Prosperous Kitchen at Thomson Plaza

SUGGESTIONS: Provide veggies to go with the Dongpo Meat because that dish can get a little too heavy on the taste buds.

FOOD: Good

PRICE: about $80 for 4 persons

Prosperous Kitchen is a restaurant that serves up Cantonese food. My family had dinner there today because it was near home. This is perhaps my fourth time visiting this establishment. We ordered Sichuan Sour and Spicy Soup, Double-boiled Green Apple and Corn Soup, Dongpo meat (stewed fatty pork, eaten with buns), Salad Prawns with Fresh Fruit and Pork Floss, Poached Box-thorn with Three Types of Eggs and Braised Beancurd with Golden Mushrooms and Dried Scallops.

First up, it was the Braised Beancurd with Golden Mushrooms and Dried Scallops. It was yummilicious! The braised beancurd had a slight charred taste about it, adding an unique taste to the dish. The tofu was very smooth and just slid down the spoon into my throat. The dish came with spinach but the spinach was more non-descript. The spinach seemed blanched for way too long, leaving it limp and soggy.


Above: Braised Beancurd with Golden Mushroom and Dried Scallops

Next up was the dish of Salad Prawns with Fresh Fruits and Pork Floss. The prawns were so very fresh, there was crunch in every bite. The crunch was almost audible. There were very few pieces of fresh fruits, just a few bits here and there. The prawns were cooked beautifully. However, I am not a big fan of restaurants using canned or jarred Mayonnaise to coat veggies and meats. It was way too sweet for me.


Above: Salad Prawns with Fresh Fruits and Pork Floss

The Double-boiled Green Apple and Corn Soup was yummy. But, I couldn't really taste the green apple very well. There was neither the sweetness nor sourness commonly associated with green apples in the soup. It tasted more of nice homemade corn soup.


Above: Double-boiled Green Apple and Corn Soup

Sichuan Sour and Spicy Soup was extremely appetizing. The thick soup was to my taste, I always like my soups a little thicker with corn flour or starch as the thickener.


Above: Sichuan Sour and Spicy Soup


Above: Buns that came along with the Dongpo meat

My dad loves a good dish of Dongpo meat with buns. Dongpo meat is stewed fatty pork. It is usually the meat from the pork belly, meat with streaks of fat in between. The gravy was kinda sweet and the meats were infused with the taste. But, fatty meat and mere buns can be a little heavy on the stomach. It would have been nicer if they had provided fresh veggies to go with the meats and buns. I just couldn't eat the streaks of fat and had to cut most of it off.


Above: Dongpo Meat

Finally, the Poached Box-Thorn with Three Types of Eggs came to the table. I have tasted this dish at this restaurant and at another restaurant. Today's dish was not of the usual standard of the restaurant. The various flavours of the ingredients were really separate and were not fused together properly. Also, the broth was a little too watery.


Above: Poached Box-Thorn with Three Types of Eggs

Our orders today were rather extreme in standards. Some were really fantastic while others were really just blah. My guess is the restaurant chefs had problems sticking to standards because of the large crowd today due to Fathers' Day. Nonetheless, this shouldn't be an excuse for a restaurant.