C.Nai Hong Kong Cafe
Back for some hong kong cuisine with my fellow taitai diners- Shilin, Sarah & Serene. Due to its close proximity from Shilin's place, we usually come here for dinner after our mahjong sessions.
Their menu was so extensive that we took a long time before deciding. The starving us absolutely pigged out this time- a personal main course and drink each plus 2 french toasts for sharing! Fisrt began our gastronomic meal with a sweet headstart...
French Toast with Fresh Banana ($4.50)
This was a good one showing some masterful execution of deep-frying. I wonder how they were able to coat with such smooth thick batter without any hint of oozing grease at all. The interior was fluffy throughout and offered a tastable fresh banana centre. Sweetness was kept minimal but maple syrup was provided for self-drizzling- we all loved this dish!
Following that, our main dishes arrived...
Fish Fillet Rice with Garlic Sauce ($7.50)
My safe pick from their HK Popular Rice series- a piece of battered fish fillet and cauliflowers atop a large heap of steamed rice. The fish seemed to be very bland (it used to be better last time) and that final drench of orangey sauce was nothing to shout about. It beared no hint of garlic flavour at all.
HK Famous Stewed Beef Brisket Rice ($7.80)
Sarah's rice with some beef and potato chunks in gravy was ordered for the sake of the term famous. She ended up being quite dissatisfied with those tasteless potatoes.
Szechuan Spicy Chicken Lamian ($7.50)
Here's one dish under the New Arrivals Menu attempted by the adventurous Shilin. A clump of soft white noodles bathed in a spicy gravy, then literally buried under a blanket of steamed chicken! Meat seemed rather bloody to me but she claimed it was delicious.
HK Fried Black Pepper Seafood Spaghetti ($7.80)
Serene's order of pasta with prawns and squids stir-fried in a light gravy.
Drinks Galore! Serene and Sarah both had the cold Perfect Match, which was basically a mixture of coffee and tea. Purely iced for sarah while serene's one was an ice blended variation with durian icecream and sprinklings of coffee powder. That creamy red bean blend of Shilin's was also well-praised by her.
Cold Perfect Match ($2.50)
Tea & Coffee Mixed Ice Blended ($4.80)
Red Bean Mountain ($3)
I decided to go for something less fanciful, yet claimed to be the most famous and best in HK- the stockings tea! I have no idea if it was really sieved through stockings but it did achieve that fine and smooth consistency. So thickly rich of both the tea and milk taste.. just could have gone easier on the sugar.
Cold "Si Mud" Tea ($2.50)
Their french toast had this power- of making us crave for more. One of such good stuff is never enough so.. we decided to order one more to share!
French Toast with Kaya ($3)
Settled for a locally-infused flavour instead of the common peanut butter. Excellent egg-dipped bread once again but with a layer of brown kaya spread this time. A milder taste from this, gladly not too sweet but our former choice was still preferred.
Shilin also got some buns for her family which came nicely packed in a presentable case. I shall try these out on my next visit.
HK Char Siew "Bo Lo" Bun ($1.80 each)
This was sure a great meal with such fun companions! The food may not be way fantastic but the whole experience was enjoyable for us; we did see an improvement in their service too (:
C.Nai Hong Kong Cafe
378/380 East Coast Road
6pm-5pm
Their menu was so extensive that we took a long time before deciding. The starving us absolutely pigged out this time- a personal main course and drink each plus 2 french toasts for sharing! Fisrt began our gastronomic meal with a sweet headstart...
French Toast with Fresh Banana ($4.50)
This was a good one showing some masterful execution of deep-frying. I wonder how they were able to coat with such smooth thick batter without any hint of oozing grease at all. The interior was fluffy throughout and offered a tastable fresh banana centre. Sweetness was kept minimal but maple syrup was provided for self-drizzling- we all loved this dish!
Following that, our main dishes arrived...
Fish Fillet Rice with Garlic Sauce ($7.50)
My safe pick from their HK Popular Rice series- a piece of battered fish fillet and cauliflowers atop a large heap of steamed rice. The fish seemed to be very bland (it used to be better last time) and that final drench of orangey sauce was nothing to shout about. It beared no hint of garlic flavour at all.
HK Famous Stewed Beef Brisket Rice ($7.80)
Sarah's rice with some beef and potato chunks in gravy was ordered for the sake of the term famous. She ended up being quite dissatisfied with those tasteless potatoes.
Szechuan Spicy Chicken Lamian ($7.50)
Here's one dish under the New Arrivals Menu attempted by the adventurous Shilin. A clump of soft white noodles bathed in a spicy gravy, then literally buried under a blanket of steamed chicken! Meat seemed rather bloody to me but she claimed it was delicious.
HK Fried Black Pepper Seafood Spaghetti ($7.80)
Serene's order of pasta with prawns and squids stir-fried in a light gravy.
Drinks Galore! Serene and Sarah both had the cold Perfect Match, which was basically a mixture of coffee and tea. Purely iced for sarah while serene's one was an ice blended variation with durian icecream and sprinklings of coffee powder. That creamy red bean blend of Shilin's was also well-praised by her.
Cold Perfect Match ($2.50)
Tea & Coffee Mixed Ice Blended ($4.80)
Red Bean Mountain ($3)
I decided to go for something less fanciful, yet claimed to be the most famous and best in HK- the stockings tea! I have no idea if it was really sieved through stockings but it did achieve that fine and smooth consistency. So thickly rich of both the tea and milk taste.. just could have gone easier on the sugar.
Cold "Si Mud" Tea ($2.50)
Their french toast had this power- of making us crave for more. One of such good stuff is never enough so.. we decided to order one more to share!
French Toast with Kaya ($3)
Settled for a locally-infused flavour instead of the common peanut butter. Excellent egg-dipped bread once again but with a layer of brown kaya spread this time. A milder taste from this, gladly not too sweet but our former choice was still preferred.
Shilin also got some buns for her family which came nicely packed in a presentable case. I shall try these out on my next visit.
HK Char Siew "Bo Lo" Bun ($1.80 each)
This was sure a great meal with such fun companions! The food may not be way fantastic but the whole experience was enjoyable for us; we did see an improvement in their service too (:
C.Nai Hong Kong Cafe
378/380 East Coast Road
6pm-5pm
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