Wuanood @ Mahatun Plaza, Phloen Chit, Bangkok - วัวนู้ด @ มหาทุนพลาซ่า ถนนเพลินจิต กรุงเทพฯ

Cuisine: noodle (beef)

Map: Wuanood @ Mahatun Plaza, Phloen Chit, Bangkok - วัวนู้ด @ มหาทุนพลาซ่า ถนนเพลินจิต กรุงเทพฯ

Price: THB200 per person without alcohol (what we paid for)

Visited: 29 November 2014

Food: 5/10

Atmosphere: 5/10

Value for money: 2/10

Services: 5/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

Here is another high end beef noodle joint, "Wuanood". Setting aside its taste, Wuanood has recently, end of 2014, been launched at Mahatun Plaza on Phloen Chit Road by siblings of Hongsakul family. The place is small, only a block of commercial building, and can accommodate around 10 tables only. To me, it is a kind of place for those who work around Mahatun Plaza to have lunch. But if you would like to travel all the way here to taste it, BTS will do just fine with Phloen Chit station situated right there. Driving will also do with many parking lots. By the way, this place only operates during lunch time.

Wuanood @ Mahatun Plaza

store front

tiny little place

Menu here is mainly beef noodle with some choices of side dish. You will get a piece of paper to tick your preference. In brief, you just choose your kind of beef, noodle, stewed / soup, bean sprouts or not, toppings, and etc. Surely it is not cheap: say THB150 on average per bowl of noodle comparing to THB50 on elsewhere but of course with air conditioning.

noodle menu

savoury and drink menu

Guava Juice - น้ำฝรั่ง (THB30)

We did try both stewed noodle and noodle soup. I would say they were enjoyable but not particularly one worth looking for. Each bowl was quite small in fact. Come on, THB120 per bowl a base price for Thai-French sirloin, it should be a larger portion (5/10 perhaps). A normal guy would need like 3 bowls to satisfy for a meal. Ok, at least it is better than Nuer Koo - ร้านเนื้อคู่ at Siam Paragon / Silom Complex. What really disappointed was Crab and Glass Noodle Spring Roll - ป่อเปี๊ยะปู (2/10). This was sure not crab and glass noodle spring rool, I would say it was "glass noodle" spring roll. I barely felt any taste of crab. Oh crab. 

Anyway what I know at least is that whether or not you will like beef noodle here, indeed the owners of Hongsakul family are beautiful ones (O_o)". Try this place yourself to judge if you have time or pass by Mahatun Plaza.

Stewed Noodle with Sirloin Beef - เส้นเล็กแห้งสดเปื่อย (THB120)

Noodle Soup with Sirloin Beef - เส้นเล็กน้ำสด เนื้อกรอบ กากหมู (THB145)

Crab and Glass Noodle Spring Roll - ป่อเปี๊ยะปู (THB70)

Wuanood @ Mahatun Plaza, Phloen Chit, Bangkok - วัวนู้ด @ มหาทุนพลาซ่า ถนนเพลินจิต กรุงเทพฯ
Mahatun Plaza
888/56 Phloen Chit Road
Lumpini, Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330

Thailand

Open Hours: Mon - Sat from 11:00am - 04:00pm

Tel: +66 (0) 2650 7842
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wuanood

Mak's Noodle @ Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong - 麥奀雲吞麵世家 @ 禮頓道銅鑼灣香港

Cuisine: Chinese / Cantonese (Noodle)

Map: Mak's Noodle @ Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong - 麥奀雲吞麵世家 @ 禮頓道銅鑼灣香港

Price: HKD70 per person without alcohol (what we paid for)

Visited: 12 July 2014

Food: 7/10

Atmosphere: 3/10

Value for money: 8/10

Services: 3/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

Thinking of a quick noodle meal with delicious wonton in Hong Kong, Mak's Noodle may be one of the answer for you. Mak's Noodle is a specialist in noodle (obviously), wonton, and braised beef for over 40 years. There are quite a few shops in Hong Kong. However, this is the one on Leighton Road in Causeway Bay.

Here you pop in, take a quick meal, and off you go. Nothing really fancy here: no fancy looking food, no lovely and cool atmosphere, no kind staff to please you but only drooling noodle dish that will make you come back again.

