With the heavy rain in town, to avoid getting wet we decided to drive to nearby Tsuen Wan for dinner. Parking at Citywalk, we chose a restaurant in the mall and ended up going to Jasmine for Cantonese cuisine. While we used to go to the same restaurant in Central often many years ago, it was less frequent we went to this one despite being closer to home.
It was not too busy on this night, and the general impression was decent, brightly lit, clean and neat. The tables were a bit packed but that was understandable given the high rental. Picking from the menu and chef’s recommendations on the day, we had the following.
Starting from the Crispy Roasted Piglet with Salad 脆脆BB豬沙律 ($208), the roasted piglet had a nice crispy skin, with the meat marinated well and flavourful. On the side was the fresh vegetable salad drizzled with some balsamic vinegar, helping to balance the fattiness of the piglet. Nicely done and was my favourite dish in the evening.
Next came Poached Amaranth with Golden and Silver Egg 金銀蛋浸莧菜 ($128). A very common dish available in virtually every Cantonese restaurant, the vegetable was tender, with the broth not too salty, seasoned well from the deep-fried garlic. I would prefer the salted egg to be more cooked than the current runny format though.
The third dish was Fish Maw and Sea Cucumber in Casserole 薑蔥海參爆花膠煲 ($208). Quite generous in the amount of fish maw and sea cucumber used, it was fragrant from the ginger and spring onion, plus some garlic and shallot. Seasoned well, it was good value. The only improvement was to control the amount of oil in the casserole.
The final dish was Fish Fillet in Sour Broth Malay Style 馬來酸湯浸鮮魚柳 ($238). It was the most disappointing one, with the whole dish not reheated sufficiently, having many fish fillet pieces just lukewarm in temperature. The broth, with tomato and asparagus, was quite one-dimensional in flavour.
Despite that, we still ordered dessert to see whether that could help to rescue some marks. I went for Sweet Dumpling in Ginger Tea薑茶湯丸 ($36) while my wife opted for Sesame Roll 芝麻卷 ($36). The sweet dumplings had sesame fillings, decent in texture, while the ginger tea was nice, made with lots of ginger. The sesame roll was lackluster though, missing the nice sesame fragrance I would expect.
Service was decent, with the staff friendly but not very interactive, typical in more traditional Chinese restaurants. The bill on the day was $999. Considering the food quality and overall dining experience, I would rate this restaurant a Decent 63 points, can skip.
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