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Restaurant Review!
Wing Lai Yuen l Whampoa l Kowloon
Wing Lai Yuen is a Shanghainese restaurant which has been around for generations. Starting out as a wooden shack in the area of Diamond Hill, it has continued to expand and improve its locations until its present location at the Gourmet Center in Whampoa.
The slow fried fish was delicious. Crunchy yet fresh tasting, the slow frying process allowed you to eat the fish, bones and all, yet the flesh wasn’t dried out in the least. The Sugar and red vinegar pork chops were reasonable and competent. The green onion pastry however was flaky with an intense green onion flavor. The steamed pork dumplings were surprisingly good. Filled with especially sweet juice and a pork filling that had tones of ham, it had a complexity that was often lacking at other places.
So, what is my feeling on Wing Lai Yuen? It’s definitely decent but there are better places in Hong Kong. My favorite part of the meal was listening to my mom’s stories of skipping school to eat at Wing Lai Yuen when it was nothing more than a wooden shack in Diamond Hill.
Restaurant Review!
Wing Lai Yuen l Whampoa l Kowloon
Wing Lai Yuen is a Shanghainese restaurant which has been around for generations. Starting out as a wooden shack in the area of Diamond Hill, it has continued to expand and improve its locations until its present location at the Gourmet Center in Whampoa.
The slow fried fish was delicious. Crunchy yet fresh tasting, the slow frying process allowed you to eat the fish, bones and all, yet the flesh wasn’t dried out in the least. The Sugar and red vinegar pork chops were reasonable and competent. The green onion pastry however was flaky with an intense green onion flavor. The steamed pork dumplings were surprisingly good. Filled with especially sweet juice and a pork filling that had tones of ham, it had a complexity that was often lacking at other places.
So, what is my feeling on Wing Lai Yuen? It’s definitely decent but there are better places in Hong Kong. My favorite part of the meal was listening to my mom’s stories of skipping school to eat at Wing Lai Yuen when it was nothing more than a wooden shack in Diamond Hill.
1 comment:
Well the place creates fond memeories both then and now it is worth visiting. All this fishy business sounds good.
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