I used to visit several Hunan restaurants in the early to mid. 90's in Guang Zhou. The unique spicy flavour of Hunan cuisine has still been in my mind - such a fresh chill aroma with some tomato sweet. Another characteristics of Hunan cuisine is the slightly brown all the ingredients, resulting in a nice aromatic caramelised flavour. The most notable dish is the signature Hunan dish called 左宗棠鷄 (Zhor Zhong Tang chicken).
Unfortunately Hunan cuisine isn't that popular in HK. Since I seldom visited Guang Zhou, I almost forgot this cuisine. Glad that Maxim's Hunan Garden has been relocated to Taikooshing. A few days right after its opening, we got to come here for a try. Apparently Hunan Garden and most other Maxim's Chinese restaurants have been on a constant improvement. This one is much better than that of when it was in Central. No wonder it is quite full even during weekdays. Highly recommended their chilled beef slice, stir fried veggie with egg in wrap, stir fried pepper chicken (I'm impressed that they used fresh chicken for this hot and spicy dish, as most restaurants use frozen chicken because they think the hot and spicy flavour will cover up the frozen meat texture and flavour). Their pear with red bean paste (dessert) is also a must-try.
2 comments:
The dessert of pear and red bean looks delicious.
Never tried this.
Yes, it's a lovely one, in terms of the presentation and taste.
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