Yu-kwong C.
Yelp
Whenever we think about going out for Chinese food, this restaurant comes into our mind. It's typical Chinese Hong Kong style cuisine.
Our family has been to this place many times. All the dishes we have tried are very good. The variety of dishes they offer can be intimidating if you're not familiar with Chinese or specifically Cantonese food. But most of them are good, so you won't go wrong. This time, we ordered a set meal, which means, for a fixed price, you get to pick a number of dishes + a soup. We picked salted fish and tofu, fried beef and Chinese broccoli; fried chicken, and the beef soup.
The chicken was nicely fried. The meat we could tell was seasoned well before it was cooked. The best part actually is the crispy skin. The crispiness almost determines the quality of this dish. They did a good job on this. The beef and Chinese broccoli was decent. The beef was well seasoned, tender, and tasty. The broccoli was nice and green. As to the salted fish and tofu, the taste of the salted fish was there, but we didn't find any visible pieces of salted fish anywhere. They may have been minced and mixed with the tofu. Salted fish is very common in Hong Kong, but mixing with tofu is not that common. It usually goes with pork. If this dish is done skillfully, the aroma is awesome.
As to the soup, it was quite disappointing. This soup (called "West Lake beef soup" in Chinese) is quite common, and each restaurant does it differently. But the two major ingredients are ground (or minced) beef and cilantro. If it's done right, it looks very eye appealing. The green cilantro and light brown ground beef flow on top of the white soup. However, I didn't see any of these two guys in the soup. It was still quite delicious. But I felt like it was not authentic enough.
To wrap up the meal, they gave us a complimentary dessert, which was sweet tapioca soup. It was creamy and smooth. Very yummy!
Another good thing about this place is the portion, which is much more generous than most Chinese restaurants offer. This is very characteristic of Chinese cooking or hospitality. You want your guests to leave your house full, very full. So they wouldn't complain.
As I said the variety is so good, I'm sure I'll come back again and again.