Monthly Archives: October 2017

Wine Chicken Thighs with Bottle Gourd & Onions – 42nd Teban Gardens Community Breakfast on 29Sep2017

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wine chicken thighs with bottle gourd & onions

made wine chicken thighs with bottle gourd & onions  for teban gardens community breakfast this morning on 29.9.2017. ^^

this my 42nd friday breakfast community meal at teban gardens community service centre.

i first started doing a community meal dish for teban gardens CSC on 8.1.2016.

the centre was started in 2002 after much effort & challenge by our RI friend who is a pastor of pasir panjang hill brethren church (pphbc) which owns & runs the CSC.

wine chicken thighs with bottle gourd & onions

chinese wine braised chicken 黄焖鸡 is an easy, tasty dish.

the chinese shaoxing wine & marinade bring out the sweet taste of chicken & if the texture is done right w/o overcooking the chicken, then it is a very delicious dish & easy to prepare too.

cut pieces of chicken thigh

cut pieces of chicken thigh

i used 2kg pack of frozen chicken thighs with a centre bone.

for the residents, i usually made boneless dishes, so i cut out the meat & left the centre thigh bone with some meat on.

also the residents now consistently number 130, so there must be enough pieces of meat to serve out.

wine chicken

my marinade recipe (this being 2kg of meat) –

  • 4 tbsp chinese wine 花雕酒
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 heap tbsp corn flour

cornflour helps to made the chicken smooth, and also thickens the braising sauce a bit..

i marinade the chicken overnight in the fridge.

wine chicken

in the morning, i fry sliced ginger, then added chopped garlic & the chicken pieces to brown a bit, then added the marinade, covered the wok pan for about 4mins medium low fire.

wine chicken

wine chicken

i removed & drained the chicken, kept the sauce.

bottlegourd

bottlegourd

then i fried the bottlegourd with lots of chopped garlic, a bit of oyster sauce.

then added the sauce from the chicken, covered the wokpan and braised & reduced.

i added 1 tbsp of mala oil. not too much.

wine chicken thighs with bottle gourd & onions

wine chicken thighs with bottle gourd & onions

then i added back the chicken, off fire & tossed a bit.

judging the amount of sauces vs the amount of chicken & bottlegourd is a key. chicken gives out a lot of liquid even after draining. & flavours would be diluted if too much fluid.

wine chicken thighs with bottle gourd & onions

the end result – a very tasty dish of wine chicken thighs with bottle gourd & onions.

c.h.e.f andy

Recipe=Mala Light Soy Sauce Taujeon Steamed Tiger Garoupa on 28Sep2017

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mala light soy sauce taujeon steamed tiger garoupa 

after a good lunch at ye lai xiang, sis & bil came over & watched some movies.

bil had to go off for some qigong practice, sis stayed over for dinner at my place on 28.9.2017. ^^

so i made a simple 2pax dinner with sis..

mala light soy sauce taujeon steamed tiger garoupa 

i had a nice 600g+ garoupa from chinatown complex market, decided to experiment a bit instead of the usual hong kong steam preparation.

mala oil 老干妈香辣脆油辣椒

i wanted to incorporate a bit of mala flavouring to my cooking for some dishes. the most obvious would be saliva chicken 口水鸡, but mala can be used to good effect for simple vegetable dishes as seen at ye shanghai, so i intend to experiment on different dishes..

mala light soy sauce taujeon steamed tiger garoupa 

my new style mala light soy sauce taujeon garoupa=very simple & also turned out to be very nice 👍 i tasted the sauce & a small bit of fish to know if the dish was good

for this evening I was still on 14day vegetarian/fruit diet challenge with my RI friend DP, so just eat a bit vegetables other than tasting the fish.

mala light soy sauce taujeon steamed fish

recipe is simple. ^^

just 2 tbsp of taujeon, 1 tbsp light soy sauce & 1 tbsp mala oil.

the rest just garnishing, sliced ginger, chopped spring onions. i had some celery leaves so chopped that too.

the taste was quite exquisite. mala gave very “pang” flavourful taste & combined well with taujeon which is sweet, and light soy sauce added another nice fragrant flavour…the result a very tasty, fresh, sweet, tender fish..

