Price: $$$
Cravingness: ★★★★☆
Joy & Joy Cantonese Restaurant is a Chinese restaurant with sophisticated ambiance, merging Chinese elements with Western elements altogether in style. There are several elegant and nostalgic private booths at the front door and a modern bar further within. Joy & Joy offers traditional Chinese dishes from all over China and brings the best from every region onto your table.
Tonight's dinner highlighted all the most popular dishes in Joy & Joy Cantonese Restaurant. Every dishes are explained in details on the preparations procedures and techniques, I appreciated the time and effort every staff put into the dishes. After tasting Joy & Joy's delicacies, I must admit I have been missing out for all this time.
The Dimsum Delights features 5 small appetizers to whet the appetite. The Dimsum Delights actually has a more poetic name in Chinese 五福臨門, which means Longevity, Wealth, Health, Good Deeds and Peace.
Joy & Joy uses 42days aged pigeon as their meats are smoother and more chewy than older pigeon. They marinated the pigeon with yellow wine for 12 hours, and added some Chinese herbs into the marinate sauce. Last they poured the pigeon sauce back onto the yellow wine sauce to increase the overall flavour.
The drunken pigeon was savoury with wine taste. The skin was delicious, the meat was tender but was very lean.
If I did not hear the manager wrong, he said the bean curd sheet was made by taro? I have always love vegetarian goose rolls but I never had a smoked version of it. This smoked vegetarian goose rolls was amazing! It was full of smokey aroma with a strong mushroom taste!
The roasted pork was tender but was a bit too lean for my liking. The honey sauce was a bit too sweet as well. Also it would be better if it is more charred.
The shrimp was gigantic and meaty but was unfortunately bland in taste. The minced pork had no taste either.
The wonton was deep fried in 380C. The oil would only be used twice so to keep the wonton skin clean and nicely yellow. The wonton skin was extremely crispy, every bite made a crystal clear crisp sound. The wonton filling was a big ass meaty shrimp, but again the shrimp wasn't sweet at all. The wonton taste was brought up by the sweet and sour sauce.
This delicious soup is limited to only 15 orders per day. I was told that the pig lung needs to be braised for 5 hours until it turns to white colour, the fish maw even crazier, needs 3 days for preparation. Appreciate for all the hard work.
The soup was savoury with strong almond taste. It was rich and quite thick with collagen from the fish maw as well as chicken feet. This soup was extremely delish.
This bacon wrapped scallop and prawn rolls did not sound very Chinese to me, but bacon tastes awesome so who cares. The deep-fried roll had very crisp coating, bitting into the rolls you could taste a mouth full of flavours, savoury bacon, sweet scallop and meaty shrimp. Basically the roll has enough taste, so you don't really need any condiments with it.
The Garoupa had a beautiful presentation of a phoenix, but this is only available if you order more than a normal dish portion. The Garouoa was sweet with a bouncy texture. The sautéed garoupa tasted better than the deep-fried garoupa as more fish flavour was kept but somehow the sauteed garoupa had a bitter aftertaste. The deep-fried Garoupa was savoury but the coating was a bit soggy.
Two soups a night seemed a bit too much especially the prior was extremely delish and flavourful. This soup came in at a seconder position but the broth was still savoury and rich with the taste of Yunnan Ham.
This is one of my favourite of the night. This braised rice casserole was very flavourful. The juicy fat rice was cooked with fish broth and ginger to give more taste, the braised sauce was made with abalone, blended to give an intense flavour. The rice was colourful with fat and tender small abalone on top and shredded chicken bits and large shrimp within the rice. Yum!
What a HEAVENLY DELICIOUS almon cream bun! The milk bun has a sweet crusted on top and a molten almond cream within the bun! Extremely savoury, the almond cream was smooth and rich in flavour! I want more!!!
I love this dessert too! The glutinous rice cake had a bouncy and chewy texture, and had a strong ginger and brown sugar taste.
The walnut soup was definitely freshly ground but tasted a bit watery to me. It was mildly sweet.
Tonight's dinner highlighted all the most popular dishes in Joy & Joy Cantonese Restaurant. Every dishes are explained in details on the preparations procedures and techniques, I appreciated the time and effort every staff put into the dishes. After tasting Joy & Joy's delicacies, I must admit I have been missing out for all this time.
Dimsum Delights
The Dimsum Delights features 5 small appetizers to whet the appetite. The Dimsum Delights actually has a more poetic name in Chinese 五福臨門, which means Longevity, Wealth, Health, Good Deeds and Peace.
