Fast swei kow or water play dumplings with noodles and porridge. Hot soya bean milk in bowls. Hot fast chinese food Cantonese style at the airport. Crunchy chew on the dumplings with firm el dente egg noodles. No room for the on board cathay pacific meal. Or the tit bits in the Wing lounge upstairs.
We were promised a stomping hot curry in a tropical island setting. AJ & I were picked up from T3 Changi in Mercedes GL250 4wd. Our friend H drove us to Dempsey in german stealth metal coach. The contrast on stepping into the control chaos of Samy's curry was monsoonal. Heaps of crowded tables laden with banana leaf plates heaped with rice & curry. We had chicken masala with white rice. Fish patties and lovely fish curry sauce. Washed down with Samy's lime juice. AJ from India had extra. A taste different from India's. The papadums were wafers of South Asia in concentrate. We saw lawyers in black & white enjoying the fish head. Maybe another time as we were discussing astrological economics with H. So couldn't let our senses be clouded by spice and chilly.
I read all the restaurant reviews and ould not work out why a shanghainese restaurant was called old hong kong. We had all the shanghainese favorites. Pan fried pau, baby river prawns, flat bread, HKD6000 shark fin, shanghai ham, mushroom and dried soybean rolls. The furniture & carpets were a little dated but worked ok for the food. Our host didn't explain the concept but the restaurant reviews were really helpful. Service was fast and they catered for all our needs without complaints.
We had the king crab with egg white sauce. Agree with earlier restaurant reviews the steamed king crab with egg white sauce is sublime. In Australia the crab can be served with ginger or garlic but it masks the flavors of the crab. The service was good as we had a dedicated server in our private room. We had the razor clams and fried fish with celery. The shark in chicken stock was potent like chicken venom. The veges were amazing. We had choy sum which melted in your mouth & we confused it with Chinese Kale. There was Peking duck with pancakes. We were able to pick a live swimming crab. About HKD 1400 per pound. Restaurant is not hard to find. The shop front was full of live swimming aqua marine animals.
We were all tired from walking all over langham place. Saw a busy noodle shop. We had the beef brisket noodles, pork dumpling soup noodles and the crab porridge. Service was fast & efficient. The broth was flavoursome. Meals came in a set. Had the healthy option with poached chinese vegs and hot soy bean milk. Crab porridge was swimming in crustacean sea of boliled rice. Set meal including drink and small entree usulally less than HKD100.
HK style seafood. Fried crabs & thin soup noodles. We had sea snails. And long shell fish with glass noodles. Razor clams. Delicious sweet vegetable drink. Very busy restaurant with energetic boss. Lots of celebrities who dined at the restaurant have signed on the wall.
