Late Lunch at On Le

Restaurant Review!

On Le l Shau Kei Wan l Hong Kong

Texture plays a big part in Chinese cooking and it plays a big part in fish balls. On Le is renowned for not only serving the most delicious tasting fish balls but also serving ones with that perfect amount of spring and consistency. Throughout the day, fish are filleted and skinned with the meat being pounded into fish balls and fish cakes while the skin deep fried to be served with soup. A victim of its own popularity, On Le has had to fight copycats lining the cramped and winding street. Some have even taking up the same name! On any given day, you will find dozens of cars illegally parked up and down the street just to eat at one of its two locations sited kitty corner from each other.

My favorite dish is the soy sauce dry mixed egg noodles with sliced fish cake and beef brisket. The egg noodles have just the right spring while the brisket is cooked tender and bursting with big beef flavor. Finally, the clean, sweet taste of the fish cakes acts as the perfect foil for the dark soy noodles and meaty brisket. Wash it down with a frosty bottle of Coke and you have the reason why I ducked out of work early today.