[Review 3439] Far fetched vegetarian food @ Vegetarian Kitchen by Dickson Yoga

14/06/2014
Vegetarian Kitchen by Dickson Yoga
尖沙咀麼地道66號尖沙咀中心地庫 LG02A
Shop LG02A, LG/F, Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/far-fetched-vegetarian-food-e2369301









Even though I have always wanted to try this place, I was discouraged by its location and I can understand why there are only five reviews currently because it is bloody far and inconvenient.

However if you want peace and quiet, this is the place to go.

The ordering procedure is a nuisance, you have to order and pay at the reception counter and queue with the people who are paying for their yoga classes or joining the membership scheme so it can take a while before you can finally order.
Ordered the curry tofu pizza and they don't friggin accept $500 notes so luckily I had a few $20 notes.
When I got my receipt I passed it to the food counter.
As i was just about to get seated, the staff tells me they don't have that item. Bloody great..!!!

Changed the order to stirfried glass vermicelli which involved going to the bloody reception, getting your receipt corrected and passing the ticket back to the damn food counter again.

After that, I finally got seated on the colourful sofas.

Initially I was just about to sit on the blue sofa but it looked like someone had wet themselves a few minutes ago because there was tissue beside it.

The food arrived after quite a wait.

It was basically glass noodles stir fried with white cabbage, julienne bell peppers, julienne carrots, black fungas and vegetables.
The black pepper gave it a nice kick and it was not too oily.

It then got too peppery so I couldn't finish it all and the soup was even worse because it was also peppery.

Unless I am in the area again, I won't come back!

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Price: $58

[Review 3438] Summer is here at Gin Sai Japanese Restaurant @ 吟彩 Gin Sai Japanese Restaurant

13/06/2014
吟彩 Gin Sai Japanese Restaurant
灣仔交加里32-38號
32-38 Cross Lane, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/summer-is-here-at-gin-sai-japanese-restaurant-e2369274

Tried the Summer seafood set at Gin Sai which was exquisite as well as a cooler for summer in the quiet side of Wan Chai.
The restaurant has great privacy.
Here was the summer menu we tried which was mainly seafood.

The portions were decent and filling.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Starter:
Sea urchin, caviar, summer vegetables with dashi jelly.

The starter was wonderful, it was refreshing lily bulb root mash at the base mixed with crunchy vegetables such as beans and onions which flavoured it with natural sweetness.
It was topped with fresh urchin and caviar which was sensational with the savoury cold jelly.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Abalone with seaweed clear soup:

I loved this soup because it was not miso based, the sweet and unami flavours came from the sweet abalone and kelp.
The abalone was soft and sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Sashimi: Toro, Hamachii and Mackerel

After having hot soup, the sashimi was a nice refresher.
It came with freshly grated wasabi which had a earthy taste with the usual mustard kick.
My favourite was the Toro because it was fatty balanced nicely by the soy wasabi sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled sweet fish with herb pepper sauce:

The sauce for this was awesome because the peppery kick was nice and it had a strong citrus flavour with fragrant grounded kinome leaves.
The sweet fishes were slightly bitter but they were enhanced with this lovely sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hairy crab meat with tosa vinegar jelly

I loved the way the crab meat was presented, it was a pile of crab meat with a side of kelp covered in mouth watering tosa vinegar jelly.
The crab had some tones of ginger in it and the vinegar jelly just made it appetizing, the amount of crab in the portion was impressive and there were no crab shells and the side of kelp was tasty as well as filling.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tempura:
The tempura turned out really nice especially the fish because they were perfectly fried.
Green eye fish was silky, boneless and delicious and the snapper was gorgeous because it tasted like soft cod and the scales were edible too.


The salts given complimented it nicely especially with the lemon.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Cold inaniwa udon noodles

The udon was nicely chilled because it was surrounded in chunky crushed ice.