young celery stem with salted fish 

sis left over some young celery stems last time, so i cooked them with salted fish.

this dish actually my sis favourite & she started doing at my place several times.

young celery stem with salted fish

today i did the dish.

it was a very good dinner. my sis was thoroughly enjoying the fish.

i took a bit of the vegetables, quite nice with the salted fish flavour..i am not religious or fixated about vegetarian thing..the whole challenge just to help my friend to lose weight a bit while enjoying vegetables & fruits, and generally having a healthy diet & reduce quantity intake a bit..but since my good friend is taking the challenge seriously & not eating meat, so i do not eat meat also fr this period.

c.h.e.f andy

 

 

Very Good Airfryer Crackling Belly Pork 烧肉 on 2Oct2017

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crackling belly pork 烧肉

made an excellent crackling belly pork 烧肉 on 2.10.2017. ^^

this was the airfryer recipe from my RI bro KK & his wife. 🙂

i did it coupe times before quite a while back, probably couple years back..decided to revisit the recipe today….

crackling belly pork 烧肉

crackling was quite good, & meat was tender, very moist with meat juices..

crackling belly pork 烧肉

maybe the crackling can improve further…

crackling belly pork 烧肉

as it is now, the crackling is pretty good, quite ok! ^^

crackling belly pork 烧肉

picking a good piece of belly pork is important.

so a thinner cut, preferably leaner, which is still fat & tasty, and gives you a larger skin & surface area for the same weight, and also more crackling skin per piece of belly pork you cut since it is thinner…

the recipe is quite straight forward-

  1. poach in boiling water few mins to remove scum
  2. that also makes it easier for you to stab the skin repeatedly, thoroughly with a fork- this enables skin to dry out more so can make it crackling
  3. put salt over skin & season the rest with 1 tbsp shaoxing wine & put in fridge overnight- salt draws out water from the stabbed holes in the skin
  4. remove salt & wipe dry skin with kitchen towel
  5. then put a new layer of salt & put belly pork in airfryer preheated to 180degC for 30 mins
  6. take out, remove salt from skin & put back in airfryer preheated to 200degC for 15mins…& voila!

c.h.e.f andy

 

 

Great 5pax OPS Buddies Dinner @ Silk SICC Island on 27Sep2017

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peking duck – S$26

had S$100 to spend by 30.9.2017 otherwise the quarterly minimum spend would be forfeited.

arranged to go silk @ sicc island location with my OPS buddies on 27.9.2017. ^^

food here is good, and the prices, even better! ^^

second eat FREE=shredded duck crispy noodles 鸭丝生面

i ordered the 1/2 peking duck again.

the peking duck was as good as any, & the second eat shredded duck with crispy noodles was quite excellent, so at S$26 for 2 eats (2 dishes), it was like a must order for me. 🙂

peking duck – S$26

i was still on 14day vegetarian/fruit diet challeng with my RI friend DP till 30.9.2017, so i did not eat the duck, but i knew it was good la..lol! 🙂

i took some prawn crackers…

garoupa fillet with lily bulbs 百合, sweet peas – S$18

the garoupa fillet with lily bulbs 百合, sweet peas – S$18 was a nice dish.

today the garoupa fillet looks & presentation a bit below..so i asked WM since i not eating myself. he said it was ok, pretty good.

good thing about this dish also lots of vegetables so no need to order a separate vegetable dish.

garoupa fillet with lily bulbs 百合, sweet peas – S$18

i checked the photos of my last lunch here, also with my OPS bros.

the garoupa looked much better & they also had cloud fungus, so this dish going south – wrong direction la… 

but i guess still a nice dish…good fish & vegetables…

claypot frog 沙煲田鸡 – S$18

the claypot frog 沙煲田鸡 – S$18 always a great dish..

claypot frog 沙煲田鸡 – S$18

very tasty, good standard, and well presented.

second eat FREE=shredded duck crispy noodles 鸭丝生面

the second eat FREE=shredded duck crispy noodles 鸭丝生面 was swimming in sauce.

i specifically told the guy taking orders that i wanted crispy 生面.the lady serving said they added too much sauce.

second eat FREE=shredded duck crispy noodles 鸭丝生面

i did not take the noodles. the dish was tasty and a large serving, fully 5 bowls. all my friends liked it, and noodles all finished.

