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| - Came with friends who've been here before, albeit none of us are regulars. Big Mouth Kee is located in Jubilee Square, under the Ambassador Chinese restaurant. My first impression, looking through the windows, was that of a food court (its not). After a better look inside, it seems they've decorated the place to resemble an outdoor food court with vendor stands on one wall, tables clustered beside them, big seafood tanks along another side, posters and food signs plastered or hanging everywhere. While the tables and seats were clean enough, the rest does a good job making you feel like you're eating on the street (ie, not so clean). Interesting look, even if I cynically think it makes cleaning easier.
We decided to ask our waiter for suggestions rather than pick through the extensive menu. The real menu is also only in Chinese; the English one probably isn't going to get you to the foods worth eating. Wait staff can be aggressive in pushing dishes, then MIA during the meal, but nothing I didn't expect.
Everything we ordered was per suggestion.
- Wintermelon soup: seems to be a house specialty. We get part of a wintermelon shell propped up in a container, filled with wintermelon soup, seafood, duck skin and meat. Its quite delicious, and plenty of seconds to be had, scooping out the melon from the shell to eat also. Expensive too, at $48, but it served both dish and soup functions.
- Steamed fresh shrimps: $26/pound. Not the routine stuff, these were big, brightly colored shrimps with healthy hard shells. After peeling them out, the meat was super fresh with rich shrimp flavor. Head meat was fantastic.
- Stewed oxtail: falling off the bone tender, in a casserole that was rich, very tasty, and not too salty, with bean curd skins.
- Tung choi: very fresh, in a preserved shrimp sauce.
- "Pigeon": the least impressive item, I've had better in many other places. Overall, from meat and skin, the bird was overcooked and dry.
- ... and the bonus dessert was a small bowl of soy bean pudding, very smooth with just the right amount of sugar syrup added.
Overall, the food impressed me (except the "pigeon"). The dining environment would actually be a minus, depending on how you view their choice of decorating it like a street market. I can ignore it. Would return here again. Not sure of prices, as everything we ordered was relatively expensive but may be justifiable if they are house specialties and based on ingredients (ie, fresh shrimp, oxtail).
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