Ｂ仔涼粉的迷思 - 佳記甜品

經過一番折謄，我們又回到了前天才來過的元朗市中心－大家到累得想找個地方坐坐回氣，也就去了位於教育路的佳記甜品，趁人夠多，吃碗出名份量大的Ｂ仔涼粉！

雖然是下午，但店內依然坐得幾滿．幸好找到了室內的冷氣位置，坐得算舒服！餐牌很長很詳細，但大家都是為Ｂ仔涼粉而來，就要了一客，再加腸粉，雞翼尖，脆皮腸和雞翼，吃一頓不知是下午茶還是晚餐的甜品．

厚面皮的刀削麵 - 生記山西刀削麵

回到元朗市中心已是十點多，大家一直沒吃過東西所以餓得很，一定要吃晚飯才各自回家-看見在千色店背面的生記山西刀削麵還未關門，就去那裡解決吧！

Yuen Long Eats (4) - 阿玉豆腐花

之前看雜誌讀過關於阿玉豆腐花的報導,說店主如果天天不撞好第一桶豆花不開舖芸芸,而這店就在石崗咖哩旁邊,所以吃完咖哩就轉過來吃碗豆腐花才離開元朗市中心,結束一個下午的元朗覓食之旅.

一碗凍黃豆豆腐花還只是六元,完全抗通脹,抵吃!

看著滑嘟嘟的豆花,心想味道應該不錯.

枱上也有糖水,黃糖,薑汁任落.第一啖,我還真的以為自己的味覺出問題,為甚麼完全沒有豆味的?!第二啖,味道也是一樣,也就心淡了,並且開始狂加糖和薑汁,但都於事無補-因為豆腐花本身是完全沒有味道的,有的只是滑溜的質感,就這樣.但我想吃的是有豆味的豆腐花,不是一碗蒟篛或甚麼的,所以真的不行.會不會是原材料出了甚麼問題?因為正常的豆品店應該不會接受到自己賣這樣沒豆味的東西給客人吃....

阿玉豆腐花
元朗阜財街2號宏豐大廈地下12號舖

Yuen Long Eats (3) - 石崗咖哩屋

六月中旬(陰天)

今年初有機會去印度旅遊,嘗到了最地道最正宗的印度咖哩;可能是舌頭已經被最地道的香料,食材寵壞了,所以回到香港,無論去甚麼正宗印度餐廳吃咖哩,還是覺得差了點甚麼,味道太甜質感太杰,就是吃不回在印度吃到的好味.就算是中環的餐廳,或者重慶大廈的小店,味道還是差一點點..

步過阜財街,發現早已聽過的石崗咖哩屋就在眼前,外面還有巴基斯坦芒果賣.當時雖然還未到正式午餐時間,但反正今天難得來到元朗,愛吃咖哩的我們沒可能不去會一會吧!

我們入去時小小的店還未有很多人客,但走時人多得要在外面排隊.也吃不下太多,所以沒叫太多肉的tandoori，反而只叫了一客牛油雞，一個菠菜芝士，一個羊肉biryani和必叫的naan，再加$20一杯的巴基斯坦新鮮芒果汁．

侍應先送來薯仔bhajji和春卷,不是新鮮炸出來的,但點著汁來吃,也算ok的.

也不知是否100%純芒果汁的也到了,味道反而幾天然,淡淡的但很香很甜,不叫mango lassi叫這個是正確的選擇!

在飲品來了後我們再等了差不多二十分鐘,看著別人的tandoori不斷上枱,心中更不是味兒.

sag paneer($48)-菠菜芝士的賣相比一般的還要深色還更像...但每一啖都是充實的菠菜蓉,裡面的是一塊塊很濃味的,實實的芝士,其實說像是硬豆腐也不為過.這個是我去每一間印度餐廳都定必會叫的咖哩,味道都是大同小異的,但這裡的明顯不同,味道不會很甜反而帶菠菜和香料本身的香味,質感也沒平時的那麼creamy,但比較油膩.看來這裡的做法和出面的有點不同.

chicken makhani($56) - 另一種我很喜歡吃的咖哩,而平時吃都的都是很甜很甜,還帶蕃茄甜味,但這裡的卻很酸也不是非常creamy,但和sag paneer一樣都很油膩.

看來這裡的做法是咖哩不用忌廉,所以味道沒那麼甜,但也不會很辣 - 不過代價是比較油膩了,兩個咖哩的表面都有一層油在漂.

naan($12)比較厚和淡味,熱辣辣時吃還可以,點著咖哩汁吃更佳,但凍了之後就變得很韌很硬,大片大片的好像在吃橡膠.

