Lok Yuen, Kowloon

When I was over at Kowloon a few years back, I had this excellent beef balls noodles which I enjoyed tremendously. Alas, bad memory did not lead me back to the shop, but I was told that I should try the very famous Lok Yuen beef balls.

Lok Yuen's beef balls were so delicious that it was rumoured the scriptwriter of the movie God of Cookery (one of Stephen Chow's classic) got the idea of springy, soup filled beef balls from eating at Lok Yuen.

The shop was not too packed, we got seats quickly and had our orders taken..

My usual milk tea. Of course not as good as Lan Fong Yuen. But still ok la.

Got some fried eel/ fish skin as snacks before the mains..

A tad salty to eat on it's own, goes better once dipped into the soupy noodles. Nothing to shout about though. Keropok ikan taste better.

Noticed something else that was recommended in the menu..

Fish dumplings with fish noodles..

The fish noodles was rather coarse and a tad chewy. The dumpling skin was also made of fish meat while the filling was somewhat raw looking fish chunk (like sashimi chunks). Though it looked raw, it tasted and felt cook. An interesting bowl of noodles, but taste wise was just mediocre.

The star of the day, Lok Yuen's beef balls noodles..

Super gargantuan beef balls, about the size of ping pong balls.

So what's so special about Lok Yuen's beef balls?

It's filled with soup and bits of fish maw. One had to take good care while biting into it as the soup may just, erm, squirt out. The beef balls were really springy, though lacked the gamey taste that I so love. And yes, the centre was filled with mildly sweet soup and slippery smooth, slightly spongy textured fish maw. Was I in ecstasy when I bit into one of these famed beef balls? (ala God of Cookery). Erm, sadly No. It was just nice beef balls, but not impressive ones.

Total bill was HKD97.

Lok Yuen is located at G/F, 11, Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon. There's also branches at Sai Yeung Choi street and Bute Street.