Dinner @ MG Hakka Restaurant

My friend, W**** suggested we go to a Hakka Restaurant for dinner. Huh? Since when was there a Hakka Restaurant in town?

Well, it is located opposite Yu Lan Plaza here in Miri, next to Bormas. It is called the MG Hakka Restaurant. At about 8.00 p.m., there were a lot of people dining there. We preferred to sit outside the premise, as it was noisy inside. There was a Chinese horror flick playing on the big screen television mounted on the wall, and so it was not that conducive to talk.

We ordered the house specialty, braised pork belly with yam slices芋头扣肉. The yam is layered with pieces of pork belly, seasoned and then steamed for hours. As a result, the yam and the pork belly were infused with the flavours of the sauce, and had this soft, melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Braised pork belly with yam slices

We ordered a serving of braised mushrooms too. The mushrooms were really thick, tender and flavoured with the rich sauce. Quite yum.

Braised mushrooms

After musing at the menu, we decided to order stir-fried bitter gourd with three types of eggs. The bitter gourd came, thinly sliced and stir-fried with egg, salted egg and century egg.

Stir-fried bitter gourd with three types of eggs

The sea cucumber soup had pieces of sea cucumber in it. The usual ingredients were of course shredded shitake and minced pork. The soup was alright, but we had to put lots of malt vinegar in it as we liked it sour!

Sea cucumber soup

The food almost as soon as we ordered them. I suppose the braised pork belly, and the braised mushrooms were pre-cooked.

The bill came to RM57.00, which was quite reasonable. Unfortunately for me, the food was just mediocre. It definitely did not leave me craving for more.