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🌟 Extremely Hard to Reserve One-Star Michelin Chinese Restaurant🌟 💰$1,800 - $2,500💰 🦆 Lipu Smoked Duck Box ❣️ Based on honeycomb fried taro dumplings, with the filling changed to duck meat. Uses taro from Lipu, Guangxi, steamed and mashed into a paste for the outer skin. The fried honeycomb is fluffy with a golden crispy crust, crispy on the outside, with a soft and smooth taro and jicama filling that emits a strong smoky flavor and rich duck oil aroma. Paired with a special osmanthus sauce with hints of wine fragrance, sweet but not greasy, balancing the oiliness of the taro paste. Rich layers of flavor, fresh and aromatic, crispy and delicious. 🍈 Crab Roe Pomelo Peel Winter Melon ❣️ Crab roe comes from a tiny freshwater crab, thumb-sized, with extremely fresh roe. Winter melon is cooked in crab juice and broth, subtly infusing seafood flavor into the melon; pomelo peel is cooked in rich fish broth. The bottom layer is winter melon, the middle layer pomelo peel, topped with crab roe sauce and egg roe sauce. The winter melon's sweetness and soft texture, the pomelo peel's fragrant tenderness without residue, though slightly bitter, highlight the rich crab freshness. The overall light and rich flavors complement each other perfectly. 🐟 Taiwanese Style Fermented Red Bean Curd Salted Fish Stinky Tofu Uses Taiwanese fermented bean curd with a mild fermentation flavor. Stinky tofu is mashed and mixed with salted fish and pepper, reshaped into cubes, then deep-fried. The coating is light and fluffy, with a fine texture inside and rich aroma. Served with special chili sauce and seafood sauce, full of Taiwanese flavor. 🥣 Fish Rice Congee with Shrimp Roe and Geoduck ❣️❣️ Smooth rice porridge cooked with geoduck slices, infusing the essence of geoduck into the congee. Geoduck is fresh and crisp; the congee base is delicate and smooth, paired with shrimp roe and shrimp oil for a salty, fragrant, and ultimate fresh taste. 🐷 Charcoal-Grilled Thick-Cut Char Siu Soul-Stirring Rice ❣️❣️ Specially uses the first cut of pork shoulder, very tender with fine fibers and evenly distributed fat. Thick-cut char siu with a perfect fat-to-lean ratio, imbued with the fragrance of honey buds and a faint rose dew aroma. Bright color, overflowing aroma, caramelized surface, sweet honey glaze. Crispy edges with a runny fried egg, rich egg yolk flowing into the white rice, each grain blending perfectly. The name "Soul-Stirring" is well deserved. 🦀 Chicken Oil and Huadiao Wine Steamed Flower Crab ❣️ Aromatic chicken oil with golden shimmering egg liquid broth. Fresh flower crab meat is plump, firm, and sweet; crab roe is smooth, rich, and fragrant. The ratio of Shaoxing Huadiao wine to chicken oil is just right, with added kelp and clam broth to enhance umami layers. The Huadiao wine flavor is mellow, with a lingering sweetness in the mouth. The ester aroma perfectly blends with the fresh sweetness of the flower crab. Each strand of rice noodle absorbs the essence of the steamed flower crab broth. The only downside is the broth is a bit scanty 🥹 🪿 Oak-Smoked Black-Footed Goose ❣️ Selected famous San Zhou black goose, marinated thoroughly, then oak-smoked. The skin is crispy and translucent, amber caramel color, with a fragrant fruitwood aroma. Less fatty but still moist and tender with rich meat juice. The smoky aroma perfectly balances the greasiness. 🍲 Dried Scallop and Salted Pork Braised Eel Claypot Rice ❣️❣️ The moment the claypot lid is lifted, steam rises with an overwhelming aroma. Yellow eel meat is tender, slow-cooked to retain rich juices. Combined with dried scallops and homemade salted pork, the savory flavors naturally blend into the rice. Each grain of rice is distinct with golden crispy crust, drizzled with local Kowloon Soy Sauce. Rich and flavorful, leaving a lasting fragrance and unforgettable aftertaste, a must-eat in autumn and winter. Dining Tips✨ ▪️ New menu reduced to 70% of previous dishes ▪️ Changed to reservation-only set menu ▪️ Although online reservations are available, regular customers have mostly booked most of the time Taste👅: 4.45/5 ❤️ Fresh ingredients, traditional yet innovative interpretation Environment🏠: 4.00/5 Service🗣️: 3.94/5 Repeat Rate: 4.08/5 ❤️ Hard to reserve but worth trying ⏰Tue - Sun 12:00 - 15:00 ｜18:00 - 23:00 📍 3rd Floor, The Wellington, 198 Wellington St, Central Recommended