Hong Kong Street Chun Tat Kee

Hong Kong Street Chun Tat Kee has been a favourite for the GF for many years, and looking at the popularity of the place, I can see how they’ve built their reputation.
However… like most XO Fish Head Bee Hoon places who received rave reviews, they too are on a downward spiral and judging by what we had last night? A very quick spiral.
Maybe once I get try the fish head Bee Hoon, my impression of this place might change, but for this review, I’m concentrating on the Tze Char that we had ordered.
Baby Kailan
I love Baby Kailan. As long as it’s not cooked to death, I’m usually not too fussy with the dish. The initial impression was great! Bright green, it showed that the Kailan’s were well cooked, however, one taste and all that happiness went out the window.
Completely tasteless, the dish barely tasted of anything. Clearly the dish had a sauce but it tasted like starchy water. Even the taste of garlic was absent.
Hotplate Venison
Probably the only dish we had that decent, except for the fact that the Sizzling Hot Plate… wasn’t sizzling.
Venison itself was properly cooked and the sauce was tasty but there wasn’t really an oomph about it.
Cereal Prawns
I’m at a complete lost for words… And not in a good way. There was minimal Cereal. Cereal was soaked in oil and resembled wet sand. The portion had shrunk drastically and the price had been jacked up ($ 16 for 6 prawns). Although the flavour was decent… The oil made it feel like a heart attack on a plate.
It was disappointing that their standards had dropped so drastically, especially since they raised prices
($ 18 for venison, $ 16 for prawn and $ 7 for kailan). The saving grace of our dinner? Brother (兄弟) Rojak. But that’s another review for another day.
Although not the worst Tze Char, it certainly missed the mark in terms of tze char satisfaction.

The wait was long but totally worth it. I ordered the fish meat thick bee hoon soup. The milk in the soup wasn’t overpowering and it was sweet to the taste. The fish meat was also very thick and tender. The noodles were al dente and easy to eat. Good buy for $ 6!