Peking Duck @ Tableview

The restaurant is new, near Tableview Cattle Baron. I cannot remember its English name lol. We really enjoyed the peking duck (R130/half). The booking number is 021 557 8030!

Mr. Chan @ Sea Point

Mr. Chan was a treat for a group of us not too long ago. Ray would say its the best Chinese restaurant in town! Certainly from the photos I got, we can see we could not focus on the photos after eating some first! That was a delicious meal for sure.

At Mr. Chan, one can get the popular flavors for the Westerns like sweet-and-sour pork and spring rolls OR the most authentic Chinese food. We had crispy duck pancakes which was the most amazing thing, I personally have always love duck pancakes. Fresh steamed fish was the best way to cook to taste the true flavor of a fish, no fish and chips' way!

We ended the perfect supper with fried banana balls, not too sweet or sticky, was just right. The lovely meal was all thanks to Mr. Chan (9/10).

Mr. Chan Chinese Restaurant
178 Main Road, Sea Point

Sheng Feng @ Parklands

COLD SPICY PIG STOMACH

PORK CHOW MEIN - CRISPY BASE

IN CANTONESE - YAU JAR GWAI (FRIED BREAD STICK)

BAO - CUSTARD BUN

NOT A TYPICAL CHINESE RESTAURANT IN SOUTH AFRICA

THIS LIKE RESTAURANT IS QUITE FAMOUS AMOUNT THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, AS IT OFFER THE SOUTHERN CHINA CUISINE, E.G. DIM SUM

AS A CHINESE FROM HONG KONG, THERE IS NO COMPARISON.

HOWEVER WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FOR SOMETIME ALREADY, ANYTHING SIMILAR TO HOME WILL PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.

ALL THEIR DIM SUMS ARE HOMEMADE!

WHICH TASTED QUITE RIGHT TO ME.

YAU JAR GWAI (FRIED BREAD STICK)  IS SOME BREAD DOUGH DEEP FRIED. VERY NICE TO GO WITH CONGEE . IF THEY WRAP CHEUNG FAN AROUND IT, THEN IT BECOMES JAR LEUNG. VERY YUMMY TOPPED WITH SWEET SOY SAUCE.

AND WHAT WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND IS THE PORK CHOW MEIN WITH CRISPY NOODLE BASE! STUNNING! WHERE THE SAUCE MEET THE NOODLES SOFTEN IT A BIT.

MAKING A GREAT CONTRAST IN YOUR MOUTH!

MUST TRY: SIU MAI, CUSTARD BUN, STEAMED RIBS, PORK CHOW MEIN CRISPY BASE.

SWONAL INDEX: 7.0/10.0 ONE OF THE RESTAURANT WITH THE CLOSEST CANTONESE TASTE. WITH PROPER DIM SUM

HE SAYS

Sheng Feng
Shop 6 Village on Main
Parklands Main Road

Winter treat - Chinese Hot Pot

Chinese hot pot (direct translation) is something that comes to my head every winter. You got to have hot pot in winter, it is like a rule for me.

What is hot pot? If you are asking:

Hot pot is Chinese styled fondue with a pot of boiling soup in the middle of the table and the dishes are around the pot. The dishes are mostly raw and ready to be cook in the pot. You can throw in whatever you have prepared. When you eat it, you should mix your own dipping sauce.

Depending on your style, the dipping sauce can be a mixture any peanut sauce, chilli oil, soy sauce, chopped spring onion, chopped garlic, sesame oil.. it is a personal preference.

I was invited to this hot pot dinner and it was like the luxury version of hot pot! I have never had oysters in hot pot and generally I am scared of the rawness of oysters. But if you cook the oyster in the water for roughly 10~15 seconds, it is really yummy! Remember not to cook it in the spicy soup as you won't be able to taste the pure flavor.

Here is my list of my best hot pot dishes:
- Thinly sliced lamb or pork
- Oysters
- Glass noodle (unfortunately we did not have udon noodle)
- Mushrooms (long ones, white enokitake mushrooms)
- Calamari
- Chinese cabbage
- Fish cake (a type of tempura)
- Oily tofu
- Pork meatballs

I have family over later this month, we shall have at least one hot pot dinner! If you are interested to have hot pot in Cape Town, you can go to the following:

Xiang Yuan
254 Main Road, Sea Point
021 434 4987

Royo Kloof
1st Floor, 115 Kloof Street
Gardens
021 422 1888

Dynasty
Shop 10 Nedbank Centre, Kloof Road
Sea Point
021 434 0065

Quick Friday Night Supper - Udon Noodle

This was my Friday supper, a quick & easy udon noodle soup with:

- Cantonese meatball
- Shiitake mushroom
- Zha Cai (Chinese style pickle vegetable)
- Broccoli

Thoughts & tips after the meal:
- Broccoli was very soft, should have put into the water much later or use something like lettuce or Chinese cabbage
- The shiitake mushrooms we got are dry ones, best to prepare earlier by soak in water first
- The pickle vegetable comes in very small packet, easy to use. I like them.
- All the things are available in Chinese Supermarket, we go to the one by N1 City (you can see it from Virgin Active)
- Meatballs are not cheap but extremely easy to use. Cook in soup or chop to stir fry, as you wish
- Udon noodle are in very small packets as well, portion is average

Hesheng (Jing Jing) @ Sea Point

Very Chinese Menu

But not to worry, they have a photos on display. Can't go wrong now.

Authentic Chinese tea pot

My personal favourite - beef roll

What they are famous for - steamed bun (be careful not to burn your lips)

Hesheng is suited in this dodgy looking corner in Sea Point but please do not be fooled by its look - they have the most authentic dumplings in Cape Town. I kid you not. It is where the Chinese people go.

Before having photo menu on the wall, they had the menu in Chinese writing all over the wall. Just like your next door noodle place in Asia. The owner does not speak much English but they are very friendly so just point at the photo of dishes you want. You will get a good surprise.

One thing to note, they do not accept cards. Cash only. 7.5/10
She Says.

Hesheng Chinese Restaurant/Takeaways
70 Main Road, Sea Point
021 434 4214