太平館餐廳 Tai Ping Koon Restaurant ~ 150411

We headed to the restaurant, 太平館餐廳 Tai Ping Koon Restaurant that Bestie recommended for our dinner. This restaurant serves up Western dishes infused with the local taste. It is apparently famous for its Swiss Chicken, Roasted Pigeon & Baked rice stuff! We had a hard time finding this place as it was located in one of the small lanes (which even the locals had trouble finding themselves let alone to direct us!). Haha, however, being the smarties we managed to find the place! Look at the old building that it was in! If without the neon signboard, I doubt it was eye catching at all. FYI, do not underestimate this restaurant! It was established in 1860 & had a long standing history of 150 years & still counting!!! Since it has managed to survive for decades & centuries (almost!), I can't wait to see for myself the quality of food they served! ;)

太平館餐廳 Tai Ping Koon Restaurant

Established since 1860! *WOW*

Look at the Opening hours 

We reached there at around 605pm and the restaurant was pretty empty. However, we saw quite a number of tables with the reservation signs. Luckily we were here early as by the time our food was served, the crowd was slowly streaming in & when we were done an hour later, there was a long queue forming outside! The minute I saw the interior of this place, it reminded me of the Shashlik restaurant in SG (which I wrote sometime back). There was no fanciful decor & the furnishings were kept simple. Even the waiters (hehe, we did not see any waitresses here at all) were of the matured group. Everything seemed so old school here!

Old school right? ;)

Roasted pigeons on the wall ;)

That's how old this restaurant is! 

Since we reckoned the portion would be rather big & we were not too hungry, we ordered a dinner set to share which came with a seafood soup, swiss chicken & baked rice. We were first served with the hot cross bun (yes, still piping hot!) The bun was soft and the outer layer was pretty crispy. We like! :)

Haha favourite hot cross bun ;)

The seafood soup was in a tomato based broth & it was rather rich in taste. There were quite a number of ingredients in there as well for e.g. fish slices, prawns, crab meat (& I mean REAL crab meat) & some shell fish! What I like about the soup was that it was served piping hot & the ingredients used were really fresh & generous!

Seafood soup

This meal took us like an hour (not because we were taking our own sweet time but...rather, we had to wait very long for the food to be served). We waited for at least half an hour before the Swiss chicken came. Hehe, during this time, since we were so restless, we were camera whoring! LOL. The chicken wings were soaked in black sauce & there was 2 broccoli that came along with it as side garnish ;) The smell was so fragrant (guess by the time it was served, our tummies were growling thus that explained why everything looked & smelled good! *chuckled*). I must say that the wait was definitely worthwhile! The chicken meat was juicy & succulent and the black soy sauce has simply gone into the meat (really well marinated!). The Swiss chicken was meant to have a sweet taste so for those of you (like my bestie) who prefer a saltier version, you may not like it that much as I do! ;)

Famous Swiss Chicken

Least we did not have to wait another 30 mins for the baked rice to arrive, it came about 10 mins after we were done with the chicken. The baked rice was not what as I had imagined it to be. I thought it was going to be those creamy sauce type with a thick layer of cheese on top of it. I must say this baked rice turned out to a very PLEASANT surprise! The sauce was yummy & I loved how those tomatoes melted in the mouth! Beneath those tomatoes were....big chunky slices of pork chop (which I forgot to take peek of as we were too engrossed in eating!LOL). Despite the chunkiness of the meat, the pork chops were really tender & retained the juiciness of it! It went very well with the rice, tomatoes & sauce! To be honest, I am not a big fan of baked rice but this one totally won me over! We finished it in no time! *Slurped*

Baked rice!

Woo, I forgot to mention that the set came with a dessert & drink too! The dessert for the day (I presume everyday is the same, haha) was the small piece of old fashioned looking cake! I was commenting to YP that I had these cakes when I was young when there was a happy occasion in the family for e.g. people getting married or newborn's 1st month! Really brought me down memory lane! How nostalgic! Aww.... =)

Old fashioned looking cake!

I loved this hot lemon tea drink! The tea was brewed and the lemon gave it a citrus fragrance & taste. Comforting drink to end off a good hearty meal!

Hot Lemon tea drink

By the time we are done, the restaurant was fully packed! This meal cost us HKD197 (SGD32.30) & we totally enjoyed it. I would definitely recommend you to pay this restaurant a visit if you are looking for good authentic Swiss chicken & lovely baked rice! ;)

We visited the one at 19 -21 Mau Lam Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.

They have 3 other branches at:

- 40 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon
- 6 Pak Sha Road, Causeway Bay, Hongkong
- 60 Stanley Street, Central, Hongkong

You can also visit their website, http://www.taipingkoon.com/.