WM said noodles slight salty (i guess because too much sauce), but still crispy. that’s good!

the service by the lady servers were good!

the dishes were all good, though perhaps the previous time was even better.

& the dinner for 5pax was S$70nett, very reasonable indeed! (though i ate little so i ordered only 4 dishes, and my friends said it was enough so we did not add dishes).

after dinner, we decided to go downstairs for a drink at the eagle..we all ordered ABC – apple, beetroot, carrot – M’s idea! 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

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Silk Restaurant
Address:
Singapore Island Country Club, 180 Island Club Road, 578774, (Thomson)
Contact:
6431 8426

Operating Hours:

Weekdays (Lunch) 11:30am – 2:30pm
Weekends & Public Holidays 11:00am – 2:30pm
Dinner 6:00pm – 10:00pm daily

Restaurant is closed on Mondays except on the eves of public holidays and public holidays.

Dress Code (Lunch): Casual – Round-neck shirt and bermudas allowed (Shorts, slippers and flip flops are NOT allowed)
Dress Code (Dinner): Smart Casual – Collared T-shirt/shirt with long trousers and covered shoes (Shorts, slippers and flip flops are NOT allowed)

Good Teochew Muay @ Ye Lai Xiang Bukit Merah View on 28Sep2017

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teochew muay dishes=2 fish +7veg = S$18

sis & bil came by to have lunch together.

i picked them at the usual mrt stop at 11.30am & we were at ye lai xiang 夜来香at bukit merah view around 11.50am on 28.9.2017.^^

i thought carpark might be full but the food centre was under renovation? boarded up so carpark quite empty, good for us.

teochew muay dishes=2 fish +7veg = S$18

sis went to order the dishes.

she got 2 fishes + 7 veg for S$18.

ye lai xiang in my view NOT ye shanghai standard..

yelaixiang teochew muay 夜来香潮州糜

the place had much lower traffic c/w when ye shanghai was here…

teochew muay dishes=2 fish +7veg = S$18

S$18 seems cheap but i think a bit more expensive c/w ye shanghai.

i think the 2 fishes more ex, may S$10 together.

rabbit fish 

this larger than the CNY rabbit fish 知县鱼, seen it before but not sure if same breed of fish.

anyway it was tastier than it looked..lol! 🙂

kambong fish 

this fish also maybe not kambong…sees it often..also sweet.

by the way i still on 14 days vegetarian/fruit diet challenge with my friend DP until 30.9.2017 so i did not tale the fish, but sis & bil said & i know they were sweet la… 🙂

taukee

generally the veg dishes were good but not the standard of ye shanghai…quite far in my view.

veg a simple thing right, which means ye shanghai veg dishes really good la! 🙂

tau kee was ok, sweet, ordinary..

spinach heng chai) 

spinach was ok, but by comparison ye shanghai or even if i cook myself, this was below par la..

luffa 丝瓜

likewise for the luffa 丝瓜..

bittergourd

and bittergourd..

cauliflower+brocoli

this cauliflower+brocoli was ok…i took the tau kua too…

chap chai 

chap chai ok…

leeks

leeks a bit nicer…i think the nicest of the veg

teochew muay dishes=2 fish +7veg

so in my view, ye lai xiang c/w ye shanghai 要矮了一载 not the same standard for the vegetable dishes.

c.h.e.f andy

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夜来香 YelaixiangTeochew Porridge (夜来香潮洲糜)

Address

#01-217, Boyang Coffee Shop, Blk 117 Bukit Merah View, 151116

Good Braised Duck & Teochew Muay Buffet @ Cafe on the Ridge on 25Sep2017

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braised duck 卤鸭

our RI brotherhood gang did a birthday dinner cum karaoke on 25.9.2017. ^^

organisers were looking for a convenient & not costly place where we could have dinner then karaoke.

the teochew muay buffet has always been good, especially the braised duck 卤鸭 & also the other braises 卤味.  other cooked food & buffet items also good. (i don’t come often though as try not to eat buffet these days. lol! ^^. last time here was 22.11.2016!)..

