Monday, May 18, 2009

Hung Hom Adventrues vol.2 : World War 3 in My Mouth!


So why vol 2? Because this happened 5 minutes after 時新. Burger wasn't filling and saw this place on openrice, it was also conveniently smacked right next to the burger joint. So...what the hell?

The Story: the place is ran by a loving couple, an HK man and his Sichuan wife. Seeing that his wife cook awesome food and wanting to spread the appreciation of sichuan food in HK, the man decides to open a takeout place and imports ingredients straight sichuan provience. and his wife runs the show in the kitchen. This.....is what it says on the newspaper article posted on their wall...no clue if its true ahah.

Before we sat down, we already heard a tai tai struggling to stand, she told her friend '辣到跳舞! 千祈唔好食ah!' Nice nice, thats nice to know. The place is seriously trying to compete 時新 for redefining the world 'ghettoness', a shitty electric fan for central cooling, a metal bench, and one folding table on the sidewalk. They should seriously called this the 'HK mininalist' design style.

So why such a high rating on openrice? Authenticity.
I ordered a 麻辣牛肉粉. You can tell by the red in the soup that this place means serial business. The noodle was tender and chewy, like big thick vermicceli. You can tell that its pretty authentic by the aroma it gives out, the 麻辣 smell actually burns your nostils. The soup base is relatively sour, with a hint of spice in the end, and that spice slowly creeps up on you, like Michael Jackson on a group of little kids.

After 3 bites........'OMGWTF! WORLD WAR 3 IN MOUTH!'
*drinks half a bottle of water*
Now i realise why there is no aircon for this place, you feel sooo hot inside you actually find the weather cool. I was sweating intensive and I can slowly feel the spice churning in my stomach, like I just had a intense workout of runing 12983984km

Final Verdict: Awesssommmeee. Beats 時新 anyday. Real Sichuan for those who never tried it. Recommend people who thinks they can handle spice, this place will whip your tongue like a little girl and make you cry home for mommy. If you don't like spice....ah....go to 時新 then?

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=18842

NOTE: The boss is a G, here are the convo between me and him
Boss: 'you want big, medium or small spice?.....look at you, you can handle 大辣'
Me: '....小辣......I dont have the balls..'

*drinks half a bottle of water*
*Boss sits there on his folded chair laughing*
Boss: '3 bites and already drinking water? Are you gonna take the whole afternoon finishing your noodle?'

:'(

(Thanks openrice for the photos, I will take my own next timez)

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