[Review 3568] Living historic reminisce @ 公利真料竹蔗水 Kung Lee Sugarcane Juice

06/08/2014
公利真料竹蔗水 Kung Lee Sugarcane Juice
中環蘇豪荷李活道60號地下
G/F, 60 Hollywood Road, SOHO, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/living-historic-reminisce-e2382196

Came here for a quick drink and while I was sitting there I felt compelled to take photos of every corner of the place.
At the back of the shop, there was a black cat!

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Flower tea:

It was a bit too sweet for my liking and it had that usual earthy herbal taste to it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $9



















[Review 3567] New Thai restaurant in town @ 泰屋泰國餐廳 Ban Thai Restaurant

05/08/2014
泰屋泰國餐廳 Ban Thai Restaurant
西貢海傍街5號大鵬樓地下
G/F, Tai Pan Building, 5 Hoi Pong Street, Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/new-thai-restaurant-in-town-e2382112

Ban Thai Restaurant is located on the quiet end of Sai kung and they are surprisingly busy for a new restaurant.





The menu had English with pictures and a hardback cover which was impressive.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:
Started off with the soup which was good because it was not the defacto chicken and wintermelon soup. The taste was more flavourful because there were lots of spring onions and preserved vegetables.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Thai salami with rice:

Tried the Thai salami with rice and the rice was the best because it was delicately flavoured and fragrant.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $40

[Review 3566] Shepherd's pie @ Vanilla

05/08/2014
Vanilla
半山摩羅廟街33號地下
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/shepherds-pie-e2382052
Apart from Shortbread Teas, this is another one of my favourite places for British fare.
In the savoury selection, they have Shepherds pie, lasagne, moussaka and fish pie.
They also have a great selection of affordable rolls.
 Here are also delicious cakes which I have previously reviewed.
This time I had Shepherds pie.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Shepherds pie:
It was huge portion with lots of minced lamb and mashed potato on top.
The mince was a bit chewy but I loved the rich sauce and chunky pieces of carrots.
If the mashed potato surface on top had been crisp then it would have been perfect.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $68
Service: OK








[Review 3565] Relaxing meal @ 甘香齋 Kam Heung Vegetarian

04/08/2014
甘香齋 Kam Heung Vegetarian
北角蜆殼街6-16號保迎大廈地下D2舖
Shop D2, G/F, Po Wing Building, 6-16 Shell Street, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/relaxing-meal-at-kam-heung-vegetarian-e2381952

I have always wanted to try this place but they never display the daily dishes.
On this visit I finally realized that when people dine here they have to order it from the kitchen where they can see what dishes there are to choose.

Here was what I chose.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★I
Bittermelon and tofu roll:
I was a bit disappointed with this because it was cooked with black bean but lacked black bean taste and the bittermelon was not soft enough.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Beetroot soup:


The beetroot soup was quite nice, it was earthy with the sweetness from the beetroot.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Although the food could have been better, the environment was peaceful and the lady in the shop was really friendly.
Next time I will probably try their quarry bay branch.

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[Review 3564] Consistently delicious vegetarian rolls @ 素食主意 Sooo Vegi

04/08/2014
素食主意  Sooo Vegi
北角電氣道254-280號華凱大廈A座6號舖
Shop A6, Wah Hoi Mansion, 254-280 Electric Road, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/consistently-delicious-vegetarian-rolls-e2381951



Came here for a quick fix before the Durian tasting event held by openrice.
Since my last visit, Sooo Vegi has had so many interviews with the media.
I had the rolls because it was hard eating hot food in the hot weather outside.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mexican roll:

The roll was wrapped with avocado, vegetarian meat sauce, kidney beans, purple onions, sour cream and tomato sauce.
It was consistently delicious as the first time I tried it because it was packed with flavours.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
American roll:

The roll had a vegetarian frank which tasted like the normal ones and there was coleslaw which was refreshing and gave it a nice crunch.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $8X

[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

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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!!!

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