we reserved 14pax, and full brotherhood attendance this evening, and they arranged a nice long table for us near the door convenient to pick up the buffet items at the open covered alfresco area where they set up the buffet.

few of us arrived early at 6pm so we went to pick up the braised duck 卤鸭.

actually there was not much queue also during dinner & the supply was pretty ok, no problems getting good serving of the duck & other braises.

popiah 

the popiah i would say pretty good, same good standard as any eg what i had recently at bukit cafe at sicc…

raw cockles, chilled squid 

the raw cockles were really good. & quite surprised many in our group actually took the raw cockles & loving it….

the chilled didn’t look that appetising but it was quite ok with the “kek you” dip or with chili..

braises卤味 – duck, kong bak, pig skin etc

the braises were all good..

braise was flavourful, chili was good, and the texture & taste & texture of the kong bak and pig skin were good…taupok, tau kua, braised egg the usual..

prawns, ngoh hiang, egg omelette 

cooked dishes were also quite ok..prawns were actually quite tasty… i took 2 or 3 pieces..ngoh hiang was ok, egg was ok…didn’t take much of them…

prawns, ngoh hiang, taukee, egg, trotters

taukee was good, the usual.

braised pork trotter was good..nice gelatinous, everyone liked it…the pot had mostly bones though so got to pick the ones with more skin..

belly pork chives, satay pork, some 

in fact we did not take several of the cooked dishes.

the satay pork i didn’t quite like, and the chicken not my taste.. the belly pork with chives ok but i rather eat more of the braises.

there were fresh cut fruits, watermelon, rock melon etc quite sweet, and some red bean with lotus seed dessert..ok.

1 bro had to attend a legal meeting (before coming to attend our illegal one..lol!^^). anyhow we already cleared the bill with 13pax about to move to the right note karaoke at 8pm. anyhow the brotherhood went into action, and we had 5 bros waited on him with all the choice dishes from the buffet…a very satisfactory conclusion to a good dinner.

of course this not like the best teochew muay, but teochew muay in many places like joo chiat & geylang & havelock road so ex & not nice…i don’t thing any of this places serve a better braise duck or other braises than here, and even for cooked dishes i think here is better…

& at S$16nett pax, so much cheaper than all these teochew muay places..that’s why i don’t go to any of them for the longest time…

of course not comparing say ye shanghai type chilled fish, steamed fish/fish head & really good vegetables.

c.h.e.f andy

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Cafe on the Ridge @ Kent Rudge Guild House

Address:

9 Kent Ridge Dr, Singapore 119241

Contact:

nuss.org.sg
6779 1811
Opening Hours:
Mon to Wed 6pm to 9.45pm

Roast Goose the Best! @ 鹅皇馆 on 14Sep2017 (Day of Hong Kong/Shenzhen Trip 10-14Sep2017)

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鹅皇馆 meal

WM & I had already decided the roast goose at 鹅皇馆 was the best when we tried it on 12.9.2017. 

after our shiokalicious ngau lam meen 牛腩面 at  Kuen Kee Noodle 權記粉麵茶餐廳 at tonh choi street,

we decided might as well eat the roast goose first before going back to hotel room & checking out, so that’s what we did, on 14.9.2017.^^

鹅皇馆

actually it’s probably NOT better than yat lok at stanley street. looking at the past photos, yat lok’s roast goose still looks best & the most appetizing. 

roast goose rice HK$55

we ordered a plate of roast goose rice HK$55  and a plate of chicken rice HK$48.

the combined may not be much more if any c/w with the HK$98 combo we had the other day, but this was HK$103 in total & we got 2 free coffee to go with it… 🙂

roast goose rice HK$55

roast goose was so flavourful & delicious! 🙂

chicken rice HK$48

chicken rice HK$48

& the chicken 贵妃鸡 meat so sweet & very nice especially with the scallions ginger sauce.

chicken roast goose rice

we each took our share of the chicken & roast goose, and just enjoy la…

bill HK$103 for 2pax lunch HK$380 for 1 roast goose takeaway

& we took away 1 roast goose cut in 1/2 each.

