[Review 5080] Jewel crushed Tabbouleh @ Falafel Hut

28/02/2016
Falafel Hut
西環堅尼地城吉席街76號地舖
G/F, 76 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/jewel-crushed-tabbouleh-e2548332

Jewel crushed Tabbouleh
2016-02-28  1479 瀏覽
I love Middle Eastern food especially Kebabs and Pita bread.
The shop is colourful and reminds me of the game Jewel crush.
Unfortunately I wasted my quota by eating some Chinese noodles nearby which made me queasy so I got the Tabbouleh.
I would have got the Kebabs but it is a bit difficult sitting in front of the heated grill and there isn't anywhere nearby to sit down.
The Tabbouleh costs the same as the Kebah which makes it expensive because Tabbouleh is just chopped parsley, tomatoes, onions, cumin, couscous and lemon juice.

But anyway, I loved it because it was refreshing with a strong kick of Middle Eastern spices that are not spicy.
Next time I hope to try the salmon sandwich because you don't often see this option in a Middle Eastern eatery.

[Review 4463] Fish & Chips any day @ Fish & Chick

15/07/2015
Fish & Chick
西環堅尼地城新海旁街25號地下6號舖
Shop 6, 25 New Praya, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fish-chips-any-day-e2469104

Glad to see Fish and Chick have more offerings on the menu.
Prior to this visit, I have been here two times.

First time for the fish and chips:
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/western-district-fish-chick/2338608?tc=sr2&con=rvw
Beetroot salad on the second time:
http://www.openrice.com/en/hongkong/review/western-district-fish-chick/2367880?tc=sr2&con=rvw

The fish choices are getting better and they even have haddock which is commonly served in the UK and they have lunch sets that have the signature chicken and fish and chips which were not available during my earlier visits.

That night we had other items as well as the signature dishes.
Here was what we had:
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
 0 讚好

I don't normally drink alcohol but this one was pretty so I tried some and the strawberry taste was stronger than the cider so I ended up drinking half a glass.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Crab croquettes:

As you can see, it is almost 90% crab so it had a soft texture with a lovely crab taste.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Fried mushroom salad:

The mushrooms were good, they were juicy and earthy mushrooms in a light crispy coating.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Fried prawns:

To be honest, they tasted like prawn cutlets covered in simple breadcrumbs served in Chinese takeaways in the UK.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Panfried seabream with ratatouille:

The panfried fish selection is a great option for locals who fear fried food!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Salted cod and egg brandade:

I liked this dish because it was silky mashed salted cod that was not too salty topped with a cute quail egg!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Hake fish and chips:

The fish was nice and flakey and the batter was light.

The meal wouldn't be complete if we didn't order extra mushy peas because the mushy peas were delicious.
Not quite the hand cut chips but once you have vinegar and mushy peas with it, the type of chips won't matter.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Roast chicken:

The chicken smelt nice and the chicken was tender rubbed with lots of herbs.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Lemon and poppy seed

The cake was served warm, so there was this lovely cake aroma with lemon and the poppy seeds which gave it a nice crisp texture when you ate it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Panna cotta:

The panna cotta was silky and creamy with a slight white chocolate taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆

Definitely coming back for other fishes such as haddock with mushy peas and VINEGAR!

[Review 4423] Soup curry in K-Town @ Samurai の Soup Curry

29/06/2015
Samurai の Soup Curry
西環堅尼地城厚和街28號地下D舖
Shop D, G/F, 28 Hau Wo Street, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/soup-curry-in-k-town-e2464722

This is the second soup curry place to open in Hong Kong after Sama curry.
The decor is bright and the music in the background sounds like Reggae and carribean music.
The menu was rather interesting because they serve other items as well such as Indian Lassis!!

The curries are paired with Turmeric rice and the menu was simple and easy to understand.
You choose a broth, spiciness level and meat which is ticked off on the order sheet.

For both curries I chose baby spice but the spiciness of both were different.
Both had the same vegetables in it such as okra, asparagus etc.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Natto Curry (baby spice) :

I liked this but it was too spicy for me.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Lamb burger (baby spice) :
 1 讚好

The spiciness of this was just right.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
tumeric rice:
 1 讚好

The rice went well with the curry but it lacked turmeric flavouring.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Chai lassi:
 1 讚好

I don't like Indian tea but the chai lassi was really nice because the Indian tea spices were toned down by the lassi.
The consistency of the millkshake was not thick enough compared to other lassis.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
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The bill: $2xx
Service: OK

[Review 4416] softserve and caviar anyone? @ Ice Monkey

23/06/2015
Ice Monkey
西環堅尼地城吉席街78-86號娛安樓地舖
G/F, Yue On Building, 78-86 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/softserve-and-caviar-anyone-e2463428


I was in K-Town to try Jack’s fried chicken but unfortunately it has closed down so I went to no soup curry instead.
After the curry I went here for dessert.

