The word "prawns" is the word in Cantonese to describe people who lose their minds, but this Southeast Asian restaurant is also called prawns. In Guangzhou, the status of prawns in Southeast Asian restaurants is like that of grandmother's cuisine in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Since the opening of the prawns, the number of people queuing has always occupied the first place on Huifu East Road, and the popularity of such a hot spot has to compete with grandma's house. Another branch of Bighead Prawn is located on the 8th floor of Guangming Plaza, on the same road as the Huifu East store, and the food is also very popular.
The prawns menu is thick and has the richest menu of any Southeast Asian restaurant in town. The restaurant's focus on hot and sour shrimp soup and curry dishes is not amazing, but the reputation is very good. The curry dish is good, the curry is sweet, the spicy is slightly weaker, and all kinds of methods have their own characteristics. The signature dish is Sesame Oil Chicken is a traditional Vietnamese home-cooked dish that is different from Cantonese shredded chicken, but has similarities with white-cut chicken. The chicken is soaked in broth, put in ice water, cooled in the river, hung and dried for several hours, then marinated in sesame oil and pepper, and then served. When enjoying, you can squeeze some lime juice to relieve greasyness, which is a common way of eating in Vietnam. Charcoal-grilled pork neck, spring rolls, and lettuce buns are also worth trying.
Affordability and abundance of choices are the secrets of the longevity of bighead shrimp. The richness of the dishes is reflected in the variety of seafood, in addition to the common shrimp, crab, white shellfish, holy son, mussels, pomfret and so on, the recipes are varied. The number of crab recipes alone is enough to crush most restaurants, but here are just a few, Sin Chew fried crab, Vietnamese curry crab, Malaysian spicy black pepper fried crab, perilla soy sauce crab, and salt and pepper crab.
Noodles occupy as many as 7 pages of the menu, there are dozens of kinds of snacks, and the price of noodles and fried rice is only 20 or 30 yuan, which is very cost-effective compared to the staple food of 60 or 70 yuan a part of Qingyue Vietnamese cuisine.
The main store on Huifu East Road is a two-storey building with wooden decoration as the keynote, and the lighting is dim and emotional. There are mainly tables for 2~6 people, and there are two private rooms on the second floor. In contrast, the Guangming Plaza store has a very spacious environment, with several private rooms, making dining more comfortable. However, the service of the prawns is really not flattering, the clerk is in a hurry, the service attitude is average, and there is still a lot of room for improvement. And the waiting time for the meal is too long, it is recommended to go to the peak at a staggered time.
