Wineshark Macau Restaurant Review - Pou Chi Lam Sek Kun

This restaurant is famous for its clay pot rice, and even though far from the downtown area it was not that difficult to find. The small restaurant has two floors, and we were seated on the ground level, with the overall decoration being no-frill style and down to earth.

But we came here for the food, not decoration. So ordering the two signature clay pot rice, with me taking the eel and Ivy taking the frog. It took a while for the rice to cook, as it was prepared from scratch. But the wait was well worth in my opinion.

My eel clay pot rice was very good, with the eel having a good fat and having a great complement from the soy beans. There is also a shiitake mushroom to add further aromas to the rice. Adding the specially prepared soy sauce brought the rice to the next level, with the layer of burnt rice at the bottom giving a crispy and tasty supplement to the rice.

Ivy also had a good experience with her clay pot rice with frog. The meat was firm and there was a lot of ginger added too to give a nice smell, and again the soy sauce is a nice enhancer to the overall satisfaction of the rice.

The service, however, was a bit lacking, and being in such restaurant one might argue you could not expect anything. But still in my opinion being friendly is something that everyone should be able to do. On that front this restaurant can have some improvements.

With the two rices costing $105, it is really good value in terms of food quality. I would recommend this restaurant for the sake of the food, but not anything else.

My overall rating is 53/100.