so bill was HK$103 for 2pax lunch HK$380 for 1 roast goose takeaway. 🙂

1/2 roast goose

1/2 roast goose

we brought the roast goose on the flight back singapore.

wife & children loved just it!

c.h.e.f andy

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鹅皇馆

Address:

33 Lai Chi Kok Rd, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
Opening Hours:
daily
  • 10AM–9PM

The Real Thing! Ngau Lam Meen 牛腩面 @ Kuen Kee Noodle 權記粉麵茶餐廳 on 14Sep2017 (Day 5 of Hong Kong/Shenzhen Trip 10-14Sep2017)

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ngau lam meen 牛腩面 HK$32

finally got to eat the real thing – hong kong ngau lam meen 牛腩面.

what we had on Day 1, the 牛三宝=牛腩牛根牛肚 HK$38 at 牛棚 at fa yuen street, was good, but not enough shiok for me….

this morning actually we intended to have brunch at 鹅皇馆, but the roast goose was not ready at 10.15am, so we walked over to Kuen Kee Noodle 權記粉麵茶餐廳 at tonh choi street.

ngau lam meen 牛腩面 HK$32

here looking at the ngau lam 牛腩, we decided we didn’t even need to have 牛根牛肚.

the ngau lam 牛腩 looked like 蹦沙腩(have 胶 or collagen), just what i wanted. so we decided to order just ngau lam meen 牛腩面.

ngau lam meen 牛腩面 HK$32 

so very satisfying.

ngau lam 牛腩 was so tasty, the perfect texture & taste. should have taken this the first day!

bill HK$78

can order coffee at HK$7 with the ngau lam meen 牛腩面 . coffee at these eateries are quite good.

c.h.e.f andy

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Kuen Kee Noodle 權記粉麵茶餐廳

Address:

Hong Kong, 通菜街165號
Contact:
+852 2393 4718

Enjoying Dessert Again @ Hoi Kee Walnut Place 海記合桃坊甜品 on 13Sep2017 (Day4 of Hong Kong/Shenzhen Trip 10-14Sep2017)

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mango & durian dessert

after full day trip to shenzhen & a very good dinner at ,

WM & i were back at prince station. we decided to go to Hoi Kee Walnut Place 海記合桃坊甜品 to have something cold & to chill on 13.9.2017. ^^

hoi kee again 海记

hoi kee 海记

hoi kee like always, had a good crowd of customers, but turnover is fast, so we got our seats with no waiting…

we were like the only foreigner here, maybe there was 1 table with koreans…

hai kee menu

usually we would go for the paste. really it is the thing to take in hong kong as they do that very well every shop you go, whereas other not traditional dessert we get easily in singapore.

hoi kee 海记 menu

hoi kee 海记 menu

this evening though, we wanted a change so went for the more contemporary dessert.

mango & durian dessert

thinking of the excellent 榴莲飘雪Durian Macha Dessert at Honeymoon Dessert 满记甜品,

i ordered the durian ice cream dessert 榴莲雪乐冰。

durian dessert

it was way off the 榴莲飘雪Durian Macha Dessert at Honeymoon Dessert 满记甜品 though.

i guess kind of expected. not their forte here so nice but just mediocre. durian is sweeter far less flavour c/w honeymoon dessert’s 榴莲飘雪.

mango dessert

WM took the mango blueberry dessert.

nice dessert too!

lotus seeds with tao huay 莲子豆腐花

anyway tonight our last evening in hong kong before returning to singapore.

we wanted to chill a bit more & being greedy in ordered another  lotus seeds with tao huay 莲子豆腐花.

the lotus seeds were ok just not infused enough with syrup, the tau huay was very smooth. i think the sugar should be a syrup instead…

炖蛋

WM ordered his favourite 炖蛋. still nice too, almost like a sweet chawan mushi …this one really not my kind of dessert la…

bill HK$83

we had a great time chillin gout.

final bill came to HK$120 after we added 炖蛋  & lotus seeds with tao huay 莲子豆腐花. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

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Hoi Kee Walnut Place 海記合桃坊甜品 

Address:

232 Sai Yeung Choi St S, Mong Kok, Hong Kong

Contact:

+852 2399 7973

 

Shenzhen华强北Electronic Shops, Coffee Break, 东门老街Laojie on 13Sep2017 (Day 4 of Hong Kong/Shenzhen Trip 10-14Sep2017)

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华强北

 after the wonderful braised pork noodles + pig oran soup at 东贝爱面科学馆outlet.

