Lo Hey Seafood

Between Hey Kee and Lo Hey, I very much prefer the comfortable vibes of Lo Hey. We would be taking an outdoor table anyway, but Lo Hey's floors at One Holland Village are kinder to Choya's elbows and knees, as opposed to Hey Kee's rough asphalt concrete truly reflective of its dai-pai-dong style. 

Lo Hey's kitchen seems to be less trigger happy with the salt. When I ate at Hey Kee, I thought it was mad salty, even for my standards. *shudder Overall, Lo Hey seems much better at managing its salt levels than its sister outlet. I really like its current ‘unlimited no corkage’ policy. That’s quite a huge draw for me. But I wasn’t keen to drink tonight. The man took a light beer. 

I had my fill of choy sum with shrimp paste. I wanted the steamed pork patty with cuttlefish. It was delicious. The steamed garlic bamboo clams with vermicelli were huge and super tasty. If you like vermicelli done this way, then this is absolutely your kind of shellfish dish.

The man didn't feel like peeling crabs. But he wanted the lobster. He opted for the lobster to be done in typhoon-shelter style. Sure. It's the golden coating of fried breadcrumbs, very unoffensive. Although I prefer my lobster steamed, not stir-fried. 

The rest of the dishes were pretty tasty. Nothing not too nice, expect the stir-fried pig stomach with white pepper was seriously peppery, rendering it tasting of nothing else but pepper. Zzzzzz. My problem with the pepper used is — it isn't good fragrant pepper. It's just brainless white pepper with no depth. 

I couldn't deal with the soup of Xinjiang hami melon sea conch with chicken. The ginseng and danggui used in it were ridiculous, even for people who can take these herbs. There were some pork ribs used, but the chicken was overpowering. I took a spoonful and left it. The menu also offers a pig's stomach soup, but I think they also douse that with herbs, making it horrible for me. This is why I cannot do expensive Chinese soups at restaurants unless they really don't bother with herbs. Those and chicken combined literally send me into anaphylaxis.