KYUNG BOK PALACE

The Combo’s always the best deal if you ask me!

LATE NIGHT NOSHING AT THE RICHMOND SUMMER NIGHT MARKET

Spicy Grilled Squid Tentacles

MEI JAN HONG SINGAPORE BEEF & PORK JERKY, RICHMOND

What do M&M's and Beef Jerky have in common?

They were both prominently on display at Aberdeen Mall.  The M&M's were not edible though.

GUU IN ABERDEEN CENTRE

I don't eat things that stare back at me! 

Stomach relished it though.  He ate my sweet prawn sashimi. 

We have passed by this restaurant many a time and chosen instead Bebe’s favourite next door, Northern Delicacy.

Today for lunch, we decided to try something new and this Guu, located in Aberdeen Centre Mall looked promising.

Grilled Black Cod. Topped with garlic chips. mmm.

Lunch Combo #4.

CATTLE CAFE, RICHMOND

Deep Fried Ginger Garlic Wings.  This side dish is what it’s all about.

We’re back here again! to try a couple more dishes and variations of the fish soup.  Just to make sure it was as good as we thought it was.  Yup.  It was.

SHI-ART CHINESE CUISINE, RICHMOND

Gai lan with ginger sauce. Rating: 6/6

Tender choice cuts of gai lan in a flavourful ginger sauce.

MONGOLIAN LITTLE SHEEP HOT POT, RICHMOND

Potstickers.  Rating:  6/6

Homemade skins and a large portion of plump pork filling make these potstickers yummy.  These dumplings even have a good bit of soup in them making them similar to xiao long baus.  Make sure you’re careful biting into them and ensure you don’t miss  out slurping all that lovey broth!  I love the crispy sides of the skins contrasted with the succulent meat filling.  Great dish.

DEER GARDEN SIGNATURES, RICHMOND

Beefballs, Ham and ramen noodles in Fish Broth.  6/6      All this for just $7.50 (soup base, noodles, toppings and drink)!


Fried fish with tartar sauce (sidedish for extra $1.50) when you order the above soup combo.

CATTLE CAFE, RICHMOND

Fishball, ham and ramen in fish soup broth.  6/6  ($7.25 for soup base, toppings and noodles with drink).

RAINFLOWER RESTAURANT

Clam and shrimp dumpling.  Pretty.  Rating:  5/6

BONES, FINS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS: DIMSUM AT EMPIRE

Halibut with Ginger and Green Onion ($6.95).  If you like bones, fins, bellies and such things, you’ll love this.  The halibut was very fresh and there were plenty of meat chunks alongside the gelatinous fins and fish skin.  The belly parts were the best.  Halibut doesn’t have tiny bones (my peeve) so I found it particularly easy to navigate around the parts I don’t like to munch.   6/6.    Almost every table had a plate of halibut.  It’s in season and very good.

PEARL CASTLE, RICHMOND CENTRE

Pearl Milk Tea.  Rating:  5/6

I found the presentation in this honking big glass very nice.  I thought the milk tea was a bit too much on the “milky” side and would have wished for a stronger brew of tea.  Tapioca Bubbles were pretty good.

BAUHINIA, RICHMOND

Free range chicken (hoi naam gai).  Rating:  5/6

Stomach liked this dish.  I noticed it was plated nicely and had a good portion of the free range chicken and veg.  Stomach still likes Mui Garden’s free range chicken better simply because they have chickens with MORE MEAT.  However, this version was good.


Singapore Rice Vermicelli.  Rating:  5/6. 

Nice golden hue! I don’t like those versions that are only have a dash of curry and a sprinkling of meat and veg.  This version had an abundance of veg, shrimp, and bbq pork.  I don’t think it was hot and spicy enough…and it could have had more “wok fire”.  Very good though and I’d order it again just to make sure I liked it.


Kids’ meal.  Fried chicken wings, potato puffs and Spaghetti bolognaise.  Gee.  How can you go wrong with freshly fried chicken wings and those tater tots?  Bebe liked the kiddie plate.  She gave it a rating of 5/6.


Fish balls and fish cake on wonton noodle soup.  Rating:  3/6. 

Bib, poor thing had the noodle soup and this was the most disappointing dish of all.  She had to ask Bebe for some of her wings and potato puffs.  There was no depth to the broth and do you see the sprinkling of wilted shredded lettuce?  It looked so sad.   It didn’t taste all so good either.  

All in all, Bauhinia was a pretty good visit other than the soup noodle.  The plating was nicer than usual HK cafes, service was efficient and the place was comfortably decorated.  The kids were mesmerized by the big salt water tank full of fish on one wall where they spotted “Nemo”. 

Bauhinia is way off the beaten track for us and I don’t think we ever come this deep into Richmond that often.    If we find ourselves in this neck of Richmond, I think it’s worth another visit to try out some other dishes.

Bauhinia is located in a plaza and there’s parking out front in the lot.