Mutton dumpling with handmade noodles

Restaurant Review!

Wah Fu l Central l Hong Kong

Let’s all do some calisthenics together. Let’s stand with our feet shoulder width apart. Place your arms at your sides. Now while keeping your elbows pressed against your sides, raise your forearms in parallel and forward until your elbow is at a 90 degree angle. Now turn your palms upwards and then shrug your shoulders.

That’s basically how I feel about this Central eatery which has made a name for itself serving hand made noodles and dumplings. We started out with chilled cucumber in a sesame sauce, sliced tomatoes sprinkled with sugar, and cold smoked Shanghainese fish. It was alright but the sliced tomato dish really didn’t make sense to me. I mean I just didn’t understand why you would do that.

For my main I had the lamb dumplings, which was decent, with handmade noodles in light broth. On an especially wet evening, it seemed like the right thing to have and you could really taste the lamb. However, I often find that places that make handmade dumplings and noodles have a sort of rustic taste to everything. Like it’s just a little too doughy and lacks a certain refinement. I’m not saying it needs to be a dish which has layers upon layers of flavors and textures piled upon each other until it feels like you are solving a gastronomic Rubik’s Cube in your mouth. It just shouldn’t taste like my homemade pizza from Home Ec class.