After dipping it in lovely soy sauce with seaweed, spring onions it was a lovely filling end to the meal.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Strawberry mousse cake

The dessert was so beautiful, the vibrant reds against the lush green strawberry leaves and brown chocolate cake base, dotted with crunchy chocolate pieces and meringue pieces.
The dessert was a great energizer because of the summery colours and the mousse cake was light paired with fresh strawberries.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★













[Review 3437] $10 avocado ice candy @ Cinta J Express

13/06/2014
Cinta J Express
灣仔柯布連道2A號C2號舖
Shop C2,2A O'Brien Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/10-avocado-ice-candy-e2369271




Walked past and saw these interesting new ice candies which I have never seen before.
They were frozen in slim bags which were food grade I hope!
Anyway, got the avocado flavour which was quite nice but you need scissors to cut the top off or otherwise I don't know how you're meant to eat it.

I was really surprised it was not too sweet because most Philipino foods are too sweet and the icecandy was such a cooler because it turned into silky slush.
The taste was milky with a hint of avocado.
There were other flavours too but frozen avocado is rare!

** according to openricer Loklaw, the owner said it is made with mashed avocado, condensed milk and sugar **

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Price: $20

[Review 3436] K-Food party at Festival walk @ School Food

13/06/2014
School Food
九龍塘達之路80號又一城L1層33號舖
Shop L1-33, Level 1, Festival Walk, 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/k-food-party-at-festival-walk-e2369269

I was invited to this K-Food party at Festival Walk's School food which was so much fun.
I got to try the beetroot and crab mari which is exclusive to the Kowloon Tong branch.

It was so delicious filled with lots of crab and the sushi rice had a lovely beetroot flavour.
The anchovy mari was too spicy though!
While I was I got my hair done by iPRIVATEi salon which looked great and the curls lasted for days!
I also had fun taking great photos at their photo booth!





[Review 3435] FIFA 2014 at Yorkshire Pudding @ Yorkshire Pudding

13/06/2014
Yorkshire Pudding
中環蘇豪士丹頓街6&8號地舖
G/F, 6&8 Staunton Street, SOHO, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/fifa-2014-at-yorkshire-pudding-e2369259

This is a great place to watch FIFA because they have it LIVE!!!
Anyway tried various of snacks:
Nachos
Scotch egg
Chips.




My favourites were the scotch eggs because it had a lovely molten egg yolk encased in delicious pork patty with crispy breadcrumbs on the outside.

There were many craft beers, and the London Pride I tried was quite bitter.

[Review 3434] $50 openrice coupon @ 龍島 Lucullus

13/06/2014
龍島 Lucullus
太古港鐵太古站14號舖
Shop 14, Tai Koo MTR Station, Tai Koo
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/50-openrice-coupon-e2369257


Received a $50 cash coupon from openrice which either lets you redeem a slice of cake or use it as $50 cash on chocolates.
The cakes were not that attractive so I got chocolates instead.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
dried fruit dipped in chocolate:
Got the new dried fruits dipped in chocolate which had mango, apricot and orange peel.
The dried fruits were nice and chewy complimented by the chocolate.
Apricots were definitely my favourite and I was glad there were two pieces of apricot in the bag.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 3433] Mini chocolates @ 龍島 Lucullus

12/06/2014
龍島 Lucullus
將軍澳坑口重華路8號東港城1樓Food Point小食王國7-8號舖
Shop 7-8, Food Point, 1/F, East Point City, 8 Chung Wa Road, Hang Hau, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/mini-chocolates-e2369199

I got these because they were cute and miniature!
In the box, each chocolate represents a country with different flavours:
Peanut rice crispy, almond praline, lemon, earl grey, sea salt, Jasmine, strawberry, macadamia nuts, apple, mango, pistachio, hazelnut, tiramisu, coffee, wasabi, orange.

The prettiest ones were probably the apple and orange!
My favourites were the earl grey, jasmine and pistachio and because of the size you can try more flavours in one go without eating too many.
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