羊肉biyrani($55)又是有驚喜的一味,飯粒是長條形的basalamic rice,比白米硬和有口感,用來煮濕濕的biryani最對.飯汁味道濃郁,只是少許辛辣,非常惹味.在香港我只在兩處吃過這樣濕的biryani,第一次是在很出名的重慶大廈的7e咖哩皇,第二次就在這裡.不可不提的是裡面的羊肉也重羊酥味,煮得夠入味和濃肉味,非常好吃.

老實說,這裡的咖哩和我在印度當地吃到的並不太相似,但少忌廉的做法卻明顯和別家的很不同.如果你吃膩了外面的勁杰身勁creamy咖哩,來這裡吧,會有驚喜的.

不個要注意等待時間真的有點長,趕時間者勿去.

石崗咖喱屋 Shaffi's Indian Restaurant
元朗阜財街14號地下
14 Fau Tsoi Street,, Yuen Long

Yuen Long Eats (2) - 大同老餅家

去元朗要買老婆餅,就好像蒸魚要落豉油一般,是理所當然的.常常聽說要買大榮華餅家的最好,但我卻對比較少人談及的大同老餅家有興趣,畢竟名字和一位我很喜歡(也常常被人說得長得像)的artist很像,哈哈.

位於阜財街的餅家招牌夠大很容易找,遠遠已經看到在裡面買老婆餅的人.外面也放著一個盆盆新鮮出爐的麵包,賣相很吸引.

店裡面也當然有傳統的賀禮餅和各種口味的老婆餅.敵不過飄飄餅香的我,雖然那一刻不餓也買了一個原味老婆餅,大同菠蘿飽和雞尾飽,拿回家吃.

雞尾飽飽身頗薄,味道一般,椰絲餡太甜,整體來說很一般,像是街坊麵包店的無心機出品.

大同菠蘿飽是放了菠蘿粒的菠蘿飽,裡面也有一層麻薯包住菠蘿肉.其實菠蘿皮和酸咪咪的菠蘿肉味道根本不夾,只是罐頭貨的後者也不見有甚麼特別. 菠蘿皮也是極硬,甚至硬得杉口,個人不喜歡.這個大同飽,很有阿茂整餅的感覺-專心做好菠蘿飽,不就好了?
老婆餅更是和別家的很不同:酥皮不是層層酥香的flaky那種皮,而是一層過有店像菠蘿飽頂的皮;糖冬瓜餡比別的淡很多,其實不應該說是淡因為是一點味道也沒有,像是在吃煮溶了的橡膠,很恐怖.

大同餅家,做的可真的和別家的大大不同.可惜,不是'正面'地比別家做得好,而是很明顯的差...又或者,我應該說,真的不是我杯茶...下次再來,還是買大榮華比較穩陣...

大同老餅家
元朗阜財街57號地下
G/F, No. 57, Fo Choi Street, Yuen Long

Yuen Long Eats (1) - 勝利牛丸

One of the advantage of being from a Chewchowese family is that we have a stable supply of lo-sui goose (not duck, mind you), fishballs and beefballs freshly prepared in Chew Chow, later smuggled to Hong Kong. We do have some outstanding lo-suis and Chewchowese restaurants in town but none can compare to the 100% authentic stuff from mainland. There's no way back once you have tasted the best of one kind, no matter how outstanding the second bests are - that's how I feel when I visited Hung's Delicacies for the lo-sui. It was good but certainly not the best I could get.

We were at Yuen Long one weekend decided to eat around before leaving for another place. And our first stop? Victory Beef Ball.

The place wasnt too crowded as we went before lunch hour, at around twelve. But more people kept coming and the noise index shot up.

We had to save up some space and so only ordered two bowls of noodles.

Beef ball w/ noodles - the beef balls were really spongy and nicely flavoured, not too oilish however. There were spores in the meat, and it basically bounced back as you bit into it. It was good but they could not be compared with those I tried in Chewchow back then, which might contain more fat and oil but was much, much more spongy and meaty. This was okay as in HK's standard.
The noodles were 油麵 instead of fine noodles. They were pretty chewy but were not very oilish on their own. I like how the noodles were thicker and could pick up more flavours from the soup.

半筋半腩麵- the soup was more intensely flavoured than the broth used in beefball noodles. Whilst the beef flank were just mediore in both texture and flavour - they were not tender enough, and i did not like the detectable taste of '5 spices'(五香) in the meat, which was too strong - the loin with a soapy texture and a more 'distilled' flavour was much better. They were not exactly chewy but sorta stuck onto your teeth as you bit into each segment of them, and they were good, not as salty and heavily spiced as the beef flank. I should have ordered noodles with just the loin instead of having them 50/50.

In short - slightly disappointing it was, especially the beef balls. But to be honest they were already much better than the bland and textureless 'balls' a lot of noodles shops serve. However I might not consider visiting it again as there were better restaurants or noodles out there around Yuen Long.

勝利牛丸
元朗康景街1 號裕景坊20號祥發大廈地下
G/F, 1 Hong King Street, Yuen Long