Cloudland Chinese Cuisine 雲來軒 - ( Hong Kong)

  Thanks to MarshyFood for organizing this Bloggers Tasting Event with the boss of Cloudland Chinese restaurant - the Boss is himself professionally trained in Chinese Cuisine and Head Chef Bo is even more well known, for he has already appeared on a local TVB Cooking Competition Show (大廚出馬)and came home carrying multiple and quite heavy Gold & Silver Medals I must say, as we got a chance to hold them to know their actual weight!

 

 

Appetizer of Beans and Dried Shrimps -

 

蒜泥白肉 - Garlic & Chili Pork Slices
A modernized version, the pork was leaner than usual but quite tender.  There is no extra chili or cucumbers.  I liked this as it wasn't too powerful in garlic although purists will argue about it’s authenticity.    ~  7.5/10

 

 

 

胡麻鮮准山 - Chinese Yam in Sesame Sauce
Quite crunchy and refreshing, the chef actually added some acidity into the sesame sauce to ensure it's not too filling.  ~  8/10

丹山海蜇花 - Cold Jelly Fish Platter
Quite crunchy, with some bits of the Jelly Fish head attached  ~  8/10

大廚出馬水芺蓉生班球 - Steamed Egg White with Grouper Fish
An award winning dish. The egg white was super smooth and not watery, topped with a carrot juice. The fish was spot on cooked, but not too sweet. Could therefore be enhanced a bit by spring onions and ginger? ~  7/10

 

金沙龍皇伴太子 - Fried Minced Prawn and Hokkaido Scallop
This was the most anticipated yet disappointing dish. There wasn't much sauce or flavour of it's own. May be it could do with some Salt and Pepper or better still, a Salted Egg Yolk coating as that was what the name had me believe!   ~  5/10

 

 

 

日本花菇雞腳燉螺頭 - Soup of Japanese Shiitake, Conch and Chicken Feet
My soup was a bit-off as it was salty and only had chicken broth flavour. These are boiled individually for hours and since mine was off, I tried a few other people's ones and there's were much better  ~  6/10

 

 

椒蒜香煎安格斯牛肉 - Green Pepper & Garlic Stir Fried Angus Beef
Beef was a bit too 'tenderizer' affected for me, I can tell the beef quality wasn't bad so it didn't really need it. Beef flavour and the peppery/garlic sauce was spot on.

 

 

 

法邊豉椒蟶子皇 - Razor Clams in Black Bean Sauce and French Beans
Another totally addictive dish. The black bean sauce was perfectly tuned for balance, umami packed but not too salty. The French beans beneath it was a really nice touch. *The Muscle Foot is deliberately added by the Chef for texture, he said some customers think their crunch is 'sand', but it is actually part of his recipe.  ~ 8/10

 

 

亞保脆皮三黃雞 - Chef Bo's Crispy Skin Chicken
(Fresh Chicken, so must Pre-Book this. And You totally should!)
With the name of the Head Chef attached to a dish, it had better be good! It was actually really crispy with nice yellow chicken oil flavour. Totally what HK used to be famous for in the past - great tasting Yellow Skin Chicken for flavours.   ~  9/10

 

 

韮王上湯煎粉果配稻庭烏冬 - Fried Fan Gor in Chinese Chives Soup, Inaniwa Udon noodles
Due to the number of people eating, the noodles were slightly over-cooked and the Boss and Chef knew exactly what happened as he ate with us and will teach the staff re-heating them to improve their timing or change the way this novel dish is presented. I really liked this dish and creative idea, the Fan Gor dumplings were done so well and better than Fook Lam Moon's version, so was the dipping broth.   ~  7/10

 

 

 

萬壽椰香果 - Pawpaw Stuffed with Coconut Pudding
Someone said this looked good on the menu. It was quite interesting as a dessert. Not as strong as I anticipated but I would happily order this again as a light dinner!

 

 

 

Red Bean Soup with Aged Fruit Peels -
This had the ‘gritty’ sandy texture that everyone loves,  but surprisingly it has no individual red beans in it.  Some kitchens actually do this deliberately to prove that they managed to make it into the correct consistency – but most diners still preferred at least something to bite on. 

 

 

 

Price: Approx HKD $250 – $350 Per Person.
Ease of Access:   4/5  (MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station, Upstairs opposite Butao Ramen.)
Food:  Meal was by Invitation

Opening Hours -
Mon – Sun:  11am to 11pm

Address:  尖沙咀棉登徑17-23號華楓大廈1樓全層
1/F, Wah Fung Building, 17-23 Minden Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
Ph:  2722 0156