This Preserved Vegetables Fish restaurant chain has already 6 outlets in Guangzhou and seems like they are expanding slowly but steadily. The boss is originally from Szechuan but has been in Guangzhou for the longest time. The first outlet was open more than a decade ago in a small village and it has since carved a name for themselves. Anyways check out my video of the place below:
Overall Rating: 4/5. The place was too warm, air-condition not strong enough. I was eating in a pool of sweat!
Dunno why they are using this 鲁 instead of 卤… nevertheless, I reckon they meant the same ‘braised‘ meaning. This place was recommended by my driver when I was working in Shanghai. I tried it the first time when he packed for me during one of the lunches in office. I was like “WHAO!” and this is really a lot better than most of the 鲁肉饭 that I’ve tried. Yes this restaurant can really give the Taiwanese 鲁肉饭s a run for their money! So I visited on one of the evenings. They have other dishes which apparently tasted pretty good as well!
Restaurant frontInsideCheck out the piece of braised meat on top… really nice and tender…Fried Pork LiverBittergourd with salted egg. Very nice.Malted tea served free flowThis was the takeaway oneCheck out the minced meat… damn nice and thick sauce.Bill and address
Rating: 5/5.
Taste: Really awesome. I’m trying to press my craves down as I’m writing this…
Portion: Below average. The bowl of rice is really little that’s why I ordered the big bowl.
Service: Quite ok. Maybe because of my size… Size does matter in China haha…
Ambience: Average. Wooden chairs and people smoking inside. Can’t wait for them to implement bans for smoking in aircon places like in Guangzhou!
Price: RMB17 for a set of Braise Meat Rice with a slice of braised pork belly and egg. Super cheap!
Usually I don’t write twice about a place but because of the upcoming Chinese New Year, and since I’m gonna miss it in my home country Singapore, I’ve decided to write about traditional new year cakes eaten in HK and some can be found in Singapore as well.
I was served a big slice each of each cake for me to try at the shop at Lok Ma Chau MTR Station and I dug in! 🙂
Carrot Cake or Lor Pak Kou... This carrot cake typically in HK is always filled with loads of white radish, dried shrimps, chinese sausage and dried scallops. This was served steamed but if served pan fried with XO sauce, it would be nicer. 🙂Yam Cake or Wu Tao Kou. The ones in HK has a lot of yam and the same ingredients as those of the carrot cake. This one is yammy yummy.New Year Cake Or Nin Kou. The difference between HK and SG ones are that HK ones have some coconut flavouring inside. It gives it a nicer aroma definitely. Not very sweet this one and is nice, soft and chewy.Water Chestnut Cake or Ma Tai Gou. Nice soft and refreshing. I didn't really like it cos I still prefer it cold. This was served hot. Mango Pomelo Dessert Cake or Yong Chi Kam Lou Kou. A famous dessert made into a pudding cake. I still prefer their drink version instead of this although this cost more than the 4 items above.Takeaway pack which was made in a hard container which you can recycle for keeping food. Not a bad idea after all.
Rating: 4.5/5. Service is tops!
Taste: Overall pretty good! Love the use of ingredients and loads of it. Of course the prices comes with it as well. 😉
Portion:Average.
Price: They sell in slabs. HKD$65 for all except the Mango Dessert which cost HKD$85 or soemthing like that. Other than the bpx……..xzXC
RTE: Only good for CNY period so I bought 3 slabs of yam and carrot ones for personal consumption. 🙂
Another regular dessert place I always try to go to whenever in Guangzhou. This place boast their award winning 双皮奶 as well as their 姜撞奶. But other than their many traditional desserts, they have meals like noodles and steam rice as well. They also deliver to anywhere within the vicinity of Haizhu Square. So if you’re staying at any hotels within this area, you can give them a call and order in to save you to hassle of squeezing with the crowd.
Very crowded all the time...Wan Ton Noodles with Oyster Sauce. Noodles cooked to perfection and texture is springy... only thing is, it has a very strong yeast smell. RMB$12Beef Brisket Noodles RMB$13Braised wings for RMB$10 for 2pcsGinger Vinegar Pork Leg RMB$15. Famous for this as wellFried Milk RMB$8... Milk with flour and deep fried. Kids love this.Ginger Bang Milk (Jiang Zhuang Nai) If you're having a cold, ask them to add more ginger syrupAddress and tel numbers of the place
Rating: 4/5
Taste: Cheap and good. Not fantastic for the meals but good for their desserts.
Portion: Average
Price: See pics.
