Kau Kee 九記牛腩
(I made a short visit to Kau Kee again yesterday and got the Beef Brisket Ho Fun ($40). It was a bowful of disappointment in my face - oily soup, chewy brisket and soggy noodles. Not sure if it's the Ho Fun version or if it's just a bad day for Kau Kee. Every restaurant has its good days and bad days, but this is just sad. Note: the following glowing review is based on my visit on 25 June 2014.)
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| Lots of spring onion for me! |
In any city, there is a distinction between places that tourists go and places that locals frequent. Very rare will there be an intersection of the two worlds. In Hong Kong, Kau Kee is one of those places. At the big round table shared with five other eaters, you may be slurping away with a guidebook-reading tourist who doesn't speak a word of Cantonese, a white-collar worker from Central, or a local trekking uphill just for a bowl of perfection.
I'm no beef brisket connoisseur. But the brisket at Kau Kee is pretty damn good. Chopstick-tender and flavourful. Though there were noticeably a few tough pieces, the broth was too good for me to complain about the bad apples. It didn't look as nice and light as it was, but it makes the Beef Brisket Yi-Mein at Kau Kee the noodle soup of the summer season.
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| Beef Brisket Yi-Mein ($42) - pro tip: order yi-mein instead of the ho fun. |
Rating: 4/5
In a nutshell: The Beef Brisket Yi-Mein will tell you why Kau Kee is loved by locals and
Kau Kee 九記牛腩
21 Gough Street
Central
Hong Kong
Wafffle!
On the other hand, dessert was disappointing. After Kau Kee, we hit up Wafffle! for Liege waffles, the denser, chewier, bread-like sister of the more common Brussels waffles. Apparently Wafffle! makes waffles fresh from dough imported from Belgium in their state-of-the-air machine... But when we visited, they simply heated up pre-made waffles in a waffle-maker. The taste of the waffle was below my already-plummeted expectation - it wasn't caramelised enough on the outside and was stick-to-your-teeth chewy on the inside...
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| Wafffle! Devil (waffle with Belgian chocolate) + Vanilla Ice-Cream + Speculoos ($36) - j'oublie que j'ai mangé un mauvais waffle en Belgique... (??? French always fails me so please feel free to correct me) |
Rating: 1/5
In a nutshell: You can make tastier waffles by putting packaged ones into the toaster. Add a scoop of ice-cream if you're feeling fancy.
Wafffle!
Shop B, G/F, Tin On Sing Commercial Building
41-43 Graham Street
Central
Hong Kong
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