WW brought us to 华强北 to look at the electronic goods & accesories.

华强北

a huge place, and together with laojie 老街, felt like 10x what JB city square, KSL etc areas have to offer.

华强北

& unlike our causeway & second link, going across from hong kong to shenzhen is a breeze – a 45mins MTR ride on eastern rail 东铁线 from tsimshatsui to luohu, walk across the border immigration checkpoints & take the metro from shenzhen luohu station to the various places..

coffee stop

after 华强北  we had an unexpectedly good lunch.

after lunch we had coffee i think at pacific coffee???

coffee stop-tesla RMB740k

the tesla showroom was just at the other side of the square.

so we went to “kay poh” a bit…

RMB 740k, fraction of cost in singapore if tesla decided to drop by again after packing up some years back…

actually i didn’t think much of the shape & especially the interior, very average …

coffee stop

coffee stop

深圳东门老街laojie

after coffee we went walking around 深圳东门老街laojie.

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

many stalls and quite many cut fruit stalls at 深圳东门老街laojie…

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

mcdonald’s @ 深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

深圳东门老街laojie

a really huge pedestrian area 步行街….17.6hectares of it according to baidu-

  • 东门老街，全称深圳东门商业步行街区，北至立新路，南至深南路，东到东门中路，西至新园路，总占地面积17.6万平方米。古代深圳的根，在南头老城；而近代深圳的根，则在“深圳墟”。

深圳东门老街广场青铜大钟laojie copper bell

深圳东门老街广场青铜大钟laojie copper bell

the 深圳东门老街广场青铜大钟laojie copper bell…there is another bell on the western square-

老街东西两个广场———老街广场和时代广场，为东门老街拓展出了“呼吸空间”，购物者和市民也有了难得的现代观光场所。广场由大王椰、风信子、百合、郁金香等名贵花木和喷泉、雕塑、休闲亭组成，形成商业街独有的美丽街心风景。两个广场还分别设置了一组以时间为主题的青铜大钟雕塑，体现历史文化与现代文化的冲撞。大钟早晚会各敲响一次，早上鸣钟表现人们对新的一天的希望与祈盼，晚上鸣钟表现人们一天的辛劳与收获，体现了时间就是金钱，效率就是生命的丰富内涵。.

深圳东门老街laojie wall

深圳东门老街laojie wall

深圳东门老街laojie wall

and there is a 青铜浮雕“东门墟市图” like a copper sculpture tourist guide map of dongmenlajie.

深圳东门老街laojie

DMD Food City东门町美食城

there were many street food stalls at DMD Food City东门町美食城 .

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

braised trotters, similar to korean jogbal 족발 preparation..

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

roti prata….

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

DMD Food City东门町美食城

many stalls & many people.

GY bought 3 羊肉串 for us to try…not my favourite…usually too salty..

we didn’t buy other street food since we planning to go for a nice seafood dinner.

after DMD Food City东门町美食城, we took quite a long 20mins walk over to Baofa Restaurant 宝发食馆 Leyuan Road, where we had a very nice seafood dinner…eat to full la…

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深圳东门老街laojie

Luohu, Shenzhen, China, 518000

DMD Food City 东门町美食城

Address:

Yongxin Rd, DongMen, Luohu Qu, Shenzhen Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China, 518000

Going Up 莲花山 and Deng Xiao Ping Statue邓小平塑像 on 13Sep2017(Day 4 of Hong Kong/Shenzhen Trip 10-14Sep2017)

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air roots

WT’s younger brother, WW, has been living in shenzhen for 9 yrs.

after the really delicious pig organs soup + braised pork noodlesat 东贝爱面科学馆outlet,

WW brought us around first to look at the electronic retail shops at 华强北on 13.9.2017.

these are of course like 100 x sim lim square, entire blocks of buildings selling goods & accessories, like 10x that in JB.

