Thursday, July 2, 2009

Dumbo: Gourmet Extraordinaire - #13: Sweet Potato Fries with Sour Plum Flavor

This would be the second time this blog is featuring a Mommy Wang dish. The first time was when I wrote about their "Tiger Biting Pig" (虎咬猪) last year.

If you go eat at Mommy Wang's, there is one thing that you must try: Sweet Potato Fries with Sour Plum Flavor (香梅薯条).

Juicy sweet potato wedges are fried to a delicious crisp, then sprinkled with their secret concoction of sour plum powder. The yummy deliciousness scores a perfect 10 on my palate.


The orangish wedges in the middle are the subject of discussion here. The yellowish wedges on the left are Potato Fries with Seaweed Flavor (海苔薯条) (fried potato wedges sprinkled with seaweed and "secret flavorings"), which is also very nice (another must-try), especially if you are one of those people who prefer milder tastes in life. Its flavor is not as strong as the former dish, but it has this very nice seaweed aftertaste that will make you reach out for more.

That fried chicken thingy on the right is forgettable, to be honest, but that bowl of noodle was quite OK. However, if you want something filling, it is not their noodle dishes that you should order; instead, I would recommend that you go there on weekdays during lunch hours, when they serve (as their lunch sets) rice with not two, and not three, but FOUR side dishes (on top of a main dish of chicken or fish), plus a free drink.

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