[Review 5713] Spudtastic winter dishes @ Cafe&Meal MUJI

16/01/2017
Cafe&Meal MUJI
灣仔皇后大道東183號合和中心地下
G/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road Central, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/spudtastic-winter-dishes-e2711952

I always eat at Muji because their food is flavoured by minimal seasoning so that you can really taste the food.

For winter, they are serving dishes with root vegetables which happens to be my favourite POTATOES!~!~

Since the last visit, you can now order a set with 3 cold dishes and 2 hots dishes with rice for people with big appetites like me, but then I chose the non meat dishes which is probably why I was still hungry.

This is why I love Muji cafe because they offer lots of options for people who are not keen on meat.

You can now choose 3, 4 or 5 dishes according to your appetite.


Here are the chilled choices:

Bacon and potato salad in creamy sauce.

Purple sweet potato and green apple salad.

Sweet potato shoots and pork salad.

Stem vegetables with quinoa.

Squid in spicy dressing.

Hot dishes:

Cheese and soymilk potato gratin.

Selected potato croquette:

Pumpkin and radish with minced pork:

kouya tofu and pumpkin:

baked halibut filet with miso:

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The other side dishes were must orders as well because I love baked potatoes and the ones here are stuffed with Yam and edamame beans.

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For those who can't decide, there are also two chef specials.

Chicken with porcini sauce or halibut with yuzu cream sauce.


The desserts were brilliant especially the Carrot cake!
The texture was extremely soft and super moist. It was so moist that liquid was almost seeping out and it had a strong raw carrot taste.

The dollop of cinnamon cream that goes with it is amazing because it is light with a hint of cinnamon.


There was also green tea cakes which people will go mad for.

[Review 5712] Finally tried the award winning pizza @ 金船長餐廳 Golden Captain Restaurant

15/01/2017
金船長餐廳 Golden Captain Restaurant
大角咀大全街55號3A
Unit 3A, 55 Tai Tsun Street, Tai Kok Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/finally-tried-the-award-winning-pizza-e2711884

Ever since I saw photos of this special pizza I have always wanted to try it.
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This restaurant used to be in a difficult location near elements so I couldn't be bothered to go but now they are in Tai Kok Tsui which makes it slightly easier and the fact that they are still around means the food can't be too bad.

So the first thing I ordered when I got there was the award winning pizza and a pasta.

The pasta was really good because you get to choose the sauce, ingredients and type of pasta.

When the pizza came, it didn't look like a pizza, it looked like sandwiched triangles with a Chinese style Mexican bun topping.

The staff said you can eat it in three ways: on its own, with salad and with vinegar.

The pizza was crispy and cheesy with a fragrant black truffle flavouring.

Then I tried it with salad which tones down the black truffle.


I didn't really like the vinegar because the vinegar was too sweet for my liking.

Then came the pasta which was also promising, I chose squid ink pasta with olive oil, mushrooms and onions.

A deliciously simple pasta that tasted great.

[Review 5711] Clam based broth @ 豚燻Ton Kun Ramen

15/01/2017
豚燻Ton Kun Ramen
銅鑼灣謝斐道468號百達中心地下E舖
Shop E, G/F, Always Centre, 468 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/clam-based-broth-e2711818

Clam based broth
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Before I went, I had a quick look at the reviews to see what noodles they serve because I only like the thin ones but I kept seeing photos of both.

When I got there, I found out there was a choice of thin or thick.
The broth is clam based so it tastes like the broth you get from clams and sake with ramen added to it.

We had two noodles, one with uni and one with pine crabs legs.

It just depends on what you favour because the noodle and broth tastes the same.


For snacks had the gyozas and ox tongue.

The gyozas were ok but I wished they were crispier.

My friend had the ox tongues.

[Review 5710] CNY puddings 2017 @ 東海薈 East Ocean Seaview Restaurant

15/01/2017
東海薈 East Ocean Seaview Restaurant
金鐘添美道1號中信大廈5樓
5/F., Citic Tower, 1 Tim Mei Avenue, Admiralty
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/cny-puddings-e2711708

CNY puddings
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This restaurant is called East Ocean Seaview Restaurant and it really does have a view of the sea!
I got some CNY puddings, a savory and a sweet one.
The boxes were huge so I thought the pudding was going to be a round one but it was a rectangular one which doesn't really take up the whole box.

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FIVE BEANS PUDDING:

Price: $133

Taste: This was savoury and loaded with lots of nutritious red beans, green beans, black eyed beans, red kidney beans and peanuts hence the name Five beans.

I really liked it because it had a strong five spice flavour.

Suitable for vegetarians: Yes
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PURPLE YAM PUDDING:

Price: $133

Taste: It was sweet but not cloyingly sweet with bits of yam and butterfly pea which gives it that colour.

Suitable for vegetarians: Yes
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[Review 5709] A feast for $250 @ 魚之神日本料理 Sakana No Kami Japanese Restaurant

14/01/2017
魚之神日本料理 Sakana No Kami Japanese Restaurant
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心1期地下99-100及111-112號舖
Shop 99-100&111-112, G/F, MCP I, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-feast-for-250-e2710974

A feast for $250
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This Japanese joint has been here for ages but I have never tried it until today.

The good thing is that they don't charge 10% in the daytime so go during the day.

It is very affordable but don't expect the premium quality that you get in the city.

Anyway, here was what we had.

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Salmon roe and salmon don:
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The salmon and salmon roe was good but the rice was clumped together.

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Assorted don:
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Tofu, vegetable and snapper soup:

This had a really fishy smell but it was delicious with a strong fishy taste.
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Tuna Sashimi:

Thickly sliced
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Flamed grilled salmon sushi and sweet prawn sushi:

The salmon was such a big piece of salmon and it tasted like slow cooked salmon so I liked it.

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