A feast orchestrated by the Elves (aka death by food):
Oie O degustation
Soja o brine, acétique
Mulet O sel gris
Riz O andouilette
Poule O crevette
Concombre o oeuf, colloïde
Poivrier O estomac, pickles
Citron Confit O canard
Lotus o anguille
Crepinette o quenelle
Boule O noodle, lardon
Mungo O tapioca
Taro O ciboulette
Lard o taro
held at 潮味居潮州菜 (Chiu Chow restaurant - shop D&E, G/F, Bowrington Building, NO.2-16A Bowrington Road, Causeway Bay, HK)
Steamed goose liver
Reasonably tasty but liver in its non-fatty state has never been one of my favs
Just poached (!!) goose (poached in "master stock") Plenty of tofu at the bottom of the dish, very tasty and tender meat
Goose heads and tripe
The tripe was chewy and pretty bland - did not try the heads (way out of my food comfort zone...)
Freshwater eel, wrapped in lotus leaf, poached The eel tasted fresh and the broth was very nice and full of flavour. The eel as very bony though, which somewhat spoilt the dish for me.
Green (or was it grey ??) mullet In all honesty, I found this remarkably bad (sorry...). Did not try the fermented soy beans sauce, but I doubt it would have improved the whole thing anyway.
Fried tofu, brine dip with chives and chilli
Not as smelly as I would have liked but the texture was very nice
Deep-fried pork and shrimp croquette with caul fat
Deep-fried pork and shrimp croquette with caul fat
Served with vinegar - that was one good croquette!! The pork was more present than the shrimp but the texture was great and it surprisingly did not taste as fatty as I expected (probably the vinegar...)
Eight-treasure sausage This was simply yummy - rice sausage in pork tripe, with hazelnuts, chestnuts etc... very tasty :-) Would have loved to get more of this, but there were still many dishes to come and I had already reached the bursting point 3 dishes ago...
Chicken and shrimp paste
Not impressed. Am not convinced by the chicken/shrimp combination (even if the taste of each separately was quite nice) and am not a huge fan of these glazed dishes...
Pork stomach and white pepper soup This was really good and helpful to digest a bit - I love white pepper.
Duck and preserved lemon soup
This soup was delicious. The combination of the tangy and slightly bitter preserved lemon works wonders with the duck meat. I wish I could get this delivered to my office for lunch ...
This was supposed to be a veggie dish (errr... ok) - some kind of "omelette" with shrimp & other garnishes - not bad but a bit heavy at this stage of the meal.
Pork-stuffed pan-fried noodle balls
Served with sugar and vinegar - very good but I wish this had come earlier in the meal...
Deep-fried taro sticks - nothing to write home about.
Mochis, Chiu Chow style
Tapioca starch skin, stuffed with red or yellow beans and steamed. I tried the red bean - the bean paste was coarse (with bean bits) and almost not sweetened at all, pretty good
Mashed taro with lard and candied lotus seeds
Next time, can we please start the meal with dessert ?? This was good - a bit too sweet for my taste maybe, but the texture was very smooth and the addition of lard made the paste really tasty. Yum!
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