[Review 3563] It's soooo good! Another branch! @ 素食主意 Sooo Vegi

04/08/2014
素食主意 Sooo Vegi
北角蜆殼街4號宇宙商業大廈3號舖地下
Shop 3, G/F, Universal Commercial House, 4 Shell Street, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/its-soooo-good-another-branch-e2381950

The food at Sooo Vegi is healthy and affordable.

I am thrilled there is now a second branch on the corner of Merlin Road.
 2 讚好

It is decorated with its signature green theme.

The menu is pretty much the same but they have all day breakfasts and laksa.
 0 讚好



The best thing about this branch is the air conditioning and the comfortable environment which will make me return more often.
It's not that I don't like the other branch but the second hand smoke from people smoking nearby makes me sick.

Came here two days in a row, the first day I had the breakfast.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:
The breakfast comes with coffee or Roselle tea but as I don't these drink these I got the Monkey head mushroom soup instead.
 0 讚好

Comparing it to the first time I tried it, the taste is much stronger with mushrooms and pulses.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Breakfast:


I got this because I was curious what vegetarian bacon would look like and because I like scrambled eggs.
The bacon was soft and the texture of the imitation fat was quite realistic because it was springy.
It was a nice breakfast as a whole, especially the scrambled eggs because they were slightly runny and tasty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pasta Bolognaise:
 8 讚好

I loved the bolognaise sauce because it had a rich tomato taste with lovely pieces of onions in it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $8X
Service: OK
Service charge: no
Yummy factor: good
Napkins provided: yes
Noise levels: None
Glass of water provided: self service
English Menu: not ye

[Review 3562] All you can eat Japanese food @ 金田日式放題 Kaneda Japanese Restaurant

03/08/2014
金田日式放題 Kaneda Japanese Restaurant
尖沙咀寶勒巷3-7A萬事昌廣場3樓302室
Room 302, 3/F, Multifield Plaza, 3-7A Prat Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/all-you-can-eat-japanese-food-e2381796

Kaneda has been in operation for at least ten years because when I went to hong kong for holidays, the locals would take me there.
There are no reviews by me at this branch because I did not write reviews back then, however when they started a second branch in Wanchai I reviewed that one.
It is good that they have new items compared to ten years ago and the ordering sheets are in a better format.
Here was what we had:

The fried section had a nice variety of choices including cheese mochi, potato wedges and oyster cutlets.
 0 讚好

There was seafood tempura and vegetable tempura as well.
 0 讚好

 0 讚好

In the sushi section, the seared salmon was my favourite and the soft shell avocado rolls.
 1 讚好

 1 讚好

There were handrolls too which we did not try.

For sashimi, the abalone slices, tuna is also worth trying because they were fresh and tasty.
 1 讚好

Then we tried the cooked items.
 0 讚好

The stir fried vegetables had a nice hint of freshly cracked black pepper.
 1 讚好

 0 讚好

For salads, there was tofu, duck salad and burdock.

 0 讚好


For carbs, I had the soba noodles which were refreshing.

For dessert, they have mochi icecream which comes in various flavours.

They also have fruit sorbets as well.

 1 讚好

Mondays to Thursday are cheaper so these are the days to come!!!

[Review 3561] A colourful and nourishing dinner @ Azure Restaurant Slash Bar

03/08/2014
Azure Restaurant Slash Bar
中環中環蘭桂坊雲咸街33號隆堡蘭桂坊酒店29-30樓
29-30/F, Hotel LKF by Rhombus, 33 Wyndham Street, Lan Kwai Fong， Central, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-colourful-and-nourishing-dinner-e2381719

Met up with a BBC to have dinner here and found out that it was Azure Restaurant Slash Bar's 8th anniversary hence the special menu.
The menu is colourful and artistic because they have invited street artists and local artists to celebrate on the day.
It is a 4 course set dinner at $588 per person which is served from now until 30th September 2014.
For celebration drinks, there are lots of choices all paired with Absolut Vodka.

My friend has the Absolut pineapple Martini which had Absolut vodka, syrup, fresh pineapple garnished with pineapple.
As a tea lover, I had the Rose Bowl which had earl grey tea in it.
It was made with Absolut citron, earl grey tea, lemon juice, raspberry syrup and garnished with a strawberry sliced like a rose.

I loved this drink because you could taste the earl grey tea as well as the raspberry.
Started off with bread which was warm, crusty and soft inside.
It was paired with a delicious trio of butters.
From left to right: herbs, truffle and tomato.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Started off with the Compostelle ceviche which is Citrus marinated Hokkaido scallop with chilled tomato tea.
This was light to start off with.
Beneath the scallops was tangy cooling tomato tea.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Then came the Big Apple which was soup.
There was finely chopped celery and radish slices in the bowl and the soup is poured in front of you.

I was really looking forward to this soup because it is healthy and therapeutic!
Apple and celery cannot go wrong.
The soup was made with Granny Smith green apples which are slightly tart hence the addition of some sweet apples. It was like drinking warm apple puree with crunchy bits of celery.
Surprisingly, the soup was rather filling and light because it does no contain any cream, nor was it too sweet or sour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

For the mains, there was a choice of salmon, quinoa (vegetarian) or tenderloin.
I felt that salmon and Quinoa were the best choices.

Norwegian sea:
Sous vous salmon, ink rice cracker, lemon gel, shiso and plum juice
 0 讚好

There was no hesitation choosing the sous vous salmon because when it is cooked that way it brings the best taste of salmon.
 0 讚好

As expected, the salmon was so soft and silky that it melts in your mouth and the shiso and plum juice beneath it gave it a pretty colour beneath it as well as a complementing zesty taste to it.
On top of the salmon it was garnished with a black squid ink rice cracker which was tasty as well.

Green pleasure
Quinoa, roasted vegetables, radish, walnuts And Greek yoghurt
 0 讚好

The presentation of this was beautiful with quinoa either side.
I tried some of the Quinoa and it was soft and tasty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Bubbles time
Champagne strawberry macaron
 0 讚好

Finished off with a fun dessert, it was a glass of strawberry foam which was bubbly and viscous made with strawberries and champagne.
 1 讚好

The ganache in the macaron was infused with champagne.
I loved the macaron because you could really taste the champagne in the chewy ganache.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

I was impressed from the beginning to end, everything was colourful, simple, delicious and healthy.
It was my third time here and I still love it!
Definitely a great girls night out!

[Review 3560]Exclusive cucumber gelato flavour by XTC @ XTC Gelato

03/08/2014
XTC Gelato
尖沙咀天星碼頭KP-01號舖
Shop KP 01, Star Ferry, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/exclusive-cucumber-gelato-flavour-by-xtc-e2381365

Attended the launch of Dettol's all day fresh cucumber bodywash where you can get free cucumber gelato exclusively by XTC if you download the 「All Day Fresh」app to make a movie and share it on Facebook.
The nifty app is quite cool because it has Priscilla Wong in the background of the video where you can pretend to interactive with her.
The gelato booth will be outside the world trade centre between 12pm to 8pm on the 3rd of August.
If you miss the booth, you can simply share the video on Facebook and get a coupon for the gelato.

I tried the cucumber gelato and it was refreshing and cooling with real pieces of cucumber in it.
The sweetness was just right.