First, you just need to have in mind whether you are looking for noodle in soup or tossed noodle, else no noodle at all. Then pick your favourite alongside ingredients: wonton, dumpling (similar to wonton but just a little fancier filling), beef brisket, beef tendon, pork, and etc. Within a few minutes, you order will be ready and off you go another few minutes to finish the dish. I personally love the wonton and beef tendon here. They can go pretty amazingly with either noodle in soup and tossed noodle. To make the meal more meaningful, I would recommend a side dish such as Beef Brisket and Beef Tendon and Chinese Kale with Oyster Sauce (soft and enjoyable) just like what we had.

The points about Mak's Noodle are ingredients and balance, I suppose. I have found that noodle was cooked at the right point (again as the Italian may say al dente), nice and yummy filling of wonton and dumpling were in generous portion, beef was braised until tender, and flavour of soup was rich but not overpowered. If I were to live in Hong Kong, I would sure be a regular customer here. On the pricing wise, this is not one of the cheapest joint for noodle but not ridiculously expensive (mostly in the range of HKD40 plus/minus). I would say it is valuable. Anyway, bon appetit if you have a chance to visit Mak's Noodle.

Wonton and Beef Tendon Noodle in Soup (HKD48)

Wonton Noodle in Soup (HKD34)

Wonton and Dumpling Soup (HKD38)

Tossed Noodle with Beef Brisket (HKD48)

Beef Brisket and Beef Tendon (HKD78)

Chinese Kale with Oyster Sauce (HKD25)

Mak's Noodle @ Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong - 麥奀雲吞麵世家 @ 禮頓道銅鑼灣香港
37 Leighton Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong

Open Hours: daily 10:00am - 11:00pm

Tel: +852 2893 0006

Yat Lok Restaurant @ Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong - 一樂燒鵝 @ 中環士丹利街香港

Cuisine: Chinese / Cantonese (roast meat)

Map: Yat Lok Restaurant @ Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong - 一樂燒鵝 @ 中環士丹利街香港

Price: HKD105 per person without alcohol (what we paid for)

Visited: 12 July 2014

Food: 9/10

Atmosphere: 3/10

Value for money: 9/10

Services: 3/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

Thinking of having Cantonese style roasted goose with crisp skin and juicy tender meat, I can assure you that Yat Lok does offer one of the best in Hong Kong and perhaps in the world. It is just a blog of commercial build on Stanley Street, Central Hong Kong (only a few buildings from Luk Yu Tea House). A few minutes walk from MTR Central station in fact. Yat Lok offers really good roasted meat from early morning but the goose is usually ready around 11am just before lunch time. Make sure you do arrive early to avoid queue and in consequence to avoid disappointment from goose running out.

If you are going to visit Yat Lok, just bear in mind that you are there for food and nothing else. It is a kind of old style venue where you are there for a quick good meal. Forget about lovely service, nice friendly words, or those hygienic routine. One thing I noticed is that the floor was somewhat slippery and I was not so sure how long since their properly floor wiping (T_T). Anyway believe me, just looking at those hanging roasted meats and you would already drool so forget all other factors and enjoy your roasts.

Yat Lok @ Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong

It was around 11am of Saturday lunch time when we were there and was lucky to be the first one to arrive around the period. So our food came pretty fast. We had only roasted goose (10/10), bbq pork and crispy belly pork (8/10), and vegetable with oyster sauce (5/10) which costed HKD22 (but forgot to take photo). These roasts went pretty well with both rice and noodle (both stewed and soup).

The roasted goose was the very best. So juicy, so sweet, so tender, and so flavourful. There is no need to make so hard effort at all to bite meat off the bone. It is hard to stop eating this and it is difficult not to fall in love with it. I personally love to have it with rice. A friend of mine also recommends to order a drum of goose and a drum of chicken to have with boiled rice for a satisfy combination. BBQ pork and crispy belly pork were as well delicious but not as spectacular as the roasted goose. It is worth an order but you may probably find this quality of bbq pork and crispy belly pork in other places in Hong Kong.

Anyway, have a go with this local style Yat Lok and you would probably forget the famous and well-known Yung Kee nearby. Bon appetit many more times.

roasted goose - half (HKD240)

wonderfully tender and juicy

bbq pork and crispy belly pork (HKD130)

stewed noodle (HKD25)

noodle in soup (HKD16)

Yat Lok Restaurant @ Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong - 一樂燒鵝 @ 中環士丹利街香港
34-38 Stanley Street
Central
Hong Kong

Open Hours: Mon-Fri 07:30am - 09:00pm and Sat-Sun 09:00am - 05:30pm

Tel: +852 2524 3882