[Review 4148] French toast with apricot @ 山頂餐廳酒吧 Peak Cafe Bar

01/03/2015
山頂餐廳酒吧 Peak Cafe Bar
中環蘇豪些利街9-13號
G/F, 9-13 Shelley Street, SOHO, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/french-toast-with-apricot-e2429571

For breakfast I don't normally order anything sweet but they had this French toast with apricot and yoghurt which I had to try.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
French toast with apricot and yoghurt:

With the location being in Central and right by the mid-levels escalators the French toast was not going to be the silly local ones dipped in egg and drenched in thick syrup.
It was a modest toast filled with finely sliced apricots in the middle served with tart vanilla yoghurt.

The toast was divine because the apricots were sweet and fruity while the tart yoghurt mellowed it out.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Earl grey tea:

The tea took some time to come, from ordering to chasing it up with another waitor who forgot so we had to reorder it again.
You could imagine how damn thirsty I was from the beginning until it arrived!
It was good to see that they were using tea leaves and not tea bags.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Overall the food was good but the waitors were slow from ordering to giving you the bill.
A great place if you want to spend a long time there.
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The bill: $7x

[Review 4147] Buffet, buffet, buffet! @ KITCHEN

01/03/2015
KITCHEN
尖沙咀柯士甸道西1號港鐵九龍站香港W酒店6樓
6/F, W Hong Kong, Kowloon MTR Station, 1 Austin Road West, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/buffet-buffet-buffet-e2429394


It was my first time at W hotel so it took me a while to find it.
If you are coming by the MTR, exit D is the nearest to hotel where you take the escalators up to the mall and walk left.
The hotel itself is like a stylish artistic boutique with bits and pieces here and there.

Currently the Kitchen is doing a FANTASTIC 4 THEMED BUFFET DINNER.
MONDAY: SEAFOOD GALORE
TUESDAY: MEDITERRANEAN COAST
WEDNESDAY: BUTCHERS BBQ
THURSDAY: JAPANESE ROBATA
HK$558/adult; HK$279/child

It was hard making up my mind because I like Mediterranean food and BBQ.
In the end I chose the one on Tuesday.
After reading Supertaster_Mel's review, I couldn't quite see any difference but they had the BBQ stuff as well that night so I got to sample it too.
Although the food was good, I felt that for each different night, they could highlight the themed specials.

There was an amazing dessert variety but quite a few were not labelled.
If it wasn't for the Supertaster+Mel's review I wouldn't have known about the cakepops which I thought were chocolate lollies.

The seating was spacious and well spread out.

Here is the buffet selection.
Dessert selection:
A real cocoa bean.


Overall, I enjoyed the food.
The steak was pretty good and there were four different shao mai's including squid and sweetcorn.

I liked the fish roe which I put on crackers and the cheese variety.

The cheese and seafood were tasty.

My favourite salad was the apple and radish because it was light and refreshing.

After stuffing myself, dessert was a treat because the desserts were not too sweet so I ended up going for more.

[Review 4146] Back for more artsy fartsy desserts @ ATUM Desserant

27/02/2015
ATUM Desserant
銅鑼灣駱克道459-461號The L. Square 16樓
16/F, The L. Square, No. 459-461 Lockhart Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/back-for-more-artsy-fartsy-desserts-e2429223

After dining at Skewed, we came here for dessert.
It was around 9pm and it was quite full already but luckily the sofa seats were available so we sat there.

Tried the Stone and Bamboo charcoal
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
STONE:
raspberry sand, blood orange, white chocolate mousse
Basically this was shaped like a stone and it looks like a big pebble from the beaches.
Inside there was raspberry sauce surrounded by white chocolate mousse.

I found this dessert a bit too heavy but the one below was much nicer.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
BAMBOO CHARCOAL:
raspberry sorbet, chocolate ice marshmallows, bamboo charcoal icecream.
This dessert was really good because the raspberry sorbet was really refreshing and the icecream had this interesting fine gritty texture because of the charcoal bits.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $2xx

[Review 4145] twenty grains? @ 甘味讚岐手打烏冬 Yummy Delight

26/02/2015
甘味讚岐手打烏冬  Yummy Delight
鑽石山龍蟠街3號荷里活廣場3樓326-327號舖
Shop 326-327, 3/F, Plaza Hollywood, 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/twenty-grains-e2429060

Went here before a movie so had a quick dinner.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
stir fried beef with twenty grain:

This dish wasn't outstanding and beneath the beef you could see about three different types of rice so I wonder why it is called twenty grains!!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Soup:

The soup was tasteless.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Other branches:

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The bill: $6X

[Review 4144] Banquets at Joy Luck House @ 天福軒 Joy Luck House

26/02/2015
天福軒 Joy Luck House
樂富聯合道198號樂富廣場3樓3106-09號
Shop 3106-09, 3/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, Lok Fu
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/banquets-at-joy-luck-house-e2429059

Had a banquet here and I think it was a waste of money.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roast suckling pig:
Only the roast suckling pig was good which came with steamed buns that had a strong coconut taste.
This was my favourite because the suckling pig was lean, and the skin was crispy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Prawn and e-fu noodles:

Tasteless
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Dumplings:
This was weird to be included in the banquet because it was cheap dumplings in a wonton broth.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

[Review 4143] Yu Banquets @ 譽粵菜 Yu Restaurant

26/02/2015
譽粵菜 Yu Restaurant
馬鞍山鞍祿街18號MOSTown新港城中心(4期)3樓3018-20號舖
Shop 3018-20, 3/F, MOSTown (Phase 4), 18 On Luk Street, Ma On Shan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/yu-banquets-e2429057

Lunches here are not that good but dinners are a little bit better
The platter was quite good but there were some cheap items on there that acted as fillers such as the smoked duck breast which is obviously not Chinese.
The pigs leg was just a fatty slab of fat!
The crispy rolls were ok and not too sweet.
The dessert was mandarins which were individually packaged.

[Review 4142] NICE stir fried beef ho fun @ 尼斯餐廳 Nice Restaurant

26/02/2015
尼斯餐廳  Nice Restaurant
西環西營盤皇后大道西335號
335 Queen's Rd W, Sai Ying Pun, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/nice-stir-fried-beef-ho-fun-at-%E5%B0%BC%E6%96%AF%E9%A4%90%E5%BB%B3-e2429056


NICE stir fried beef ho fun at 尼斯餐廳
When I went in this restaurant, it reminded me of Czarina on Caine Road, and the interior was similar to Tai Ping Koon.
I was recommended this place by an Australian to try the stir fried beef flat noodles.
After reading the latest reviews, it appears that this place is famous for Chinese style Western dishes which looked quite delicious from the photos.

Anyway, I stuck with my decision and tried the noodles for tea, it came with Chinese milk tea which I won't comment because I don't like it anyway.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
stir fried beef flat noodles:
The noodles tasted good because the soy sauce was strong with a mushroom taste but it was slightly bitter.
Although it was not brilliant, it tastes better than most places which have a strange metallic oily taste which I refuse to eat.
I managed to finish it so I suppose it was quite good!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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The bill: $30