air roots

after that we took the metro to i think children’s palace 少年宫 station and walk up 莲花山公园.

going up 莲花山

going up 莲花山

going up 莲花山

going up 莲花山

莲花山公园山顶广场 is only 106m, but it was mid day sun in hot weather about 33degC.

going up 莲花山

fair bit of walking…

the world’s tallest office building ping an financial centre at 600m

the view atop 莲花山公园山顶广 was magnificient.

we can see the world’s tallest office building ping an financial centre at 600m to the south..

the world’s tallest office building ping an financial centre at 600m – view from 莲花山

the world’s tallest office building ping an financial centre at 600m – view from 莲花山 

& in the direction of shenzhen convention & exhibition centre…

the world’s tallest office building ping an financial centre at 600m – view from 莲花山

wonderful vista…

the deng xiao ping statue邓小平塑像 sstanding atop the 莲花山公园山顶广 was completed nov2000.

shenzhen development of course owed largely to deng xiao ping’s modernisation effort, the 14 coastal cities, after visiting singapore.

for me, 邓小平 was a giant in history, having touched the lives of 100s of millions of chinese & turning them for the better within one generation.

莲花山公园山顶广场 106m

莲花山公园山顶广场 106m 

in cooler weather, this 莲花山公园山顶广场  would have been a perfect place for picnic, family outing, relaxation, likely mass taiji & yoga venues..

water caligraphy to chinese music 

& there is guy doing water caligraphy to chinese music. i think maybe 高山流水.

despite the heat, a great outing & good exercise…lol!

afterwards we had an unexpectedly excellent lunch at a restaurant at the underground mall at the station.

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Lianhuashan Park 莲花山公园

Address:

6030 Hong Li Lu, FuTian CBD, Futian Qu, Shenzhen Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China, 518000

Contact:

+86 755 8306 7950
 Visiting Hours:
daily
 6AM–11PM

Nice Seafood Dinner @ Baofa Restaurant 宝发食馆 Leyuan Road on 13Sep2017 (Day 4 of Hong Kong/Shenzhen Trip 10-14Sep2017)

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salmon sashimi 三文鱼寿司

after walking round 老街, looking at the street stalls and especially the food street, we walked over to 宝发Baofa Seafood Restaurant at Leyuan Road on 13.9.2017. ^^.

20mins walk from 老街 to 宝发

it was quite a long 20mins walk from 老街 to 宝发actually, and my friend WM was quite tired, after the deng xiao ping memorial @ lian hua shan 莲花山 climb in the heat of mid-day sun earlier…

宝发seafood restaurant

there are many restaurants along leyuan road, and 宝发seafood restaurant is the one WW frequents & knows well.

宝发seafood restaurant

restaurant had good traffic.

宝发seafood restaurant

it is hard to know which restaurant to go if you don’t know the place as they all have tanks of live seafood & basically sells the same thing with slight difference in prices. it may also be that there is not really much difference one from the next.

宝发seafood restaurant picture menu

there was picture menu which is always helpful.

WW & GY knew what they were ordering so we were in good hands.

order chit

the order chit showed we ordered turtle 水鱼(in southeren china) or 甲鱼(in northern china) but the dish never came & when we checked, it was not entered into the system.

just as well, as we were too full already after all the other dishes…

salmon sashimi 三文鱼寿司

the salmon sashimi 三文鱼寿司was good, fresh, sweet.

nothing special as we can get very good quality fresh salmon sashimi including toro (belly) cuts in singapore, and salmon sashimi is cheap in singapore.

贵妃鸡

the 贵妃鸡 was good, though i think it was maybe about chan kee roast goose 深圳陈记烧鹅 at mongkok standard or lower & not quite 鹅皇馆 standard.

