At times, you find a gem of a restaurant at the most unlikely place. Kwan Kee Claypot Rice was one of those finds. I was in the area one night with two friends looking for a second dinner (yes, we are gluttonish that way) when I remembered, hey, I had a dinner here before. Along one of those small alleys by the road side.
An unhygienic dinner spot? Perhaps. But good food is good food is good food.
So off we went in the rain and within seconds we found the place.
We noticed that the food of choice must be steamboat. But we weren’t in the mood for such heavy stuff, so we opted for a soup and claypot rice, shared between the three of us.
Edible Frogs & Preserved Sausage With Rice in Claypot (HK$62)
It came as a surprise that one of my dinner buddies for the night, a true blue German, was NOT squirmish in trying out frog legs. I mean, at the best of time, frog legs are an acquired taste, especially for the common gweilo (I used the term very loosely here). We tucked in to this dish with gusto. The legs tasted like, well, chicken, though well cooked ones at that. The preserved sausage was excellent, though I am do enjoy sausages of all kinds, preserved or otherwise. But as a combination, it was just an alright rice claypot. I missed the “burned” rice layer at the bottom of the pot, but we were too stuffed to reach that part.
It was our second dinner for the night, remember?
