Trying to decide what to have for dinner on Sunday night after a movie at Langham Place, I suddenly turned to Mr. C and exclaimed that I wanted to eat ‘you zha mien’! He actually looked at me quite shocked as he did not think I would be interested in eating something like that since I am quite adverse to anything really fatty in my food. Regardless, since I had voiced my opinion we walked over to Tai Kok Zhui where the famous Ying Kee Noodle is located.
When we arrived, we were a little dismayed to see that it had closed, but one of the ladies from the corner fruit shop kindly told us that they had just relocated to around the corner and we were pleased to see that the new premises were bigger too. The main reason why I wanted to try this is because Mr. C enjoys eating here for supper sometimes after work and each time we are here, it is always very busy hence my curiosity in trying. The menu is very limited, the focus being on their noodles which you can choose either big or small size and if you want a little more variety you can add side dishes of boiled vegetables or snacks of chicken wings or cheese sausages.
We ordered one big and one small as well as boiled yau muk choi. Our noodles arrived within a couple of minutes of ordering piled high with shallots and pickled vegetables (dong choi). Their noodles are shaped like thick cut rectangular ribbons and you can find mushrooms and boiled pork fat (you zha) inside the broth. The broth was clear and very flavoursome from the amount of pork used and surprisingly I could not detect any MSG. The noodles were very good, springy with a slight bite to it and absolutely perfect with the broth. If you do like chili, their homemade chili oil is worth trying, very fragrant and quite spicy it is guaranteed to make your nose run 😉
The vegetables were very fresh too, but they do douse it with a healthy amount of oil, so if you are trying to be healthy order them without the oil.
Unbelievably simple yet very satisfying~
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