Wednesday, 23 January 2013
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Cheap Eats at Jin Jin Hong Kong Cafe
One of the most fascinating aspects of Hong Kong cuisine is the HK-style Western dishes. It's usually found in small restaurants and coffee houses. This cuisine serves up interesting takes on various kinds of Western food items ranging from toast to macaroni.
My boyfriend and I have passed by a restaurant known as Jin Jin Hong Kong Cafe millions of times, but never had the courage to try it until recently. He's tried it before and said they have delectable HK-style Western dishes, so we gave it a shot.
The restaurant reminded me of those coffee and tea-like restaurants in the TVB Hong Kong series. The restaurant also had a diner-like vibe to it since there were the cushion seats and their menu reminded me of a diner menu too.
The menu at JJHKC was long and it took me a few minutes to decide exactly what I wanted. They have an enormous amount of authentic and savory Cantonese and Western dishes. They also have a sushi section.
After we ordered our food and drinks, we were given complimentary soup. The soup wasn't anything special, just tasted like chicken and was flavorful.
For appetizer, we decided to order scallion pancake. It had a nice shade of golden brown and was crunchy and tasty. It's been a while since we last had scallion pancake.
My boyfriend ordered the Baked Portuguese Seafood over Rice dish. It sure looked amazing and hearty! It was inexpensive, only $7.95. Can you believe it? My boyfriend's dish had a variety of seafood - fish cake, shrimp, crab meat (imitation) , squid, and mussels.
The chef used white rice for this dish. The dish was smothered and covered in melted cheese. Absolutely divine!
I'm not sure about you, but whenever I look at this picture over and over again ... I just salivate. I mean just look how great it looks. I've been on a salmon binge lately, so that's what motivated me to order this dish and also because I love salmon! The dish wasn't too different from my boyfriend's dish, just slightly cheaper, only $6.95.
The salmon was cooked to absolute perfection and had a nice crust to it. The color of the meat was a beautiful shade of salmon pink the way it should be! I really enjoyed this dish because it was absolutely scrumptious. There's not one thing I didn't like about the dish.
Overall, the food and experience at Jin Jin Hong Kong Cafe was great! Our lunch was super cheap. I'm glad I gave this restaurant a shot and I will definitely return here.Have you tried any Hong Kong-style restaurants or dishes? If so, what did you try?
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Comments (9)
I love scallion pancakes. I've tried making it once at home, but you really need to use a lot of oil. I skimped on the oil, and while the results were edible, it wasn't as flaky or crispy as I'd like it to be.
It's great that you're sharing food pictures from Jin Jin Hong Kong Cafe, but it will be even better if you shared the correct restaurant picture. The picture of the resturant you're showing is Cha Chan Tang in Chinatown.It's kind of misleading for those who never went to Jin Jin Hong Kong Cafe.
Hong Kong food for the win!
oh the article didn't mention HK milk tea, which is oh so good and a real icon of HK food cultureagreed, good catch - and if you're not using your own photos, you should probably credit the person whose photo you "borrowed"
Also, for future reference, could you include the address of the place you review? IRLF covers the entire country (and maybe some more), and it's frustrating when you're actually IN my city but there's no info at a glance for me to determine if I want to or can make it there as well. Thanks.
*I love HK style cafes with HK-interpretations of Western dishes, but there are surprisingly few in Queens, and my favorite one in Chinatown closed a while ago. Cha Chan Tang hardly passes, though XO Kitchen on Hester St. has a few dishes I like, other times it's been really bad. So I'm still looking.
(http://feistyfoodie.com/2008/02/07/xo-kitchen/)
@myt625@xanga - not sure why it deleted my @ to you in the above comment
@feistyfoodie - If there are a few dishes you like in XO kitchen, you might want to try
XO Taste, which is nearby, on 41 Elizabeth, btwn Canal and Hester (Used
to be Penang the Malaysian restaurant) I am assuming it's the same
owner, as XO since their menu are very much alike, but I like this place
better since it's bigger and I can sit more comfortably. My friend
enjoys their HK style milk tea too. Agree your thoughts on Cha Chan
Tang--it's over priced with small portions, and like you said, hardly
passes as HK-interpretations.
Love the milk tea there!! And also the design of the restaurant! I'm from HK and I lived in NYC for a year, every time when I feel homesick, once i got to this place, the food and the environment comfort me a bit lol
@myt625@xanga - oh, good call, I'll give that a go. THANKS!!!
the one place i tried in HK had a bit more of british flare to the menu. such as lamb chops with mint jelly, and flaming baked alaska, etc. i enjoyed them though. never knew old western food actually an old staple in HK back in the days.