Eve Notebook - Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe

It seems I am more destined to find good desserts these days.

For folks who like Hong Kong food, take a look at 6 month old Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe over at Cineleisure. The menu left us bursting with excitement as there was something we wanted to eat on every page, a NUMBER of things on some pages in fact. Even before the food had arrived, we have decided to come back many more times to try everything.

The menu had everything from thick toast to noodle soup to shanghainese rice and snow ice. The reason for this is because they operate to 3am from Mondays to Thursdays and 24 hours over weekend! You could have every meal there!

In true Hong Kong fashion, the restaurant had its own "Four Heavenly Kings" - Mango Snow Ice, Crab Congee, Crab Fried Bee Hoon and Pork Chop Spaghetti. We will try them all someday. After all, who doesn't want a date with the four heavenly kings?

My friend had ordered the Diced Pork Mee Sua and me the absolute Chye Por Egg fan tried the Soup Noodle with Chye Por Egg and Pork Floss. On the side was Kailan with Wasabi Sauce. Yeah you heard me right - wasabi sauce. The Kailan came on a small hill of ice with a bowl of sauce with taste like a mixture of soya sauce and wasabi. This simple dish was truly surprising as the cold crunchy Kailan sent an exhilarating shock up your head with a dip in the sauce. Absolutely refeshing. However, as much as I liked this dish, it may have worked my taste buds so much that after that I had difficulty tasting the other food. Nonetheless. its a dish to try.

The lack of taste did not deter me from enjoying dessert which was Mango Snow Ice aka one of the Heavenly Kings. The tall hill of soft shaved ice was showered with a generous serving of mango puree and condensed milk, topped with small cubes of firm, sweet mango and finally a dollop of mango ice cream to sit on top of the yellow mountain. Think Ice Kacang with loads of mango and mango ice cream. The combination of sweet ice with bites of mango was heavenly indeed. We enjoyed it so much we finished it even though we were full and shivering from our cold indulgence.

I really loved it when they served our drinks in cold metal mugs. It keeps the drink cold and feels good to drink from it :)

The mood of the place was generally lively and I will definitely be back to try the MANY other stuff on the menu...and a date with the Heavenly Kings of course.