[Review 2762] Tea set @ Tiny Green Kitchen 新蕃薯苗小館

22/08/2013
新蕃薯苗小館 Tiny Green Kitchen
北角北角道17號地下
G/F, 12 North Point Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tea-set-tiny-green-kitchen-e2315843


The tea sets here are great because it comes with bottled fizzy drinks and a snack for $32

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Pork knuckles in wine:
The pork knuckles were really nice but because they were chilled, the texture of it was very firm and chewy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Shanghai style dan dan noodles:
The noodles here are really satisfying, not only are the noodles nice, the broth is really nice too.
After putting the remaining wine from the pork knuckles into the noodles, it tastes even better.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Coco-cola:
I don't normally drink fizzy drinks but bottled ones are much nicer and it only has 200ml in it which can be easily finished.
As well as coke, they have cream soda too.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2761] Liver noodles again @ 維記咖啡粉麵 Wai Kee Noodle Cafe

22/08/2013
維記咖啡粉麵  Wai Kee Noodle Cafe
深水埗福榮街62號及66號地下/ 北河街165-167號地下D號
G/F, 62 & 67 Fuk Wing Street / Shop D, G/F, 165-167 Pei Ho Street, Sham Shui Po
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/liver-noodles-again-e2315840

Came here for noodles again because Burgerman did not have a dine in area.

Got here around 5.30 and managed to get the last order because they close at 6.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pork liver noodles:

The pork liver was good but it was a bit pink today, as for the instant noodles, I requested them not to be so soft, but there was not much difference.
Overall, the taste was as good as before, but the liver was a bit too pink.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Kaya bun:

There were three choices on the menu above: toast, Chinese style croque monsieur and bun.
I thought the "bau" meant bun, so I ordered it.
When it came, I realised bun meant bread in Chinese.

Anyway, the bread with Kaya was ok, it was soft and not too sweet.
All of the KAYA items are unbuttered according to staff.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2760] Crispy salted pork @ 泰國小吃 Thai Kwok Snack

22/08/2013
泰國小吃 Thai Kwok Snack
西貢福民路高勝樓28號
28 Ko Shing Building, Fuk Man Road,, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/crispy-salted-pork-e2315839

Located in the alleyway is this Thai restaurant.

It has been here for ages and 99% of the staff are female.
The restaurant is bigger than it seems because the other shops around it belongs to them, so if the main one is full you can sit in the other ones.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Crispy salted pork:

The pork was nice and crisp, it was not too salty.
However the rice was a bit hard because it was late that day.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salted lemon drink:

I did not like this drink, because there was still wax on the salted lemon skin which gave the drink a weird taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2759] Salted lemon & Lemon drink @ 太興 Tai Hing

22/08/2013
太興  Tai Hing
中環租庇利街12-13號萬安商業大廈地下A及B號舖
Shop A&B, Man On Commercial Building, 12-13 Jubilee Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/salted-lemon-lemon-drink-e2315838

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salted lemon & Lemon drink:
Tried this drink because it had salted lemon and fresh lemon.
It was difficult to poke the lemon with the spoon, because there was so much ice in the way.

After poking it, the drink was really refreshing because the extra slices of lemon made it more refreshing and there was sufficient salted lemon to give it the salty lemon signature taste.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆

[Review 2758] Back to the good old days in East London @ 羅勒印度餐廳 Tulsi Indian Restaurant

22/08/2013
羅勒印度餐廳  Tulsi Indian Restaurant
北角七姊妹道7號昌輝閣地舖
G/F, Fairview Court, 7 Tsat Tsz Mui Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-to-the-good-old-days-in-east-london-e2315835

Every time I walked past this restaurant, I have always wanted to try it because it reminds me of the Indian restaurants in East London.

I finally went there and tried their set meal for two.
Usually I am skeptical about sets because the choices are not that good and it is basically cheap items put together as a set.

There are two sets, one at $188 which includes a snack, 2 curries, a BBQ item and drinks, for $218 it has an extra item from the Special selection.

Although it sounds like a lot, the portions are not really that big.
It is pretty clear on the menu.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tomato soup:
The soup was slightly too salty to start off with, but I liked the richness and umami taste of the tomato.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Aloo tikki, Tandoori squid, oyster masala


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Aloo tikki:

This was my favourite because there were lots of potato in it and it was slightly chewy because flour was added to it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tandoori squid

The squid was soft and tender with delicious spices.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
oyster masala

The oyster was covered in rich thick masala sauce, and it was surprising the pairing of oyster and masala sauce was good.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pilau rice

Delicious fluffy Indian rice.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetable curry

The vegetable curry was ok, but the beef curry was even better.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beef curry


Although it was quite spicy, the beef was amazing, it was soft with some gelatinous membranes attached.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Naan

The naan was awesome, it was served hot and the texture of the naan was non oily, soft and chewy in the centre with some crispy surfaces.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tea

To finish off the tea was surprisingly good!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Overall, 99% of the food was delicious but not very filling.

[Review 2757] Tofu in Lo Shui sauce @ 再興燒臘飯店 Joy Hing Roasted Meat

22/08/2013
再興燒臘飯店 Joy Hing Roasted Meat
灣仔軒尼詩道265-267號地下C座
Block C, G/F, 265-267 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/tofu-in-lo-shui-sauce-e2315831

Went to Joy Hing for my usual fare of roast meat.
This time decided to get ribs and roast pork, while I was ordering the lady asked if I wanted to try some “delicious tofu” for an extra $5 so I had that too because the portions are not really that big anyway.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
HKd29

Ribs:
The ribs were ok, but a bit too dry for my liking
Roast pork:
The roast pork was too lean for my liking today and ever since I tried Cloudview Roast meats at Braemar Hill, I felt that no other roast pork could beat that.
Tofu in sauce:
I felt that the tofu sauce was a bit thick and sweet like Teriyaki sauce.
Rice:
The rice was ok that day, not too soft or hard.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 2756] Cold Meze platter @ 花園土耳其餐廳 Bahce Turkish Restaurant

22/08/2013
花園土耳其餐廳 Bahce Turkish Restaurant
大嶼山銀運路3號梅窩中心地下19號舖
Shop 19, G/F, Mui Wo Centre, 3 Ngan Wan Road, Lantau Island
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cold-meze-platter-bahce-e2315798

After the delicious food at China Bear, I walked past this shop and saw people having some dishes that looked delicious.
So waited a while until I was a little hungrier and tried this place.
I am not familiar with Turkish food so I didn't know what the dish was that I saw earlier, but since they had a Meze platter I ordered that instead.
There was either a hot meze or a cold meze so I chose the cold one because the hot one seemed a bit heavy.

The Cold Meze basically had: Hummus, Green beans, Kisir, haydari, dolma, eggplant, served with salad.
The pita bread was for dipping the Mezes.

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Hummus:

The hummus was ok, but not sour enough so after adding the lemon it tasted so much nicer.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Green beans:

The sauce that it was in was tomato puree, but the tomato tasted quite artificial.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Kisir:

Basically, this was couscous and I loved it because there was lots of cumin in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Haydari:

This was basically garlic and dill yoghurt dip, the dill was a bit too strong.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Dolma:

This was rice wrapped in vegetables leaves, it was too minty and oily for my liking.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Egg plant:

This was my favourite dip, but there was not much egg plant taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★