Left:
"Fish Belly in Ginger, Green Onion and Garlic". Fish is fresh. Though
the price is not high, after it is lightly fried in oil and then fried
again in green onion, ginger, garlic and soya sauce, fish meat become delicious.
Right: Roasted duck is very large in portion, nearly double the
portion than we expect. All dishes are still hot when are served.
Tai Wing Wah Restaurant
大榮華酒樓
1/F, Koon Wong Mansion, 2-6 On Ning Road, Yuen Long, New Territories.
(3 minutes walk from Exit E of KCR West Rail Long Ping Station)
新界元朗安寧路2 - 6號冠煌樓1樓
Tel: 24769888
Opening Hours: 06:45 – 23:00 Daily
Style: Yuen Long Village Cuisine
Average per head: HK$100
Date: November 2006
The
boss of Tai Wing Wah (Brother To, the fat man) is very famous in Hong
Kong Catering Field. He is also a celebrity to introduce delicious foods
in the television. Apart from this main restaurant in Yuen Long, Wing
Wah has another brand in Kowloon Bay, also serving Yuen Long Village cuisine. These 2
restaurants are always full. In Tai Wing Wah, there is no advance
booking. You have to turn up in person.
Tonight
(in fact, it should be this afternoon), we arrive at Yuen Long at
17:30. Originally, we want to shop around before visiting the
restaurant. Luckily, owing to our change of mind, we go straight to Tai
Wing Wah .
There is no need for us to wait for a while. The waitress allots a
table for 4 to us (2 persons) immediately. In short, the whole
restaurant is filled with diners. When we pay the bill and leave, there
are more than
50 diners waiting at the entrance. We are lucky, if we shop around
nearby for 10 minutes, we have to wait for at least 1 hour before the
table is allotted to us. Dinnertime starts at 17:00. If possible, it is suggested to arrive Tai Wing Wah before 17:30 during weekend and holidays.
There
are nearly 100 different dishes each month, and they are mainly priced
at $48 each. But no beef is included in village cuisine, as cow was used
to plow the field when there was no tractor in the past. We order
totally 3 dishes, including "roasted duck" (half portion), "fish belly in ginger, green
onion and garlic", and "steamed oyster in egg and Silk noodles".
"Roasted
duck" is very large in portion, and is too big for 2 persons. It is not
too salty but is freshly roasted. The duck meat is still a bit hot.
Though it is not the best in the roasted ducks I ever tried ,
it has already ranked in the top 3. You can have a tasty smell of
Maggie sauce when “Fish belly in ginger, green onion and garlic” is
served in front of us. Fish meat is sliced and fried (but not deeply
fried) in oil of high temperature for a short time, and then cooked in
Maggie sauce (similar to Soya sauce but more tasty) with sliced
ginger, green onion and granulated garlic. This greatly enhances the
taste of sliced fish belly.
"Steamed
oyster in egg and green bean noodle" is served in a bowl of traditional
Guangdong style. Oysters (chopped into small pieces) are steamed with
egg paste and Silk noodles. This dish is not commonly found in Hong
Kong. It is easy to finish the whole bowl and you will not find it salty.
We
also order a jar (yes, a jar) of honey ginger with Chrysanthemum at $15
only. The jar can have the volume of 4 glasses (250 ml each). There are
another 2 different Chinese drinks (cold or hot) introduced in leaflet placed on each table. We also order 2 bowls of rice. Good quality soya
sauce and pig oil added to the rice would give you a chance to try the
method of eating rice when the economy situation is poor in the past.
Every
time, there is no disappointment to me. Otherwise, Tai Wing Wah will
not be full of diners everyday, particularly during weekend and
holidays. If you have more persons to dine together, it is suggested to
order the Chinese cake or desserts (there are 10 selections at the end of the food menu.) The bill amount is
$209 (on average it is $104.5 per each). There is 10% service charge.
Taste: 3.5/5
Service: 3.5/5
Price: 4/5
Environment: 3.5/5
Variety: 4/5
Hygiene: 3.5/5
Overall: 3.5/5
