Posted by Bone at February 24th, 2008



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This was really nice, the restaurant actually had a queue to get in, but every so often being a single diner is actually a good thing and I got to skip ahead past the families.

Broken rice is basically old rice that has been treated in some way to make it tasty, then topped with what seemed to be an onion and beef mixture, with a porkchop on the side that had been subtly spiced with lemongrass, and then there were a couple of sliced of fritata on the side, which were cold but still pretty good. I also got a drink called ‘mut thum’ that I think was soda water with bits of pineapple at the bottom and some citrus zest.

This restaurant also gave me an exciting moment when I got to speak cantonese for the first time. I asked a waitress where the toilets were, and she didn’t understand, so I said “chi saw?” and she pointed me in the right direction. I’m practically fluent!

Total cost: HK$103, or about £6.