Review:
Crikey Moses! I didn’t sleep for two nights after I ate at Mau Kee in Pui O, South Lantau. As you can probably tell, I finally had a weekend in Lantau last week, and it was after my visit to Dai Long Wan, and discovered the Island Club that my hiking partner and I finally found ourselves in Pui O just in time for an early dinner last Sunday. It had been a beautiful day, one of those that makes you wonder in amazement (but praying it stays that way) why you’d only seen 4 other groups of people out on the trails of this wonderful island.
Food: A mind boggling menu. Everything from chicken a la king, steak and chips through chicken and sweetcorn soup, to salt & pepper squid. We opted for Cantonese and had chicken and sweetcorn soup which came with a garnish of diced savaloy (enough for 12 and I was praying it was corn starch that had given it the consistency of snot), beef and celery – (very tasty, but super salty), chicken with chilli and peppers (tasty and hot), and some Yangchow fried rice (tasty).
Flash forward one hour and I was itching like a mofo, and sweating buckets. Flash forward another 6 hours and I still couldn’t get to sleep properly. Flash forward another 3 hours and I had the most horrendous nightmare I have ever had that actually made me so distraught I couldn’t go back to sleep and made me start shaking when I told my boyfriend about it.
Boyfriend also complained about disturbed sleep. So, me thinks, maybe a soupcon too much MSG…
Ambience: Village restaurant, everything you would expect: noisy, TV’s blaring, people shouting, bamboo chairs, i.e. the usual, (The only slight issue I had was with the dog that they allowed customers to bring in and wander up to diners. Somehow if it’s an outdoor restaurant I have no issue with this, but indoors? I just think it’s a bit rough).
Service: Staff were friendly and attentive, no issues there.
Price: Decent price, what you’d expect. Dishes from $20 to $70 ish.
Location: Opposite the first bus stop that you get to when you are properly in the village of Pui O from the direction of Mui Wo, Lantau, Hong Kong. Tel: +852 2984 1151
I tell you what, if you are sensitive to MSG, this little restaurant is definitely not a destination for you. Holy Bloody Moly it was a full-on 36 hour trip! I thought the drugs were bad but MSG is a whole different ball game. Mau Kee? Never.Ever.Again.
Its a great little resteraunt which caters to a local (chinese and non chinese local) clientel mainly and is always full , I eat there a lot and have to say have never had anything like this reaction , and neither have any of the other people i know who go there so sorry you didnt feel well
It sure is popular, it was packed that Sunday. Maybe it was one particular dish that set it off. As I say, the food was tasty (if a bit salty), but I just can’t take that chance! Some people are just more sensitive than others…