China Town!

Fatties!

It has almost become synonymous to everyone that if you want good food for cheap at unholy hours, you go to your local China Town. No matter what anyone says, they always seem to have the best food, worst service and the cheapest price. The Chinese way of cooking is fast, using high pressure stoves and the all-famous wok! In the olden days they used to use coal to fire their woks, with the temperature almost impossible to manage their technique of quick cooking and flavors ingredients with fermented sauces. The fermented bean and fish sauces are the core flavours Chinese food. They also like the French like to incorporate alcohol in their cook. We know anything with booze and following french cooking is good. 

The oldest China Town in is Manila, the most famous probably San Francisco, New York or London. My favorite, has to be our dear Yawarat. Famed for its gold shops, gun shops and your occasional textile trader, Yawarat is where it’s at. Some of the oldest families who now rule Thailand have come from there. The food, I dare anyone to challenge; is some of the best in Thailand. Driving down with an old-timer almost every corner is famed for something or the other. The best noodle to the best tandoori chicken. They can tell you where all the goodies we eat and take for granted actually all stemmed from here.

On this of all days Mr. X had told me about a place with amazing fresh seafood, done in a very traditional Chinese style. See, Me and Mr .X had recently taken a trip to Penang in Malaysia where I had the chance of showing him REAL Chinese food! I sense his ego bruised but belly full he had nothing to say. Today however was his revenge. A notion of: anything you and do I can do better. To accompany us of this eventful day was Mr. H, an international man of mystery. Much cannot be written about him because of his super star status so let’s just leave it at that.

The traditional Chinese restaurant necessities. Cheap “MADE IN CHINA” Bowls to put your bones, ears and other extremities you decided not to eat. An interesting addition to sauce selection is Thai seafood sauce. Possibly the best combination of flavors to ever go with seafood. A spicy, sweet, and slightly sour sauce made by what I assume to be many green things, a seafood dinner without this is not a seafood dinner at all.

 Oyster Egg

A deep fried egg mixed with corn flour and water. Some spring onions added in for good measure. The sheer size of these oysters are mind boggling. They say oysters are an aphrodisiac. That could explain why there were so many Men with families/mistresses in the restaurant. The egg is fluffy and superbly seasoned. The oysters are fresh, huge and sweet. Like Viagra on steroids these will send blood rushing to all the important organs. 

 Fresh prawns steamed to perfection

Simple. Elegant. These bundles of joy are best eaten with the green magical seafood sauce. The natural sweetness of the prawns with the sauce is just divine. The prawns are so fresh you can taste the ocean in every bite.
Warning: If you are not skilled at peeling shrimp watch out. The heads will squirt out a strong smelling liquid with the force and surprise of  a mistimed ejaculation. 

 Mud Crab Steamed with Egg Whites 

This according to our waitress/prison warden is a small crab (she must be blind because it was massive). A unusual combination for a standard Chinese restaurant. We are usually used to eating the traditional curry crab or crab with black pepper. This, however is far better the both of those combined. The egg white preserves the sweetness of the crab with out corrupting the flavor  Absolutely brilliant. I would dare to say this is the best way to eat fresh crab. 

 Stir-Fry Shark Fin with Bean Sprouts and Egg

Usually this much talked about and frowned upon dish is done in a soup. This stir-fry however gives great justice to the great white who valiantly gave his life for my deliciousness. The bean sprouts add some texture and the eggs just bring the dish together perfectly. This dish is worth eating day in day out. But I am told there are not enough sharks to provide this, so it will remain a china town delicacy. 

Suckling Pig 

This for any decent human being is like watching porn! The crispy roasted skin is just plain sexy! The fat is crispy and naturally flavored  Eaten with a Chinese pancake and sweet sauce.
This, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls is what living and eating is all about.
Juicy, soft, fatty, crispy and delicious. Every criteria you judge any dish this has all in one!
Best part to enjoy are the tongue and ears!

This place is charming. The people are loud. The food is fresh. The atmosphere is awful, the service is bad. But if you want food at its purest this is where you come. The sink to wash your hands in next to the kitchen where you can hear woks burning, knifes cutting the occasional chef singing Gangam style and a rat finding something yummy on the floor and making a run for it.