富東海鮮飯店
I have a confession to make. I have lived around the corner from 富東海鮮飯店 for a few years and it’s only now that I made my way there. To make up for my remiss, I went twice this month alone.
C and I have always wanted to try it out, but it just didn’t seem to make sense seeing that it’s just us two. So when a friend came over for dinner one evening we decided to try 富東. I’ve read plenty about it, how it’s owned by the disciple of Ah Yat, and that it’s one of the more famous restaurants around town. All in the humble Tin Hau neighbourhood.
I won’t list out all the things we ate, just the highlights. Actually, it’s because some of the dishes weren’t as memorable, and I can no longer remember much about it…
The must-eat dish is the 鮑汁鵝掌. It seems everyone knows about this already, judging on how it showed on literally every table. I absolutely loved it. The goose feet (I think that’s how it’s translated, but correct me if I’m wrong) were well braised and falling off the bones as you bit into them. The portions were on the puny side, with just four webs for about HK$120, but the abalone sauce was really the highlight. I think I wolfed down a bowl of rice at each sitting just because I wanted more of the gravy.
On my second visit, I looked at openrice and it seemed that 蒜香牛利 was another popular dish. When it came, it wasn’t what I had envisioned, but it was great all the same. The beef tongues were cut up into bite sized pieces and either pan or deep fried with silvers of garlic. I thought the beef was well seasoned, and didn’t have that off-putting beefy flavour that sometimes beef tongue has. The garlic was golden brown and I didn’t spy any that were burnt.
The second time round, we ordered the 杏汁蛋白 for dessert, for an additional HK$10, which is a real steal. C, who normally turns her nose at any thing almond cream like, liked this one. I thought it was good, but I prefer the traditional ones. Give me a hulking bowl of almond cream any time, and I’ll wolf it down. As you can tell, I’m not really a fan of egg desserts. But to be fair, of the almond cream + egg that I’ve tried, this one is actually above average, and I won’t hesitate to order it again next time.
Address: 92-94 Electric Road, B-C shop
Tel: 2566-8689
