I have already fallen in love with Hunan Gardne's Fish Fillets with Fried Minced Beef 豆酥魚 since I was young. Back then, the dish was comparatively pricey, but not any more after inflation kicks in.
Hunan Garden's image had changed a lot in these years - from traditional looking chinese resto to a modern fine dinning place. The dinning utensils were exquisite too - pearl white porcelain plate with a Chinese antique horse painting and finished with a golden edge. Servers and Manager were all dressed up to portrait a professional image. However the dinning room looked rather small as the dinning tables were all packed together. Yet even the place were packed, the area was fortunate not noisy at all.
1) Fish Fillets with Fried Minced Bean 豆酥魚 $40/pc
One thing I like about Hunan Garden is that they have consistence performance and never let me down. As usual, the dish was prepared perfectly. The fish fillets was really smooth and tasted scrumptious with the fried minced bean. The minced bean tasted pretty strong and savory but was rather filling.
2) Sauteed Chicken with Soya Sauce and Wine with Chinese Angelica in Casserole 三杯雞 $98
The chickens were in really large pieces and were either wings or drums. They were also really tender and smooth that I could not help but wonder if they were hormone injected chicken. Anyhow the dish was tasteful with the a scentful taste of wine.
3) Stewed Bean Curd with Minced Meat in Spicy and Pungent Sauce 麻婆豆腐 $78
While we usually had this dish in local Chaa Chan Teng, we somehow ordered the dish here as we hadn't had it for quite a while. The dish was much more spicer than I expected and was too salty.
The sauce was overflowing and was best to go with rice. I dislike the dish, the sauce was too salty.
4) Fried green sprouts 清炒菜苗
Excellent trick in adding the bean sprouts with the green sprouts, it added more texture to the dish. Second green sprouts shrank quite a lot when frying, so adding the bean sprouts can volume up the dish. Despite that the dish was rather oily, it was nice in general.
TO CONCLUDE...
In general, I do love dinning at Hunan Garden as the food quality is quite persistent. Although the decor at Time Square was more modern and elegant like, I actually prefer the Hunan Garden at Central - it just gives a much cosy-er feeling than the one at Times. Taste-wise, both branches provide very similar taste. The most important thing is if you had not yet tried Fish Fillets with Fried Minced Bean, you have not yet tasted Chinese Cuisine. Do go try it, but varies from person to person, not everyone loves it!
One thing I like about Hunan Garden is that they have consistence performance and never let me down. As usual, the dish was prepared perfectly. The fish fillets was really smooth and tasted scrumptious with the fried minced bean. The minced bean tasted pretty strong and savory but was rather filling.
The chickens were in really large pieces and were either wings or drums. They were also really tender and smooth that I could not help but wonder if they were hormone injected chicken. Anyhow the dish was tasteful with the a scentful taste of wine.
While we usually had this dish in local Chaa Chan Teng, we somehow ordered the dish here as we hadn't had it for quite a while. The dish was much more spicer than I expected and was too salty.
The sauce was overflowing and was best to go with rice. I dislike the dish, the sauce was too salty.
Excellent trick in adding the bean sprouts with the green sprouts, it added more texture to the dish. Second green sprouts shrank quite a lot when frying, so adding the bean sprouts can volume up the dish. Despite that the dish was rather oily, it was nice in general.
TO CONCLUDE...
In general, I do love dinning at Hunan Garden as the food quality is quite persistent. Although the decor at Time Square was more modern and elegant like, I actually prefer the Hunan Garden at Central - it just gives a much cosy-er feeling than the one at Times. Taste-wise, both branches provide very similar taste. The most important thing is if you had not yet tried Fish Fillets with Fried Minced Bean, you have not yet tasted Chinese Cuisine. Do go try it, but varies from person to person, not everyone loves it!
Hunan Garden Restaurant 洞庭樓
Shop 1302, 13/F, Food Forum,
Times Square, 1 Matheson Street,
Causeway Bay
☏ 2506 9288
11:30 - 15:00；18:00 - 23:30 (Mon-Sun)
Date of Dinning: 6 Jun 2011 (Mon)
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