[Review 6579] Taiwanese and Shanghai fare @ 臺茶•薈 Taiwan T • Eat

26/05/2018
臺茶•薈 Taiwan T • Eat
天后永興街21號地舖
G/F, 21 Wing Hing Street, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/taiwanese-and-shanghai-fare-e3056745

Taiwanese and Shanghai fare
2018-05-26  42 瀏覽
When one wants to eat Taiwanese food and the other wants to eat Shanghai food then come here!
At first I thought it was a Taiwanese restaurant but they serve Shanghai style dumplings as well.
Started with the Beef noodles and the beef was soft and full of flavour.
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My friend had the Taiwanese mince with rice where you can choose some unusual combinations such as fried luncheon meat.
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The Taiwanese Oyster omelette turned out to be the star of the show.
When it came, it looked overdone but I was surprised it was crisp and airy without being oily despite its dark brown colour.
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The rest of the snacks we had:


For dessert the Cincao (Taiwanese grass jelly) somehow tasted like the Chinese grass jelly from the can.

Last but not least, the tea was pleasing.

[Review 6556] Chocolate Milk at [Cameo's Kitchen] @ 臨記 Cameo's Kitchen

17/05/2018
臨記  Cameo's Kitchen
天后帆船街2-8號金殿大廈地下16號舖
Shop 16, G/F, Golden Court, 2-8 Yacht Street, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/chocolate-milk-at-cameos-kitchen-e3048944

Cameo's Kitchen specializes in Eggettes and Waffles but these are not my thing so I decided to get a milkshake.
There were four flavours: Banana, Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry.
Decided to give it a try because they said it was blended with icecream.
When it came, there were bits of chocolate in it and the texture was slushy at the bottom and slightly watery at the top.
The taste was quite good as it wasn't too sweet and I liked the bits of chocolate.

[Review 6222] Grilled meat paradise @ 海魂燒 Hi Grill & Bar

01/10/2017
海魂燒 Hi Grill & Bar
天后清風街17號舖
G/F, 17 Tsing Fung Street, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/grilled-meat-paradise-e2883312

This is just the joint for people who like grilled food.
Located in Tinhau, it is conveniently close to the MTR.
My favourite happened to be the ribs which were tender and came off the bone easily with a strong cumin bbq taste.

The beef cubes were are juicy and tasted good with a dash of salt.



The fried platter was different, there were fried duck tongues which were crispy but quite bony.

The mushrooms were a bit bitter though.

The scallops were stuffed with uni to give it that extra creaminess.

[Review 6163] My favourite dandan noodles @ 上海弄堂菜肉餛飩 Shanghai Lane

28/08/2017
上海弄堂菜肉餛飩  Shanghai Lane
天后電氣道63-81號發昌大廈地下A號舖
Shop A, 63-81 Electric Road, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/my-favourite-dandan-noodles-e2859591

I always come here for my dandan noodle fix because the noodles are just right and not too soft with a strong peanut taste in the broth.
The jellyfish here is healthy as it is paired with Chinese radish and it is not oily.Also had the Wuxi ribs which had a punchy sweet and sour taste.
The dumplings are good because I love the way the broth is crystal clear and oil-less that I end up drinking it.
Had two different ones, a vegetable one and a pork one.
The vegetable one was really tasty because the vegetable one is made with the filling that you find in the steamed Shanghai veg bun.
While the pork one had a nice crunch from the siutongchoi vegetable.


Finished with the prune drink, a classic Shanghainese drink which has a smoky taste.

[Review 6159] Affordable evening buffets @ Corner 18

27/08/2017
Corner 18
天后英皇道18號如心銅鑼灣海景酒店1樓
L'Hotel Causeway Bay Harbour View, 18 King's Road, Tin Hau

https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/affordable-evening-buffets-e2859108

Affordable evening buffets
2017-08-27  1240 瀏覽
For crab lovers, they are going to like this buffet because they have lots of crab related dishes.
My favourite was the typhoon shelter noodles which are aromatic topped with crispy garlic and black bean bits.Each strand is evenly flavoured.

Seafood delights:
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It was good they had congee because I felt like having congee, you can have it with seafood but I had mine plain because it was tasty on its own.


They had marinated delights as well.
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Save room for dessert because they have silky tofu, icecream, fried icecream etc but I liked the automatic pancake maker the most.


It slides out warm and soft pancakes.

