Restaurant Review - Authentic Snake soup

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 Restaurant Review - Authentic Snake soup

Se Wong Yee

Causeway bay, Percival Street No. 24, 28310163

Ever since our great grandparent from southern China drank snake soup, Se Wong Yee has been known as the ‘King of Snake’ by many locals, renowned for serving its authentic signature dish – Snake soup, prepared to its secret recipe which has been passed down for generations. Unlike other Snake soup restaurants, it also serves mouth-watering traditional side dishes such as succulent Siu Mei, a delicious roasted meat dish. In the history of dining in Hong Kong, Se Wong Yee has built up its unrivalled status in the Snake soup industry.

 Having convinced my skeptical western friends of how luscious and toothsome the cuisine from this restaurant was, they finally agreed to come along for their first ‘snake-trip’. As booking means nothing in these Snake soup restaurants, we had to queue up like everyone else. The restaurant is not very big in size, the glass door is transparent and thus whilst standing outside means my friends could already see the rapt dinners enjoying their savory meals. As my friends viewed the rather bland décor of the interior, I could see from their expressions that they were wondering whether it was worth the wait.  Luckily before long, a polite waiter welcomed us in.  

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As a more experienced dinner in Chinese food than my friends, I decided that I should make the selections for them. Although the a la carte selection covered quite a few genres of cuisines, I decided there would be no need to look in it, as the most common Snake soup set ($78) ($50 for a bowl if ordered separately), available the whole day would just do the job. This set consists of a Snake soup, a bowl of rice, a dish of Siu Mei and a dish of seasonal vegetables.

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