Drunken Pigeon - HKD138
Joy & Joy uses 42days aged pigeon as their meats are smoother and more chewy than older pigeon. They marinated the pigeon with yellow wine for 12 hours, and added some Chinese herbs into the marinate sauce. Last they poured the pigeon sauce back onto the yellow wine sauce to increase the overall flavour.
The drunken pigeon was savoury with wine taste. The skin was delicious, the meat was tender but was very lean.
Smoked Vegetarian Goose Rolls (Bean Curd Sheet) - HKD48
If I did not hear the manager wrong, he said the bean curd sheet was made by taro? I have always love vegetarian goose rolls but I never had a smoked version of it. This smoked vegetarian goose rolls was amazing! It was full of smokey aroma with a strong mushroom taste!
Honey Glazed Roasted Pork - HKD168
The roasted pork was tender but was a bit too lean for my liking. The honey sauce was a bit too sweet as well. Also it would be better if it is more charred.
Steamed Minced Pork Dumplings with Shrimp - HKD48/3PCS
The shrimp was gigantic and meaty but was unfortunately bland in taste. The minced pork had no taste either.
Deep Fried Wonton - HKD36
The wonton was deep fried in 380C. The oil would only be used twice so to keep the wonton skin clean and nicely yellow. The wonton skin was extremely crispy, every bite made a crystal clear crisp sound. The wonton filling was a big ass meaty shrimp, but again the shrimp wasn't sweet at all. The wonton taste was brought up by the sweet and sour sauce.
Double-boiled Fish Maw with Pig Lung and Freshly Ground Almond Soup - HKD388
This delicious soup is limited to only 15 orders per day. I was told that the pig lung needs to be braised for 5 hours until it turns to white colour, the fish maw even crazier, needs 3 days for preparation. Appreciate for all the hard work.
The soup was savoury with strong almond taste. It was rich and quite thick with collagen from the fish maw as well as chicken feet. This soup was extremely delish.
Deep-fried Scallop and Prawn with bacon Rolls - HKD188
This bacon wrapped scallop and prawn rolls did not sound very Chinese to me, but bacon tastes awesome so who cares. The deep-fried roll had very crisp coating, bitting into the rolls you could taste a mouth full of flavours, savoury bacon, sweet scallop and meaty shrimp. Basically the roll has enough taste, so you don't really need any condiments with it.
Giant Garoupa (cooked two ways)
Deep-fried Garoupa Head and Taik & Sautéed Garoupa Fillet - HKD480
The Garoupa had a beautiful presentation of a phoenix, but this is only available if you order more than a normal dish portion. The Garouoa was sweet with a bouncy texture. The sautéed garoupa tasted better than the deep-fried garoupa as more fish flavour was kept but somehow the sauteed garoupa had a bitter aftertaste. The deep-fried Garoupa was savoury but the coating was a bit soggy.
Poached Baby Cabbage with Yunnan Ham - HKD128
Two soups a night seemed a bit too much especially the prior was extremely delish and flavourful. This soup came in at a seconder position but the broth was still savoury and rich with the taste of Yunnan Ham.
Braised Rice Casserole with Chicken and Abalone Sauce - HKD168
This is one of my favourite of the night. This braised rice casserole was very flavourful. The juicy fat rice was cooked with fish broth and ginger to give more taste, the braised sauce was made with abalone, blended to give an intense flavour. The rice was colourful with fat and tender small abalone on top and shredded chicken bits and large shrimp within the rice. Yum!
Baked Almond Cream Buns - HKD38
What a HEAVENLY DELICIOUS almon cream bun! The milk bun has a sweet crusted on top and a molten almond cream within the bun! Extremely savoury, the almond cream was smooth and rich in flavour! I want more!!!
Streamed Glutinous Rice Cakes with Ginger Juice - HKD28
I love this dessert too! The glutinous rice cake had a bouncy and chewy texture, and had a strong ginger and brown sugar taste.
Freshly Ground Sweet Walnut Soup - HKD28
The walnut soup was definitely freshly ground but tasted a bit watery to me. It was mildly sweet.
Joy and Joy also offer mini egg custard mooncake for the upcoming Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival! I will get a box and review about it next month. Wait for it :)
Joy and Joy (喜双逢)
Shop211,2/F,Melbourne Plaza,33 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
香港中環皇后大道中33號萬邦行2樓211號舖
☏ 2810 5366
Opening Hours: Mon - Sun: 11am - 4.30pm, 6pm - 11pm
The Bill: $$$ (HKD300-500)
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