東榮火鍋 Tung Wing Hot Pot

I have not been blogging lately as I was on vacation in Hong Kong (HK) for retail therapy, tasting good food and meeting up friends. I just recalled that my last trip to Hong Kong was like 7 years back. Wow~ time flies! Anyway, it was indeed a fruitful and enjoyable trip ~ definitely a good break from work.

The eateries and shopping in HK just attracted me so much that mostly my photos taken were on food ~ hehe ^0^ Of course I could not miss out the night scenes of HK skyline and Stanley (赤柱) which is a beautiful tourist spot in HK. I also managed to arrange a day trip to Macau too. All these will be posted later : )

On my 1st day of arrival, I had a sumptuous dinner at 東榮火鍋 Tung Wing Hot Pot.

A blur shot ~ guess I'm too hungry so my hands shake terribly..haha :P

We took this set for 8 persons

This is the soup based ~ winter melon chicken stock (冬瓜鸡汤) and herbal soup (药材汤）. The plate is filled with prawn and squid paste (蝦滑同墨魚滑) ~ all handmade which they minced it so fine and gluey. Super delicious as it is so fresh!

The other hotpot soup based is satay (沙嗲汤）and century egg with coriander leaves (皮蛋汤). Unusual soup based as those that I have tried were chicken stock and hot & spicy 麻辣soup. The fried salmon skin is tasty too ~ crispy! Not very oily and salty~ I like it :P Did you see the plate of meat and fish balls (手打鮮豬肉丸 & 順德鯪魚球)? Those are handmade and so bouncy ^.~

Here's our table full of yummy dishes ^.~

So colorful too ^.~

I'm gonna miss this hot pot when I return to S'pore :(

This is beef sashimi (日式牛肉刺身) and it's my first time tasting it as I don't like beef. Freshly cut thin slices and simply delicious! And I only ate one piece hehe :P

Fresh Sashimi (魚刺身) ~ hmm not sure what fish they use but they taste heavenly good! For this fish sashimi, I would love to eat more haha ^0^

Nice presentation of the prawns sticking out from the bowl ^-^ Oh these prawns are live and moving~ so confirmed FRESH! There are vegetarian abalones in slices on the plate next to the prawns.

Thumbs up for all the hot pot dishes and I highly recommend this restaurant.
Try it if you visit HK.

東榮火鍋 Tung Wing Hot Pot
Address: 九龍城福佬村道62-64號地下
Tel: 2716 7338

Crave over HoT PoTs @_@

Ever since I returned from my Tokyo trip, I have not been swimming regularly at the gym which I used to do so :( I am afraid to see those kilos increasing on the weighing machine @.@ and must make an effort to shed more kilos : ) so that I can eat more without feeling much guilty haha ^o^Lately, my friend and I have craving for Hot Pot/Steamboat. For two consecutive weekends, after swim, we went to our favorite restaurants for 鸳鸯火锅 ~ Yuan Yang Hot Pot @ The Magic of ChongQing Hot Pot and Promfret Steamboat @ Ting Heng Seafood Restaurant.

So let me start off with The Magic of ChongQing Hot Pot, Suntec City Branch ("MCQHP") We decided to have ala-carte hot pot buffet and ordered a duo flavored soup - 麻辣 má là (spicy) and Herbal Chicken broth (non-spicy) for our hotpot ~ 鸳鸯火锅. There are many dishes to choose from the menu such as sliced assorted meats, vegetables, fishballs, quail eggs, mushrooms, seafood and many more ^.~ Besides these dishes, there are sweet and savory dim sum served to us too ^.~ DroOling huh! Every time after swim, I tend to get very hungry and thirsty. I was so hungry and tugged in fast to fill my empty stomach hehe :p

The 麻辣 má là soup is too spicy for me and it numbs my tastebud. But I like to dip prawns and meat/fishballs for some of its spicy flavor : ) The chicken broth may initially taste a bit blend but after all the dishes are put into it and simmer for sometime, the taste is good too.

Here's one of the sweet item which served to us ~ (1) Glutinuous Rice Cake which the outer layer is pan-fried with egg and then coated with icing sugar. Very chewy. (2) Water Chestnut Jelly. I like this. (3) 馒头 (man tou) ~ Dipped this fried bun with condensed milk ~ super yummy!

Dipping sauce is a must for enhancing the flavor of your hotpot dishes. In this sauce, there is a combination of garlic and chili in oil, sesame sauce, sesame oil and chili sauce.
Thumbs up for this sauce!

See our hot pot full of "treasures" ~ slurp!

Next, off to Ting Heng Seafood Restaurant at Tiong Poh Road for our all-time favorite ~ Promfret Steamboat. They also serve other zi cha dishes such as pepper/chili crabs, sweet and sour porks, spare ribs, claypot dishes etc. We wanted to order their famous roast chicken but there's only 2 of us and just too much for us. Again, we were hungry haha ~ just took 2 photos for my blogpost :)

The soup is tasty as it has herb ingredients and dried sole fillets. The promfret are very fresh but not many pieces served :( We love yams and golden needle mushrooms!

Yes! Tau Kee ~ I never miss this dish to go with my steamboat! Do NOT put all Crispy Tau Kee into the pot as they turn soft quickly. You should do it like the shabu shabu way. Hold a piece of the tau kee with your chopsticks or put in the ladle and soak for just a few seconds. With the soup flavor went into the Tau Kee, the taste is so yummy! Another dish that I like is their assorted prawn/fish/meat balls. All are handmade and QQ!

Well well, I think I should not go for any more hotpots/steamboats. Although it was a healthy soupy meal but the dishes that we ordered were not so ^0^ Hmm...I also mustn't forget to exercise/swim regularly too *v*