[Review 5802] Good value dishes !@ Chitose

22/02/2017
Chitose
長沙灣昌華街23號地下16號舖
Shop 16, G/F, 23 Cheung Wah Street, Cheung Sha Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/good-value-dishes-e2734350

Good value dishes
2017-02-22  129 瀏覽
Went here because it was close to the VGA building where some friends work.

Lunches are big and cost around 6x per dish.

Started with the chicken wings which taste like the Swiss chicken wings but laced with cumin so it was very fragrant.
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The chicken leg with rice is the same using that sauce and it was huge!

The Korean pasta in spicy cheese sauce was not as cheesy and spicy as anticipated so it was quite palatable.

The spring chicken with white curry sauce is a bit different if you are expecting the curry to be like the one at satay king because it is not white and very spicy.

Finished with a green tea latte which was quite sweet.

[Review 5801] Possibly the oldest Indonesian restaurant in HK @ 峇里餐廳 Bali Restaurant

22/02/2017
峇里餐廳 Bali Restaurant
佐敦廟街237-247號六福珠寶中心地下D及E號舖
Shop D & E, G/F, Luk Fook Jewellery Centre, 237-247 Temple Street,
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/possibly-the-oldest-indonesian-restaurant-in-hk-e2734346

Possibly the oldest Indonesian restaurant in HK
2017-02-22  179 瀏覽
According to the menu, this restaurant has been running for at least 41 years!!!!
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Went here because my friend is Indonesian and he wanted some comfort food.

Started off with some crackers and I had this warm coconut pandan barley drink which was soothing.
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The best thing is that they don't put sugar and so you can add it yourself but it wasn't needed because it was sweet enough without.

It had a fragrant coconutty pandan taste.
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For starters we had eggs with sambal sauce which was quite spicy.

Gado gado a traditional salad of egg and cucumbers in sweet coconutty sauce with lemongrass.

The skewers were sweet with a strong peanut flavouring where you get a choice of lamb, chicken, beef or pork.

For mains, we had this stir fried noodles which initially looked like Singapore chow mein but it was really tasty and not spicy loaded with lots of egg.

Also had the perkedel dagang which is a fluffy beef and potato patty.

[Review 5800] Lunch at djapa @ DJAPA

23/02/2017
DJAPA 
灣仔皇后大道東200號利東街地下G18-20 及 F18A號舖
Shop G18-20 & F18A, G/F, Lee Tung Avenue, 200 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/lunch-at-djapa-e2734339

After trying the dinner I was curious about the lunch sets so went for lunch.

THE LAST ORDER IS 2PM SO YOU HAVE TO GET THERE EARLIER BECAUSE I WENT AT 2pm AND DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT.
Ordered the vegetarian one which had panko mushrooms, pineapple cabbage salad, sweet potatoes and cinnamon maca.
The cabbage salad and rice was satisfying because it was a refreshing crisp medley of cabbage.
However the sweet potatoes were extremely sweet and the apples were just apple soaked in cinnamon.

[Review 5799] Xinjiang and Cantonese fare @ 中哥廚房

19/02/2017
中哥廚房
北角錦屏街21號A舖
Shop A, 21 Kam Ping Street, North Point
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/xinjiang-and-cantonese-fare-e2732774

When I saw photos on openrice, there was a mix of Cantonese dishes and Xinjiang dishes so I decided to check it out because I love Uyghur Lamb Pilaf.

Bayi used to be the only place in HK that serves it until I discovered this place.

Got there and the lady said they do both Cantonese and Xinjiang dishes so diners can choose Cantonese dishes as well if they don't like Xinjiang dishes.

Anyway, I went for the Uyghur Lamb Pilaf and a Spicy lamb appetizer.

Also picked this tofu dish which was Cantonese because it was coated in salted egg yolk.

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Spicy lamb appetizer:
Similar to the Sichuan appetizer, it had Sichuan peppercorns, cucumber, green bean sheets and lamb belly.

A tasty dish that went well with the rice pilaf.
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Uyghur Lamb Pilaf:
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This was a dish of rice mixed with carrots topped with lamb meat. The rice was flavoured and delicious so I was glad I ordered it because it went well with the dish above.
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Crispy tofu coated in egg yolk:
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It was nice because it was coated in aromatic salted egg yolk but because the Xinjiang dishes were strong in flavour this turned out to be quite boring.

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Roselle tea:

A refreshing Roselle tea but to me it tastes like Ribena.

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Not sure how this dish would taste but it is cooked with fish liver!!

[Review 5798] Afternoon tea by the pool @ 花園茶座 Garden Terrace

18/02/2017
花園茶座 Garden Terrace
土瓜灣九龍城道199號8度海逸酒店2樓
2/F, Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees, 199 Kowloon City Road, To Kwa Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/afternoon-tea-by-the-pool-e2732117

Afternoon tea by the pool
2017-02-18  133 瀏覽
Decided to visit Harbour 8 because I have never been there before.
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They were doing this afternoon tea set which only costs $168 and you get a SKINFOOD face care pack.

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In collaboration with Skinfood, they have done a Yuzu and brown sugar tea set theme with a Yuzu hot drink included.


My favourite were the savouries and the water droplet cake.




The yuzu puffs were also delicious.

[Review 5797] Ramen with a whole crab @ 豚燻 Ton Kun Ramen

18/02/2017
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/ramen-with-a-whole-crab-e2731973

Ramen with a whole crab
2017-02-18  84 瀏覽
After the first visit, learnt a lesson that you have to order this in advance if you want it!!!
As well as the delicious pine crab, there was a scoop of crab paste beneath it which makes the noodles taste even better.

The broth was consistently good as before with a strong clam taste and I like the texture of these noodles because they are like tagliatellini.

The crab is conveniently shelled for you.

[Review 5796] Jasmine soda @ Cozy Yogurt

18/02/2017
Cozy Yogurt
土瓜灣北帝街105號地下A舖
Shop A, G/F, 105 Pak Tai St, To Kwa Wan
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/jasmine-soda-e2731965

Jasmine soda
2017-02-18  391 瀏覽
I haven't seen tea soda on the menu before so when I saw Jasmine Soda I decided to try it.
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It was very fizzy but lacked Jasmine flavour even though there were so much Jasmine flower buds in the drink.

They also had these Butterfly pea flower drinks, the weirdest one had to be the chocolate.