贵妃鸡

still, always enjoy the sweet chicken with the scallion ginger sauce.

mantis prawns

the mantis prawns were small ones, comparable to (or maybe larger than?) keong kee 强记鸡粥 (near tai wei mtr),

but much smaller than what we had at 容记小菜王 prince edward last evening.

i enjoyed the mantis prawns last evening & generally i would think a larger mantis prawn is meatier & tastier. WW taught us how to eat the mantis prawns, tear away the legs, then peeled the shell from the side & the meat came out whole piece, and in fact most of it did not stick to the shell. so i would say this was very enjoyable dish & maybe price to value this would be much better c/w with  容记小菜王 prince edward

mantis prawns

prawns were quite meaty even though small & very sweet.

i have never particularly like mantis prawns, but now i learning to appreciate the dish. lol!^^

lala clams

the heavy shell lala clams were quite average.

i can do a manila clam (lala) much better than this. lol!

geoduck sashimi 象鼻蚌寿司

the highlight was geoduck (pronounced “gui” duck), which is GY’s favourite.

needless to say, it was very good, very sweet & fresh & tasty with the wasabi.

geoduck porridge 象鼻蚌稀饭

& whatever was left including part of the entrails not served as sashimi was used to make geoduck porridge 象鼻蚌稀饭.

geoduck porridge 象鼻蚌稀饭

the porridge came too early, was one of the first dishes served, way before the geoduck sashimi arrived at the table????

& by the time we started to eat, the soup were absorbed into the rice, NOT great!

geoduck porridge 象鼻蚌稀饭

the restaurant was sensible enough to do a service recovery, so they took it back & added tasty soup & veg etc & came back with a nice looking bowl.

it was quite nice, not fantastic, but good enough. we couldn’t eat much in any case.

romaine lettuce 油麦菜

the romaine lettuce 油麦菜was quite ordinary.

bill RMB768

the bill was RMB768 nett so maybe like S$160.

not sure it was cheap at all by china or shenzhen prices, but by singapore prices, you probably buy only the 900g geoduck sashimi for this price at many of our seafood restaurants.

it was a very enjoyable diner, after whole day out & a fair bit of walking, nice relaxing dinner & good chat among close friends. a very nice evening indeed!

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Baofa Restaurant 宝发食馆

Address:

78 Leyuan Rd, Luohu Qu, Shenzhen Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China, 518000
Contact:
+86 755 8229 1685

An Unexpected Excellent Lunch at a Metro Sichuan Restaurant in Shenzhen (Day 4 of Hong Kong/Shenzhen Trip 10-14Sep2017)

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口水鸡 saliva chicken

after visiting deng xiao ping memorial 邓小平铜像 and climbing 莲花山公园 in mid-day sun,

we went back to the underground shopping arcade at the station & GY who stayed at the station & who did not join us at 莲花山公园,met us for lunch..

we dropped in at a sichuan restaurant (will find out the name later).

service was singularly bad!!!

told us no tables inside restaurant, then told us al fresco section was closed. when finally seated inside, told us not to read menu for so long!!!

luckily the food was exceptionally good, and 8 dishes for 5pax for RMB251.

all is NOT forgiven, but who cares…lei lei toh mong keh..我们吃我们的….傻子才理你….lol! ^^

a surprisingly good lunch..every dish was good except 生煎包…… 口水鸡 mala sauce was really flavourful, very good standard..

i must try if i can produce the simple flavourful vegetable dishes & revisit my 口水鸡

mala yellow croaker 麻辣小黄鱼

mala yellow croaker 麻辣小黄鱼

i would go for either chilled yellow croaker or steamed fish rather than a fried one…that is until i tried this mala yellow croaker 麻辣小黄鱼!

so fragrant, so tasty, so sweet!

fragrant mala frog 干香田鸡

fragrant mala frog 干香田鸡 was great too! very tender & the sides & mala flavours shiok la!

braised trotters 卤猪手

braised trotters 卤猪手

the braised trotters 卤猪手 was the korean Jokbal (족발) preparation, the dry type with very good bites of the skin & tendons, not the soft collagen skin type. i like both preparations…

fried cauliflowers

fried cauliflowers

the simple fried cauliflowers were so nice! so tasty!

deep fried mushrooms 椒盐野生菌

so was the deep fried mushrooms 椒盐野生菌. really fragrant! how a good 椒盐 dish should be done la!

生煎包

生煎包  not good skin was thick & basically no soup inside!

GY ordered the 酒酿园子, a dessert i very seldom had. that was very good too, excellent wine flavours…

bil RMB251

& all these just for RMB251…only can get in china!

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