This traditional Hakka restaurant has been in business for over 70 years and used to have several outlets in HK, where I had visited their Causeway Bay one (both old and new) many times before. With the bad economy in recent years, sadly the Sheung Wan outlet is the only remaining one. Today we came to Chuen Cheung Kui.
Walking up to the stairs to the first floor, the restaurant has a no-frill, neighbourhood vibe, with circular tables, standard chairs, and dark carpets all familiar décor. Coming early evening there are still many tables but quite soon most of them become occupied, showing that there are still good patronage to this old restaurant.
We order some traditional Hakka dishes, starting with their Signature Salt Baked Chicken 金牌鹽焗雞 ($174 half). The chicken skin is smooth and the flesh tender, infused with saltiness but not excessive. The taste is good, with also a generous portion, no wonder we see almost all the tables are ordering this dish. A must try.
The other Hakka dish we have is Dongjiang Tofu 東江豆腐煲 ($148). The tofu is pan-fried before pouring with a thick oyster sauce, with some soybeans underneath it. Decent in taste, but honestly there are so little meat stuffed in the tofu it is almost non-existent. I also don’t like everything that is just put in the casserole instead of cooking
The last dish is something we have not eaten for so long. The Pan-fried Beef Fillet with Maggi Sauce 美極香煎牛柳 ($168) is quite nicely done, with the beef fillet tender and not over-cooked, and the shredded onion helps to provide fragrance and a bit of different texture, together with the savoury taste of Maggi sauce.
When we ask for the bill, the staff kindly checked whether we wanted dessert and duly provide us with each complimentary Black Sesame Sweet Soup. Not too sweet, it is quite delicious, and great that here they are offering free for all diners as a token of appreciation.
Service is quite nice, while it has the usual Chinese restaurant style the staff are overall friendly and helpful. The bill is $579 which is apparently good value. For a no-frill meal with friends, this remains a great option and I hope they will be able to weather out the current bad economy and continue to offer HK people these familiar choices.
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