..kuchai ??

...had a meetup with my uncles, aunt & cousin yesterday and we went for a light meal at this place some where in kuchai lama.. totally recommended by me cousin..amazing place this "new" kuchai lama area, the whole place's just bursting with new restaurants, cafes and eateries and combined with the old ones that are still standing, this area's turning into a foodie's paradise...my last visit to kuchai lama a few years back gave me the impression that it was sort of an abandoned suburban area left behind by everyone and that it had seen better days a long long time ago...

anyway, like i said in my earlier post, i think everyone's just really jumping into the food business.. sometimes, when one's lucky, there's a bull's eye hit, some times, a complete miss altogether, an off-tangent kinda food & place...

but this place that my cousin brought us to, almost hit the bull in the eye.. almost that is if not for the hard sell by the waiter to get us to order bigger portions of food, which was not really that necessary actually...




simple fried sui-kow..nice crispy, freshly made, with minced meat on the insides that dont smell or make you feel like you're tasting the previous week's food..nice, i like it..







not sure about this dish but i think it's yau-cha kwai filled with duck meat plus some veges..i'm not really one to appreciate duck meat, so it was kinda just another appetizer to me.. the mayonaise on the top was a bit too heavy though..





now..this was the purpose for our visit..their hong kong style wan tan mee..the noodles are apparently imported from hkg..!! and i have to say, there's a certain special springiness to it.. with simple light soya kon-lou sauce that lets you taste the freshness of the noodles rather than the saltiness of the dark sauce used locally or the crafty use of char-siew and chee-yoke char to make up for any lack of flavor.. i remember eating just such noodles a long2 time ago on a budget trip to hong kong in search of work.. and i remember thinking how nice it tasted then.. as it did yesterday...



and this one just brought back those memories with one single swallow..

this is the spicy version.. lightly spicy and doesnt overwhelm the natural taste of the noodles at all.. nice..very nice..





so i have to say.. this one is good. a nice little place called "yummy duck" that serves really yummy hong kong style wan tan noodles.. i would go back there again, hopefully soon and that is if i can find my way there on my own.. hehe