After a highly rated and much anticipated home cooked Italian dinner at one of the bed & breakfast we stayed at turned out to be a complete fiasco, I’ve learnt the hard way not to trust reviews too much. Especially reviews on food. For I could not understand how in the world anyone would have called what we ate at the B&B a gourmet meal. Just like how I cannot fathom why one of my favourite wonton noodle stall has less than stellar reviews at Openrice.com, a local foodies forum.
Unlike many eateries, you will not find an insanely long menu here. Chee Kee’s main stay are of course its wonton and noodles, the usual selection of Cantonese style porridge and some beef brisket thingy that Hong Kongers just seem to like so much (sorry you won’t ever see them here cos I never order beyond my tightly defined set of staples :P).
If you are like me who finds it hard to stomach too much carbohydrates at a go, you will be glad to find that there is a petite wonton noodle on offer.Sai yung simply means “very fine” and presumably refers to the extra fine noodle used in this case. At HKD15 a bowl, it comes with only 2 wontons and broth that is sweet and light with a slight onion flavour. I always order this so that I will have room for a bowl of their equally yummy tofu red bean soup dessert.
The crunchy shrimp wontons wrap in silky smooth wonton skins goes nicely with blanched green leafy veg, served HK style with oyster sauce on the side.
Golden yellow porridge cooked with a whole mid-sized crab is simply so sweet and soul-warming, perfect for the cooler months. If you do not mind having to use your fingers to finish up the crustacean, I highly recommend this one!
Good food aside, there are other the little things that makes me like this place all the more. Like how they serve proper hot tea instead of the usual watered down version, what they called cha seui (茶水), that you’ll find at many of these casual eateries. The service is pretty decent too for a noodle and porridge joint. The icing on the cake has to be the unlimited helping of the spicy XO Chili sauce! How I miss condiments that actually has a flavour to it, rather than all those chilli oils and other bland orangish sauces that they have around.
Still reasonable but not the cheapest noodle place around, there always seem to be people waiting outside the shop for a table. Turnover is fast though sometimes you’ll be expected to daap toi (搭枱), or share a table with other fellow diners.
Located at:
84 Percival Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Causeway Bay MTR Station Exit A
銅鑼灣波斯富街84號地下
this is like a food guide in HK… i have neber really fancy wanton mee in HK cos not many wantons haf the time…
but that crab porridge looks really yummy!
ooh ya making me crave for these good chinese stuff! ky and i are sure to love it! =)