There were icecreams, smoothies and this weird softserve and caviar so I went for the weird.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
softserve and caviar:

The softserve and caviar tasted surprisingly good together because the softserve was not too creamy or too sweet otherwise this would have made the caviar taste weird.
The caviar that was served was quite good quality because they were crisp with bursts of saltiness which is similar to softserves with fancy salt.
The only improvement would be the presentation, it looks a bit sloppy with caviar on the edges and it is not cheap stuff.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
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The bill: $40
Service: OK

[Review 4413] Shoreditch in Hong Kong @ Shoreditch

22/06/2015
Shoreditch
西環堅尼地城吉席街18號地舖
G/F, 18 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/shoreditch-in-hong-kong-e2462957


Shoreditch in Hong Kong
2015-06-22  2408 瀏覽
I was attracted by the name Shoreditch because Shoreditch is a hip town in East London where everything is happening.
At Shoreditch, they serve British fare with a modern twist.
I already had dinner before so I went for a soup and dessert but next time I am coming back for FISH AND CHIPS.
For desserts I was going to order two but the treacle tart was sold out.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Cullen Skink:
Cullen Skink is a Scottish soup made of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions.
It was a nice soup packed with flavour and a wonderful creamy texture but the consistency could have been thicker.
I loved the generous pieces of smoked haddock in the soup but they were quite salty which were perfect with the bread.
 1 讚好

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
Rice Pudding $88:

This was rice pudding with rhubarb at the bottom covered with honeycomb vanilla pieces.

It was a nice matching of sweet honeycomb pieces on top and sour rhubarb in harmony with the creamy rice pudding.
The honeycomb was slightly bitter because of there was too much bicarbonate of soda but it was nice and chewy.
 2 讚好

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆
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The bill: $1xx

[Review 4290] Better service needed @ Kinsale

01/05/2015
Kinsale (已結業) 查看
此店已改名為 Praya Waterside Eatery
西環堅尼地城新海旁街3-5號五福大廈地下3號舖
Shop 3, G/F, New Fortune House, 3-5 New Praya, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/better-service-needed-e2445974

Before the MTR was available, I attempted to dine here in Aug 2014 but when I got to the entrance no one served me and the waitresses for busy ignoring me so I left.
The lunch and brunch hours are short and I was told that the brunch had finished even though it was still brunch hours.
Anyway, this place is really noisy so don't expect a quiet lunch or brunch.
Ordered bubble and squeak which seems to be the only place in HK that serves it after Harringtons closed.
Unfortunately, the bubble and squeak was salty as hell.

[Review 4272] Sweet potato latte @ 夏雪 Summer Ice

23/04/2015
夏雪 Summer Ice
西環堅尼地城厚和街6-18號滿發大廈地下D舖
Shop D, G/F, Full Harvest Building, 6-18 Hau Wo Street, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/sweet-potato-latte-e2443952

There were still items that I wanted to try so went back for them.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Purple potato affogato:

The icecream just tasted like the usual softserve which was quite sweet and the purple potato sauce just made it sweeter.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hot purple potato latte:
 0 讚好

Compared to the one at Gaba concept, this one tasted quite artificial because of the purple potato syrup.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $70

[Review 4189] Waffles with a purple centre @ 夏雪 Summer Ice

19/03/2015
夏雪 Summer Ice
西環堅尼地城厚和街6-18號滿發大廈地下D舖
Shop D, G/F, Full Harvest Building, 6-18 Hau Wo Street, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/waffles-with-a-purple-centre-e2434064

Came here for the purple waffles.
They were pretty and would make a great post on instagram to get likes.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Purple waffles:
I am not quite sure what the hype is but I found them too hard and dry but this is the way the locals like their waffles. HARD!
The waffles were definitely sweet but you couldn't really taste the purple potatoes.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
I will be back for the sweet potato latte so that I can compare it to the one at Gaba concept.
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The bill: $78

[Review 4124] Molten scotch egg sandwiches @ Sunday's Grocery

23/02/2015
Sunday's Grocery
西環堅尼地城吉席街66-68號
66-68 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/molten-scotch-egg-sandwiches-e2428005


This was my third visit and I was compelled to come here because of the Scotch sando which is a sandwich with a molten scotch egg in the middle.
 0 讚好

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Scotch sando:

The fried items never fail here and they are always fried perfectly.
As you can see the yolk is runny with a vibrant orange colour.

It was easy to eat too because the scotch egg was neatly rested on the sandwich bun so it wasn't flimsy to handle.
Anyway eat bite was amazing because you ended up with egg white, egg yolk, the bun and the scotch egg.
The scotch egg tasted slightly different but it was divine because you could taste pepper and onions which made it moreish which was then enhanced by the scrummy egg yolk.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $80

[Review 4111] Scones at La Bohéme Bakery @ La Bohéme Bakery

16/02/2015
La Bohéme Bakery
西環堅尼地城港鐵堅尼地城站2號舖
Shop 2, Kennedy Town MTR Station, Kennedy Town, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/scones-at-la-boheme-bakery-e2425947

Scones at La Bohéme Bakery
2015-02-16  1026 瀏覽
I was drawn to the counter because of the pistachio cakes but then I was attracted to the scones because they had four different flavours.
I was told the square ones were American ones and the round ones were British scones.
I wanted to get the British scones but they didn't look appetizing so I went for the cinnamon and walnut scone which was the square one.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Walnut cinnamon scone:

The scone tasted quite nice with a strong cinnamon taste and pieces of walnuts in it but it was the dough taste was too heavy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $8