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2011-11-04
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If you walk in to Huat Kee Teochew Restaurant, it's not hard to observe that each table of customers would have at least one elderly, if not all. Founded in 1969, the family-run-restaurant Huat Kee is famous for their authentic Teochew dishes, and the cook/ owner (third generation) always trying his best to preserve the traditional flavour of those dishes. Even their interior decoration brings you back to oldie days.When you are at the restaurant, do take time to go through their menu, which is
When you are at the restaurant, do take time to go through their menu, which is not only included all the dishes, but the history of Teochew dishes, as well as the establishment of the restaurant. Very meaningful. We ordered two set meal ($48 and $60 respectively), each consists of 5 dishes inclusive dessert.
The Teochew style braised shark's fin is served in a very delicate bowl + candle set. Beautiful. There is a plate of bean sprouts comes with the shark's fin, and it's meant to be poured inside the shark's fin soup. The combination is superb. You have the crunchiness of the bean sprouts, softy jelly texture of the shark's fin, and the braised broth is just flavourably tasty.
Sea cucumber with goose web, and braised goose with tofu are two of the traditional Teochew dishes. Both of the dishes taste descent, but I have to admit it's not something that I would eat in a normal day. But it's definitely worth trying. Teochew style prawn roll is crispy outside, the minced meat and other ingredients inside are marinated well with spices, yummy.
Liver roll is something new to me. Not bad, as the liver taste is not too over-powdering.
Oyster omelet is very well done. The eggy bits are crispy, and the oysters are huge and fresh, not over-cooked too. Thumbs up.
The $60 set meal also comes with scallops and squid porridge. The seafood makes the porridge rich in natural sweetness aroma.
Also comes with the set is pumpkin, yam paste & ginko nuts dessert. The yam paste is so rich and it's doubly yummy when it's served hot. I never knew the pumpkin would matches the yam paste so well. Definitely an A+!
Besides the set meal, we also ordered another dessert called "Fan Sha Yu", just to try out more of the traditional Teochew food. The "Fan Sha Yu" is a dessert where the yam is cut into rectangular cubes, deep fried, and coated with sugar. I won't say it tastes good bacause it's a bit too sweet for me.
The restaurant will serve two tiny cups of Teochew kungfu tea to each diner at the end of the meal to clean your pellet. Very thoughtful.
The service is quite good too. The owner and his mum will sometimes come by and check if you are Ok with the food etc. I will definitely go back to Huat Kee, as there are so much more authentic Teochew dishes I wish to try out!
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