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2013-04-27
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主打雲吞及鯪魚球的麵店.鯪魚球大粒鮮甜彈牙;雲吞蝦不鮮質素一般;麵質有點勁沒但蛋香;湯底曖昧但有羅漢果香; 以平取勝, 中環飽肚之選Cheap noodle shop in Central;Noodles and wonton were just average;Interesting broth with Buddha fruit;Mud Carp balls were good.Balls:Again, another episode in my "wonton" adventure. This shop is just directly across Mak's Noodle (Mak Un Kei). Before doing some research on OpenRice, I've always thought that this was just another wonton noodle shop, always with a long queue. Now I know that it's one of the most reasonable noodle sho
鯪魚球大粒鮮甜彈牙;
雲吞蝦不鮮質素一般;
麵質有點勁沒但蛋香;
湯底曖昧但有羅漢果香;
以平取勝, 中環飽肚之選
Cheap noodle shop in Central;
Noodles and wonton were just average;
Interesting broth with Buddha fruit;
Mud Carp balls were good.
Balls:
Again, another episode in my "wonton" adventure. This shop is just directly across Mak's Noodle (Mak Un Kei). Before doing some research on OpenRice, I've always thought that this was just another wonton noodle shop, always with a long queue.
Now I know that it's one of the most reasonable noodle shop in Central, which specializes in minced Mud Carp balls the size of a billiard ball and wonton the size of ping pong balls!
A focused menu in Chinese, English and Japanese. They basically do noodles only and don't have congee. Most ordered the three signature toppings, Dace balls, Wonton and Beef slices.
I ordered for Mud Carp Balls and Wonton. When I was asked whether I wanted egg noodles, vermicelli or rice noodles (Ho Fun) with my toppings, I immediately realized that this shop might not be a specialist in egg noodles. Anyway, I choose egg noodles and ordered a plate of veggies (in soup instead of oyster sauce).
Dace balls: What immediately made an impression was the size of the two mud carp balls. Really the size of billiard balls! The texture was springy and the taste was fresh and sweet. Much better than many others around town. This was good stuff. (I wonder how it would taste like when fried?)
Wonton: The two wontons were also much bigger than usual. Normally, a wonton should be about 1/3 the size of those served here. Most of the filling consisted of pork, probably about 70% pork. The prawn meat inside the wonton was not that fresh. Not firm. It's got quantity but not really quality. Those at Mak's were just 1/2 the size and double the price. However, the quality was far better than here.
Egg noodles: Probably bought cheap in bulk. It barely had any egg taste but a strong alkaline taste instead. Unfortunately, probably the worst out of all the noodle shops I've tried so far. Adding vinegar and the chili oil is almost mandatory if you want to finish the whole bowl. Luckily, the apparently home-made chili oil had a balanced taste, neither too salty nor too spicy.
Broth: The broth was the same for the noodles and for the veggies. It was pretty indistinct. Probably some sort of pork bone soup. The flounder taste was fairly muted. I couldn't detect any chives or spring onion taste. According to other reviewers, the broth had some "Buddha fruit" (or luo han guo). I could taste a bit of that. Interesting but not my choice for a wonton broth. 
Decor and service :The place is bigger than Mak's Noodle right across the street but the tables were quite small. Not as comfortable as Mak's.
The mean looking obaba mentioned by other reviewers appeared to have been reassigned to the cashier, where minimal customer interaction is required. Never said thank you or attempted to squeeze a smile to customers. Good idea as this may help stop people borrowing their toilets. But the other waitress was friendly and polite.
Conclusion:
Good mud carp balls;
Average wonton;
Noodles weren't good;
Not too comfortable;
Good value for a filling meal in Central.
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