chef hung

So, I need to be a better blogger since I've had these photos for months, that's right, months. Terrible indeed. 

So over the summer I went to Chef Hung's in Aberdeen Mall with B. Chef Hung is a Taiwanese Beef Noodle House, touted, by the restaurant, as award winning and we decided that would be fools if we didn't try it. 

 You can tell that they spent money into the decor. The wooden accents are quite nice. 

 

 The display was directly to the left of entrance -- on display are their recommended dishes. And Hai's to my reflection and LOL to B's crossed arms.

 

A close up of their Champion beef shank with noodle in spicy sauce. I didn't chose this dish for my meal...I don't know what my reasoning was, but in hindsight, I should have chosen their award winning dish.

 

 So B and I first started off with the Marinated Beef in Crispy Pancake. Many Taiwanese places offer this dish on their menu -- marinated beef in a crispy pancake with green onions, possibly cucumber and oyster sauce. Some places do it sub-par others are good but Chef Hung's was different and good. The pancake was crispy and it was not too oily at all! and there just the perfect amount of green onions for the pancake to have a kick. An interesting thing with the beef was that I tasted alcohol and according to B (who is Taiwanese), that is the correct method of marinating it.

Onto our mains; B ordered a rice dish, I believe it was the chicken nuggets on rice and he gave me a bit to try. The dish was good but I went to Chef Hung's to try their noodles, not rice! 

Now we go to the pictures that we have all been waiting for, the beef brisket with noodle in tomato soup. It is odd that when I look at their menu online I do not see this dish, but it is what I ordered -- see the tomatoes in the soup?!

The noodles were perfect -- not too soggy or undercooked.

 

And then the meal was concluded with a series of very unflattering photos of me that I will not post.  

Overall, Chef Hung serves as place that serves good Taiwanese noodle house that does not feel like a hang out for the younger crowed (ie. the late night bbt crowd, you know who I'm talking about). The place is clean and there is tons of free parking in the mall. Although one drawback is that their prices are more expensive compared to other Taiwanese noodle houses, around $10 CAD per bowl, but in my opinion, it is worth it.