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| - I'm from Hong Kong and have lived there almost all my life, and this is authentic - from the food to the unceremonious service.
It's not exactly a hole in the wall place, since it has nice-ish decor (good for a sit down dinner), but the service is definitely very HK i.e. servers are kinda curt and food is plopped onto the table unceremoniously. Nothing appalling, just typical of service back home where efficiency is everything. It's worth it for the food though! Very authentic and surprisingly good, especially for the one seafood item we tried. There are seafood specials listed on signs around the dining area, mostly all in Chinese, but worth a try. Besides that, they also have lunch specials (11:30a-3p I think) that are a pretty good deal for around CAD5-8 per dish if you're looking for a quick lunch).
We got:
// oysters in garlic //
REALLY good! Oysters are huge and tender, and the soy sauce / garlic hybrid that the oyster is cooked in is delicious (I poured the sauce onto some fried rice and devoured it). Seems like seafood is pretty decent here!
// vegetables (tong choi) stir fried in fermented tofu //
Miss these vegetables dearly - portions are generous and it is prepared in the typical way, with the leafy bits soaking up the sauce and the thin stalks providing a bit of a crunch. The fermented tofu is salty and delicious, but may be an adventurous choice if you're not used to it.
// wonton noodles //
I am quite picky about wonton noodles, but this is pretty solid. Noodles could have just a tiny bit more bite to it but the wonton itself is pretty good.
// crispy noodles with meat //
It has the crispy noodle base, and the tender noodles soaking up the sauce on the top part.
// salted fish fried rice //
Definitely pungent (without being stinky), but that's the way I like it - again very authentic and might not be for everybody, but it is pretty good.
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