007 - Islam food
Ok! Everybody keep telling me I must try Islam food they are just so good, their beef patty are a bomb! I never make up my mind to go, cause Islam food is so far away from me! I freaking live in Yuen Long, do I want to go all the way to Kowloon city for a patty? Well, after I tried the answer is no.
Maybe I have high expectation for the beef patty, cause I heard lots of good words for them! Maybe I went to the wrong shop, cause their are two Islam food in Kowloon city! I trusted google, I think google will take me to the right place! But I probably won’t want to go back again, the patty are just ok.
I went in on a weekday no line food served fast, almost too fast! The patties brought to my table, I am excited to take a first bite of the most famous patty in Hong Kong. And the patty just exploded on me, juice was everywhere on the table I was busted! The first thing I know was the patty did not cook to order, I think they were pre-cooked. So the patty was not hot, it was warm instead! I will be honest if it was hot I will be making a freaking scene in Islam food restaurant, a Chinese girl bite into a beef patty and she burn her face off juice is every where, dramatic!
Let’s talk about the “famous” beef patty, I admit that it did give me surprise the explosion part was legit! But it has no flavor very mild, the skin of the patty is not my favorite. I have talked with my friend, she tried the beef patty years ago she said it was amazing the cumin was so strong and the patty had the gamey taste of the beef, just perfect! I got nothing like she described, my patty had the explosion that’s it! The bottom part of the patty skin is gummy and doughy, I mean they did not cook to order so it will not be crispy! And inside the patty they contain lot of hot juice, so some part of the dough will be immerse in hot juice. When some dough immersed in hot juice for a while it will be gluey, doughy just unpleasant to eat. Imagine eating a bun which has soaked in water for 10 mins, or instant noodle sit in the soup for 10 mins, disgusting. The upper part of the patty skin is thin, but the bottom where they do the nod to close that patty, is like chewing on a mushy soak up dough!
My combo came with a bowl of beef noodles, so so nothing to talk about! So, over all the “famous” beef patty did give me some motive to try making a beef patty, which taste like what my friend described. Will I recommend this restaurant, no I won’t recommend especially for the new territories people, it does not worth our time travel all the way for an explosion.
Some of you who followed me in Instagram might already have seen me doing a make over of the beef patty, I did try several times and different method. The recipe will be upload later in the following weeks, I promise!
