After an obviously mediocre meal of wanton noodles, the little darling and I decided to drown our disappointment by enjoying desserts in the Sam Shui Po area. One thing I have learned from all my previous trips to HK, is that the desserts here are truly amazing and they clearly part of the HK dining culture. Dessert shops here are mostly filled with people of all ages especially at night. Luk Lam clearly was not lacking in fans that day. There was a queue for takeaways and the tables inside were packed. In fact, they even have an established Facebook fan page! And from what I have seen, lots of check-ins and a good amount of fans on it too!
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My usual dessert :
The dessert which I ordered was a mix of mango, sago and pomelo fruit! Generous servings of mango paired with a sure win combination made this dessert a winner for me. Always is!
As for darling…
Dinner sucked? No worries! EAT ALL THE DESSERT! Yeap that’s right, the mango pudding, durian pancake and a red bean soup mixed with tau fu fah! Even the couple who shared table with us thought we were nuts when they saw what we ordered!
By the time we were done, the mango pudding came out the obvious winner out of the three with their pudding having the right amount of sweetness and taste. The additional milk was spot on as it went really well with the flavours of the pudding! As for the durian pancake, the generosity of Luk Lam in putting the fruit in did help make this dessert worth the money but as a person familiar with the king of fruits, the quality of durian used was deplorable. Instead of being creamy and rich, it was unripe and crunchy. Could have been a lot better! And the worse one that night was the red bean soup with tau fu fah! Red bean soup was unenthusiastic. Bitter orange peel was horrible. Not to mention their tau fu fah (bean curd dessert) was rough in comparison to the ones we had before. Honestly, I would never eat that dessert ever again! I guess it just was not my type!
Overall, this is the right place for mango type desserts like the one pudding and soup I ordered. But I was also told that their black sesame desserts are delicious as well. Regardless, I would never come here for either the red bean soup or tau fu fah again. Definitely have them written off my list!
Stuffed to the brim? Checked! Satisfied? Checked!
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