Smelly Tofu (臭豆腐) at Prince Edward (太子), Hong Kong

After my lunch in Golden Bull Vietnamese Cuisine with my aunt. I took my cousin Selina's boyfriend's advise and took the MTR to Prince Edward (太子) station to look for one of the few shops that is still selling smelly tofu (臭豆腐) in Hong Kong. Smelly tofu is getting rare in this Special Administrative Region due to the public complaining and a very strict enforcement that street peddler that is selling smelly tofu disappear from the street.

It's quite easy to find the shop that sell smelly tofu. Take the MTR to Prince Edward station，I forgot which exit, so before you come out from the station, you check the map and look for Tung Choi Street (通菜街) and see which exit to take. The shop is just along Tung Choi Street. You'll know that you reached Tung Choi Street if you see there are a lot of shops selling aquarium and fish.

You will not miss the big 臭豆腐 hanging above the shop.

I know I came to the right place for smelly tofu when I saw that Chua Lam/Choi Lan (蔡瀾) also likes the smelly tofu here.

There are three sauces you can put on your smelly tofu here. Chili sauce, bean paste sauce and sweet sauce. I like to mixed all three sauces together, which is call 'wan jiong', which also sounds like trouble maker in Cantonese.

The smelly tofu (HKD 6 per piece) here is freshly deep fried, so it's still very crunchy but soft inside. Marinated to perfection. Put in my "wan jiong" and it's perfect. If not for the smell, I might not find this shop at all because my cousin Selina's boyfriend didn't really remember where is the shop lol.

Smelly tofu is not the only street food here. There's also curry fish ball and super spicy fish ball.

There are also street dim sum like siu mai,, fen cheong, loh mei, and beef ball.

Address:

Delicious Food (美味食店)
Tung Choi Street (通菜街), Prince Edward, Hong Kong, 太子水渠道30-32號A美星樓地下10號舖
Tel: +852 2142 7468


After I finished the smelly smelly tofu, I wanted to eat something cold. So, I walk along Nullah Road and found the Mister Softee truck just after the petrol station.

Mister Softee ice-cream is one of those food that you must not miss when you are in Hong Kong.

Golden Bull Vietnamese Restaurant, Hong Kong

A day before my trip with Elaine and Aaron to Lin Heung Tea House (蓮香樓) in Central District. I met up with my aunt (Elaine's mum) in Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui for lunch. We went to Golden Bull Vietnamese Restaurant (金牛宛). I still remember that my aunt brought me and my sister to dine at the same restaurant when we were visiting during 1998.

The restaurant now has shifted to a shop with a great view of Victoria Harbour. It is good to make reservation when eating in Hong Kong, especially popular eatery like Golden Bull. Hence, we were able to get a nice windows seating.

Victoria Harbour

I had pear tea to sooth my dry throat. The air in Hong Kong can be very dry.

Pear tea.

Even though Golden Bull is a Vietnamese restaurant but I think there's a bit of French influence in the cuisine. Hence, there's the monthly special avocada and crab meat salad. As, I've blog before, I can't resists avocado. :p

Avocado with crab meat salad.

My aunt ordered some of the Golden Bull popular dishes, such as

Fried net spring roll.

The fried net spring roll is very good.

Roasted chicken.

Sorry, I forgot what's the name of the dried vegetable under the roasted chicken. The roasted chicken got the taste from this dried vegetable. Lovely.

Lemongrass Pork Ribs.

Ah, the lemongrass pork ribs is a bliss. Nicely marinated.

Sugarcane prawn.

One of the signature dish in Golden Bull and I personally recommend this to you all. The sugarcane prawn is very good. The minced prawn meat absorb the natural sweetness of the sugarcane, combined with the prawn taste. Such wonderful combination.

Season vegetable on sheung tong.

Have to eat some green to balance the meaty feast lol.

My beef pho.

Personally, I think the beef pho here is so-so only. If in Malaysia, I'll go to Pho Hoa for a bowl of beef pho goodness.

Cold chicken mee hoon. (I just simply blast a name)

Vietnamese kuih. This is very nice too.

Thank you Aunt Flora for such a great lunch. Oh, by the way, there were 4 of us that finished the food if you are thinking how can two people able to finished all those food.

Golden Bull Veitnamese Restaurant is really a very good Vietnamese restaurant in Hong Kong that's been operating for 25 years. I think that's why it's my aunt's favourite Vietnamese restaurant. The price here is a bit high due to the nice location in Harbour City I guess. (Nice location means high rental) Still, it's nice to dine here once in a while.




Address:

Golden Bull Vietnamese Cuisine
1/F Ocean Centre
Tsimshatsui
Tel 2730 4866

Other branches:

Golden Bull Vietnamese Cuisine
11/F Food Forum
Times Square
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2506 1028

Golden Bull Vietnamese Cuisine
Level 7
Grand Century Place
Prince Edward Rd West
Kowloon
Tel 2628 9288

I'm going to the Gatsby Deodorant Street Fair

Boys and girls. Marked your calendar, PDA, iPhone, notebook or buku 555 and make sure that you are free on 17th April 2010 from 10 am till 5pm. Why?

Well, if you are interested in winning prizes like various cool gadgets worth up to RM 15,000 just by doing lucky draw then you must go to Ground Floor, Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur on 17th April. It's the Gatsby Deodorant Street Fair! Not only there will be lucky draws. There will also be games like Sumo Wrestling (in air bag suits!), gladiator battles and other amusing and addictive games you would expect at a fun-fair!

I don't know about you but I'll be there to try my luck on the lucky draw and of course to try to be a Sumo Wrestler. It will be a fun-filled Saturday! Come, come, come. Details below:

Gatsby Deodorant Street Fair

Date: 17th April 2010
Time: 10am till 5pm
Venue: Front Foyer, Ground Floor, Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur.