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| - The HUNT for Chinese Hakka was quite interesting to say the least. It's quite a Hot topic in Toronto simply because it almost seems that even Chinese Hakka immigrants have a hard time tracking it down and mostly finding the Indian version of Hakka which is much more popular. The search lead to Chinese Hakka being of the Cantonese region of Southern China.
That was surprising to say the least because it has been under my nose all along and I didn't even notice it one bit thinking it's typical Cantonese fare. A few specialties of Chinese Hakka: Salt Baked Chicken, Steamed Sliced Pork w/Preserved Mustard Greens, Tofu Soup in Pot, Duck stuffed with Sticky Rice, etc...
With this understanding of Chinese Hakka, I looked to the typical Cantonese/Hong Kong Restaurants and notice most will have a simplified version of Salt Baked Chicken, Steamed Sliced Pork w/Preserved Mustard Greens and Fried Stuff Tofu(Dim Sum) but not much more.
Elegant Chinese Cuisine was one with slightly more which does mean SLIGHTLY because you'll probably at most find 5 Hakka items at most from Canton Restaurants. There is no such thing as a fully Chinese Hakka Restaurant in Toronto.
As they didn't have the simplified version of Salt Baked Chicken while the more traditional version takes time and needs reservation, we forego it but it would have been something cool to see. Marinated Free Range Chicken Baked Golden Brown Embraced with Coarse Salt(Advance Order $28.00)
Soup of the Day($10.00) - Chicken Broth with various Chinese Medicinal Ingredients. Good healthy Chicken Broth.
Deep-fried Duckling w/Sticky Rice($14.00/half) - I've had this once before somewhere and it's pretty much the same. It does take time to prepare so the waitstaff asked the Kitchen first before putting down the order. I wish it was cut to more bite-size rather than such large portion.
It came with a dish of Sauce which gives the Dish more flavour, otherwise would have been bit bland. It had a layer of Sticky Rice on deboned BBQ Duck layer covered with a Batter than Deep-fried.
Braised Pork and Preserved Vegetable($9.50) - This is what I grew up on and never realize it's Hakka-related. It's a very homestyle dish of Braised Pork Belly Slices made until melt-in-your-mouth tender and the Mustard Green gives it more flavour.
Tofu Hot Pot($12.99) - Not the exact Hakka dish I was looking for but still a good substitution dish that comes with Fried Tofu, Squid, Chicken Slice, Shitake Mushrooms, Bokchoy, etc...
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