Friday, August 18, 2023

Re-revisiting Lao You Ji (老友記)

Lao You Ji (老友記), Outram Road

Dinner at Lao You Ji. The English name always reminds me of 老油鸡 😂. I'm getting mixed feelings about the food here. It used to be positive but some of the choices we've made have shifted that down the spectrum. Including the ones here today. Maybe we'll come back someday to try their beef fried rice juice. 😂

Lao You Ji (老友記), cai por omelette

Cai por omelette was a little greasy and not in a good way. We couldn't taste any cai por in it. Mediocre would be an apt description.

Lao You Ji (老友記), claypot lamb

Claypot lamb was disappointing. I don't know if they cooked the lamb in the claypot but that sauce doesn't seem to have any lamb flavour. I couldn't even tell that some of the pieces were lamb. Could have been pork, especially for those pieces that have skin. That's pretty bad. Will not waste money on this again.

Lao You Ji (老友記), hot plate tofu

We had 铁板豆腐. Decent tasting but not impressive. Pedestrian as it was, it made one of the two better tasting dishes tonight. What's happening here?

Lao You Ji (老友記), sambal petai

Their sambal petai was a tad too sweet. The next door has a better rendition.

Lao You Ji (老友記), stir fried nai bai

The second decent dish was stir fried nai bai. Nice crunch from the vegetable, well salted and garlic. Would have been sad if they messed this one up.

Lao You Ji (老友記), rice

I'm gonna stay off this place for a bit and maybe check out their neighbours the next time we eat in the vicinity.

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