[Review 6112] Vegetarian Indian food @ Haveli Authentic Indian Restaurant

05/08/2017
Haveli Authentic Indian Restaurant  休息中
天后清風街20號地舖
G/F, 20 Tsing Fung Street, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/vegetarian-indian-food-e2842280

Vegetarian Indian food
2017-08-05  110 瀏覽
I love Indian food but not many places on the HK side offers vegetarian food.At Haveli they have my favourite Idi and Vada so I got the platter which has both of them and the dosa.
The Idi and Vada was as good as anticipated because I like starchy tastes.
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My next favourite was the Tandoori mushrooms which had strong flavours and they used quality button mushrooms which were juicy.

For mains I had the paneer bhurji and lemon rice.
Both were satisfying because I just love bhurji.

[Review 6106] Menu is slightly diff to Whampoa @ 早安越南 Chao Chao

01/08/2017
早安越南 Chao Chao
此店前身為越南仔
天后電氣道64號地舖
G/F, 64 Electric Road, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/menu-is-slightly-diff-to-whampoa-e2839106

I went here because I saw avocado milkshake but unfortunately this item and some others are only available at the Whampoa branch.
Anyway, decided to stay for the food anyway.
The beef with red rice was ok but the rice lacked tomato flavour and it was just fried rice.
The salted lemon drink was just the usual, ie a salty lemon plonked in water, so it was salty.


The Danang noodles with black glass vermicelli was my favourite and I am so glad I ordered it because the broth tastes a bit like Tomyum but much better because it has basil leaves which make it very fragrant and it does not have those annoying lemongrass leaves.

[Review 6099] Beef noodles @ 台灣郎 Taiwan Lang

30/07/2017
台灣郎  Taiwan Lang
天后銀幕街21號地下及1樓
G/F&1/F, 21 Ngan Mok Street, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/beef-noodles-e2838540

Beef noodles
2017-07-30  92 瀏覽
For some strange reason, more Taiwanese shops are opening up again.Discovered this place because this Taiwanese lady was on Electric road yelling in Tawanese about this new joint which later turns out to be the lady who works there.
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The drinks selection was really good because they had Earl Grey Taiwanese style hot or cold drinks to choose from.
Both tasted great because I just love Earl Grey.
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The beef noodles are worth trying because the broth is strong and there are lots of carrots and white radish in it.
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The rice vermicelli was a little different to what I was expecting because the strands were thick and not the thin ones I normally come across. The soup was a little bland as well.
The fried chicken was ok but a bit salty.

[Review 6050] Lamb journey from Northpoint to Fortress hill. @ 天山小館

02/07/2017
天山小館
天后水星街12號海新大廈地下A鋪
Shop A, G/F, Hoi Sun Building, 12 Mercury Street, Tin Hau
港鐵炮台山站 A 出口, 步行約5
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lamb-journey-from-northpoint-to-fortress-hill-e2818301
Lamb journey from Northpoint to Fortress hill.
2017-07-02  161 瀏覽
Tried to get lamb pilaf again at Northpoint but discovered they had moved here so came here for it.
Had the lamb pilaf which was fragrant and hot topped with lamb and carrots.
Also had lamb skewers which was fantastic with the pilaf rice because it was well seasoned with a crispy surface.
The meat was lean and tender.
Finished with the lamb soup which was light flavoured by the sweetness of the onions and the lamb was not gamey.

[Review 5964] Modern Sichuan food @ 十二味不只是烤魚 Clinton's BBQ Fish

11/05/2017
十二味不只是烤魚 Clinton's BBQ Fish
天后興發街62-74號美城花園地下L號舖
Shop L, G/F, Mayson Garden Building, 62-74 Hing Fat Street, Tin Hau
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/modern-sichuan-food-e2783750

Modern Sichuan food
2017-05-11  823 瀏覽
I love Sichuan food so I have tried quite a few restaurants in this chain.
It can get quite confusing because the Chinese name of the restaurants all start with 12 flavours...... In English, it is slightly better because they have different names, eg Andy's chili party, Emma's... and Clinton's ......

Went here for lunch so had a lunch set and some other items.
The fish in chili oil was delicious because I just love that numbing fragrant Sichuan pepper taste yet it is not spicy.
The fish was a bit too silky because it kept falling from my chopsticks and breaking into smaller pieces when it fell on the plate, so it was too silky to eat.
Anyway, when I managed to get it in my mouth, the fish was divine.
The chicken with lime and Sichuan peppercorns was presented like a Thai Salad but again it was refreshing with a Sichuan taste to it because of the spices.

For snacks, I had the grilled chicken claws and wings.


Finished with the fried milk which was amazing because it was perfectly fried in fresh oil with creamy milk pudding in the middle that was not too sweet. There is condensed milk given but I didn't need it.