Culinary: Singaporean Fix
Satay Inn @ City Garden Hotel
9 City Garden Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Tel: 2833 6188
Rating:
Cost: HKD 641 including 3 pints of Carlsberg and a glass of grass jelly (for 3 pax)
In a bid to do something different every weekend, Mr. P and I along with a friend, Mark, ventured east to Fortress Hill to satisfy my Singaporean food craving. Okay, more like I made an executive decision and dragged them there.
Satay Inn has 3 outlets - Fortress Hill, Kowloon and Gold Coast - with the Kowloon one currently offering Yusheng during this CNY period. Yusheng is a Singaporean thing, they don't Lo Hei in HK. We didn't make it that far (obvs!).
The food: there are hit and misses, I might be back to try other stuff on the menu. Else there is at least a hot bowl of laksa and ice cold CHIN CHOW!
My grass jelly drink - big thumbs up
This isn't difficult to make at home (I used to help my ma make this) but I have yet to find grass jelly packs in the supermarkets here. The one time I had it in Pasar (Wellington St) it was horrible.
Hokkein Popiah - erm... odd
Obviously not the traditional popiah I grew up with; it had 3 (no kidding) layers of popiah skins and it had Chinese parsley in it. It tasted fine, but I probably wouldn't order it again.
Mixed Satays (Pork, Beef, Chicken)
The pork was too fatty, the others were fine. Somehow satays served in a restaurant is never quite the same as what you get in a Kopitiam or Hawker Centre; they are way too thick. I have vivid memories of when my family used to live in Chai Chee and the satay uncle at the Blk 7 Kopitiam used to bbq them over charcoal from 6pm every evening. The smell was heavenly!! Ah the good old days of HDB living!
Bah Kut Teh - OK
It's more (Chinese) herby than the ones served in Sabah (Malaysian restaurant in Wanchai) but the ribs were not as tender. The soup, like the one from Sabah, needs more pepper.
Laksa - my favourite of the day
Laksa is probably the most replicated Singaporean (or Malaysian) food here. The best thing about this from Satay Inn, the correct Cu Mi Fen used!! The soup was equal parts spice and coconut, YUMS!
Mee Goreng - so wrong!!
On the menu, this was supposed to be Indian Mee Goreng. BUT the colour wasn't orange, there was no taste of tomato and it wasn't spicy enough. It wasn't even bright enough to be Malay Mee Goreng; more like Chinese fried mee. We should have ordered the Hokkien Mee (looked good on the table beside us). It was still quite tasty.
Lackluster Nasi Lemak
In my excitement to try this, I took a mouthful before I remembered to photograph it (oops). It had looked promising - ikan bilis hello!! Oh and the sambal looked and smelled good. First bite, sambal had no kick, rice lacked the fragrance of coconut. Sob!
(Pardon the spelling mistake, fat fingers on iPhone)
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9 City Garden Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Tel: 2833 6188
Rating:
Cost: HKD 641 including 3 pints of Carlsberg and a glass of grass jelly (for 3 pax)
In a bid to do something different every weekend, Mr. P and I along with a friend, Mark, ventured east to Fortress Hill to satisfy my Singaporean food craving. Okay, more like I made an executive decision and dragged them there.
Satay Inn has 3 outlets - Fortress Hill, Kowloon and Gold Coast - with the Kowloon one currently offering Yusheng during this CNY period. Yusheng is a Singaporean thing, they don't Lo Hei in HK. We didn't make it that far (obvs!).
The food: there are hit and misses, I might be back to try other stuff on the menu. Else there is at least a hot bowl of laksa and ice cold CHIN CHOW!
My grass jelly drink - big thumbs up
This isn't difficult to make at home (I used to help my ma make this) but I have yet to find grass jelly packs in the supermarkets here. The one time I had it in Pasar (Wellington St) it was horrible.
Hokkein Popiah - erm... odd
Obviously not the traditional popiah I grew up with; it had 3 (no kidding) layers of popiah skins and it had Chinese parsley in it. It tasted fine, but I probably wouldn't order it again.
Mixed Satays (Pork, Beef, Chicken)
The pork was too fatty, the others were fine. Somehow satays served in a restaurant is never quite the same as what you get in a Kopitiam or Hawker Centre; they are way too thick. I have vivid memories of when my family used to live in Chai Chee and the satay uncle at the Blk 7 Kopitiam used to bbq them over charcoal from 6pm every evening. The smell was heavenly!! Ah the good old days of HDB living!
Bah Kut Teh - OK
It's more (Chinese) herby than the ones served in Sabah (Malaysian restaurant in Wanchai) but the ribs were not as tender. The soup, like the one from Sabah, needs more pepper.
Laksa - my favourite of the day
Laksa is probably the most replicated Singaporean (or Malaysian) food here. The best thing about this from Satay Inn, the correct Cu Mi Fen used!! The soup was equal parts spice and coconut, YUMS!
Mee Goreng - so wrong!!
On the menu, this was supposed to be Indian Mee Goreng. BUT the colour wasn't orange, there was no taste of tomato and it wasn't spicy enough. It wasn't even bright enough to be Malay Mee Goreng; more like Chinese fried mee. We should have ordered the Hokkien Mee (looked good on the table beside us). It was still quite tasty.
Lackluster Nasi Lemak
In my excitement to try this, I took a mouthful before I remembered to photograph it (oops). It had looked promising - ikan bilis hello!! Oh and the sambal looked and smelled good. First bite, sambal had no kick, rice lacked the fragrance of coconut. Sob!
(Pardon the spelling mistake, fat fingers on iPhone)
Posted via LiveJournal.app.