steamed vegetables...


seriously spicy tiger prawns with chili peppers...


and of course, juicy Shanghai dumplings made with pork, ginger and steamed to perfection; especially appreciated by my friend Dame.

Not really impressed at the speed of the service but the tastiness of the food and presentation was on the better side.