Hong Kong Food Culture is a Hong Kong cuisine inspired eating establishment in Low Yat Plaza, KL. There is a large photo of a street scene in Hong Kong as well as the eatery name printed along the side of the restaurant (which is closed off - the main entrance is further down the mall). I went there for a late lunch earlier today.
The main entrance is a small doorway situated in the front of the Hong Kong Food Culture restaurant. There is an average looking middle aged woman standing in front of the entrance, either contemplating the meaning of life or more likely the special of the day, which is Duck Rice with Ribena for RM 4.90.
This is the interior of Hong Kong Food Culture. I thought that the name is rather unusual for an eating establishment, but it seems to fit the general theme of the interior design. The walls are adorned with a large wall sized photo of the Hong Kong skyline. The place seems to be quite popular and there are various patrons inside ranging from high school students to middle aged couples.
I started out with HK French Toast (RM 3.90 not including the 15% surcharge). It's the similar dessert produced by Kim Gary's. The Hong Kong French Toast (as I like to call it) is made popular by Kim Gary and it's a sinfully delicious version of French Toast with a generous slice of melting butter and golden syrup. It's best eaten when it's served, while it's piping hot and swimming in melted butter.
The HK style French Toast differs from conventional French Toast due to the innovative usage of peanut butter inside the HK French Toast. It's not made in single slices like French Toast but with two slices of bread with peanut butter inside and batter coating the outside, and it's deep fried before being served with melted butter. The Hong Kong Food Culture implementation is comparable to Kim Gary's, though subjectively the latter tastes better, if only slightly.
I had the highly recommended Baked Seafood Rice (RM 12) for the main dish, which was served in a clay pot with the contents tightly wrapped in foil to keep the baked rice and seafood ingredients warm.
The baked seafood rice contains creamy rice topped with all sorts of seafood ingredients such as prawns, mussels, squid, fish pieces, egg and bits of ham.
The creamy rice came out perfect - the baked seafood rice has a rich creamy taste that's just wonderful!
I also ordered Egg in Boiled Fresh Milk (RM 3.50) coz it sounded unusual. It looks like normal milk...
...but the fresh warm milk has an egg cracked into it that makes the entire drink taste like a rich, non-alcoholic egg nog.
It makes the milk thicker and richer, which went down very well as an unsweetened dessert drink. The texture is akin to creamy milk.
Hong Kong Food Culture Review is a great place for casual HK cuisine in KL. It offers an alternative to the Kim Gary chain of restaurants.
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