Restaurant Review!
Congee King l Wan Chai l Hong Kong
It’s all always good to have a bit of a competition going on. This congee house is supposed to have some of the best fish congee around. The key to their specialty is that their rice is cooked in fish stock to give the congee its intense flavor.
Unlike most champion congee houses, this place was fairly modern with a newly renovated interior. Plastered on the walls were various write ups and reviews that the place had received. We were amongst the first customers of the day so we picked a booth and ordered fish congee with fresh water eel and sticky rice wrapped in dried lotus leaves. The congee was surprisingly bland with a watery consistency. The eel, which is usually rich and fatty, tasted almost carp like in its taste and texture. The sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves however was excellent. The stuffing of beans, rice and pork was tasty without being overly rich. One of the better ones I’ve eaten.
The congee here is far from bad but when you are put on best of lists side by side with Sun Kee, you really need to be special. Congee King just didn’t live up those expectations.
Congee King l Wan Chai l Hong Kong
It’s all always good to have a bit of a competition going on. This congee house is supposed to have some of the best fish congee around. The key to their specialty is that their rice is cooked in fish stock to give the congee its intense flavor.
Unlike most champion congee houses, this place was fairly modern with a newly renovated interior. Plastered on the walls were various write ups and reviews that the place had received. We were amongst the first customers of the day so we picked a booth and ordered fish congee with fresh water eel and sticky rice wrapped in dried lotus leaves. The congee was surprisingly bland with a watery consistency. The eel, which is usually rich and fatty, tasted almost carp like in its taste and texture. The sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaves however was excellent. The stuffing of beans, rice and pork was tasty without being overly rich. One of the better ones I’ve eaten.
The congee here is far from bad but when you are put on best of lists side by side with Sun Kee, you really need to be special. Congee King just didn’t live up those expectations.
2 comments:
Yeah - just because you use the word "King" in your name does not make you number one.
You hear that Burger King!? Fuckers.
Chung - the Devils' Stool. Yuk
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