I cant remember how i got to know about this place, but it happened to be 1 of the places in my food list which i started compiling from eons ago, so decided to give it a try for today's dinner. Apparently it has a pretty long history selling Ipoh hor fun (think smooth thin hor fun strips parboiled before having a thick sauce lathered over them) and tends to steer towards the Cantonese style of cuisine for their other dishes.
Lee Tong Kee special lime juice and barley
Pardon me, but i cant find the "special" part of the lime juice?!
Lee Tong Kee Special Hor Fun ($4.80)
They have various types of hor fun, ranging from the normal chicken/prawn to KL style and Tanjong Pagar style hor fun (dun ask me when did Tanjong Pagar have its own style of hor fun) and i decided to try their House Special instead, which consists of prawn, chicken and vegetables. Well, I won't deny that their hor fun is pretty smooth and glides down your throat easily, but the sauce is abit too thick to comfortably coat all the hor fun strips, and there is a lack of wok hei which you normally expect in Cantonese style dishes. In addition, its not exactly considered cheap when you can get a slightly bigger portion at less than $4 in hawker centres and food courts.
Claypot ginger duck ($10)
We were deciding between trying their homemade soups or hot dishes, before deciding on this claypot dish. However, I was pretty disappointed. The portion is pretty small for the price and most of the duck pieces were bony ones with very few meat on them. In addition, it pretty much tastes like a normal braised duck. Will never order this dish again.
HK steamed egg with ginger ($3)
This is the 1st time i tried this dessert as i rarely order things with ginger in them, and although i find the ginger taste pretty prominent, the sweetness of the steamed egg helped to balance out some of the spicy ginger., and the egg custard is pretty smooth too. After the disappointing duck, this dessert is not too bad at all.
I dunno if i would go back again as i feel that the dishes are a little over priced (granted, you pay for the aircon and service), especially since there are much more good food in nearby Chinatown.
Lee Tong Kee Ipoh Hor Fun
278 South Bridge Road
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