RTE: Many times already.
Location: See last pic for address for the 2 outlets. The one I frequent in the first one.
This is a regular place I would go for my dim sum and my fix of siew yoke when in Guangzhou. Very popular with the locals and you can see from the crowd… they are crowded almost every hour from the time they are open in the morning for yum cha, lunch, then afternoon yum cha again, dinner, then evening yum cha again. Reason is the variety is there, food is good and nice, price is reasonable. Try it when you are in Guangzhou the next time, just be prepared to wait like an hour.
See all the chairs outside for waiting customers... I was there for late lunch so not so bag cos China people eat super early. 🙂Ambience... as hard as GZ is trying to snuff out smoking in aircon places, this place is still filled with smokes.Ambience on another side, be ready to share tablesMenu...Pork Porridge... nice and light.Translucent fatty layers which burst in your mouth and the skin is crispy! Awesome!Refreshing and nice you tiao with prawns and mango saladSpinach with handmade fresh fish nuggetsSteam pork ribsSiew Mai with shrimps insideLooks like polo buns right? Not!It's Char Siew baked buns with polo on top... served piping hot and very tasty!Our bill... only RMB$150 for 2 pax
Rating: 4.5/5. If not for the smokes, it would be a 5.
Taste: Delicious and tasty.
Portion: Slightly above average.
Price: Total for RMB$152.50… with chinese tea, towels and etc.
If you are in Guangzhou and you would like to try something that locals have on daily basis, you might wanna check out this place. It’s famous among locals for its roast goose and it’s economical rice. Located just opposite Guangzhou Hotel, at Haizhu Square, the place is very easy to find as it’s along the main road.
Very friendly girl who takes orders and payments first before proceeding to collect your food.They sell loads of these roast goose dailySo after taking your plate of rice, find a seat, they will serve you a cup of super diluted tea and people will just eat loudly around you. 🙂My plate of roast goose with char siew and some side vegetables. RMB$20 only.
Rating: 4/5
Taste: Could be better but this is kind alike economical rice. So cannot compare with those retaurant type where you pay like RMB$88 for a small plate of meat. So to me, it’s good enough.
When you come to Beijing Lu of Guangzhou, a shopping haven for most people except me (cannot find my size here lah), you have to try this famous roasted pigeon place more popularly known among the locals. I remembered the first time trying roasted pigeon at another place in Guangzhou, I was like why must I eat a pigeon?!?!?! I have chicken, duck and goose already, why pigeon?!?! After trying, then I know why. I thought, so small, where got meat? No lor, the meat is quite substantial when you have one whole pigeon yourself. And the best thing is, if done properly, it’s very tender and juicy.
It wasn’t difficult locating this restaurant which is on the 4th level of one really old and dirty building. Just have to ask around the locals or the security guards who are around the whole of Beijing Lu. the lift is on the 2nd floor and when you take the lift to the restaurant, the door opens to the restaurant immediately. As expected, it was crowded, so I had to share a table with a mother and daughter. I looked around for food samples and then ordered what I presumed to be good for my taste buds.
The signage inside the restaurantSee how crowded the place is... This is only on one side..First up, order the tea of your choice. I just love making my own tea in a little tea pot and small cups. So traditional.The main dish appeared first. A roasted pigeon cut into 2 halves. These are farmed pigeons btw. Not roadside ones. ;PSucculently juicy and tender... love it much much... ;PXiao Long Bao... One of the other attraction there. Skin was thin and loads of fillings.The way to eat Xiao Long Bao is, bite of the side and let the soup flow out onto the spoon, slurp up the soup, dip the bao into the black vinegar, add some of the ginger strips on top and whack the whole thing into your mouth!Next up, steamed Carrot Cake. See the amount of white radish strips inside. Quite a big serving which I had a hard time finishing it...Lastly, Chan Chun Fun with pork ribs. Chan Chun Fun is like our Cheong Fun or hor fun... a bit mix in between lah. But it does not have taste on its own. It absorbs the sauce which it's cooked in. So usually in restaurants, they cook with XO sauce and in this case, steamed with pork ribs.yummy!
Rating: 5/5
Taste: Very suitable for Asians. Cantonese cooking is usually quite heavy in taste. Hence this is pretty well done.
Portion: Above average.
Price: All that including the tea came up to RMB$66 only. Which is about SGD$13.20.
RTE: Yes, this coming November I’m bringing a group there. ;P
Location: Very near Lido Hotel. At the beginning of Beijing Lu on the right side. They ran out of cards when I asked for it.
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