[Review 7025] All you can eat Shabu starting at $149 @ 菜菜鍋(犇.石燒) Shabu Sai

08/12/2018
菜菜鍋(犇.石燒)  Shabu Sai
旺角彌敦道700號T.O.P This Is Our Place 3樓311號舖
Shop 311, 3/F, T.O.P This Is Our Place, 700 Nathan Road, Mong Kok
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/all-you-can-eat-shabu-starting-at-149-e3240859

All you can eat Shabu starting at $149
2018-12-08  174 瀏覽
I don't often have shabu shabu but went here because I mislead by the Chinese name of this place as a shabu shabu for veggies because of the Chinese name.
When I got there, they had both which was great.
It is all you can eat and starts at $149 depending on which meat you choose.
If you choose seafood or premium beef it costs more.

At the entrance, there is a buffet bar with ingredients for the shabu shabu and they have rice, curries, and desserts as well.
It was good that we went early because there was less people.
I was satisfied with the beef and seafood we selected as they were fresh.
The instant noodles are highly recommended as well as they were special ones from Dolls which not a lot of places use.
For dessert we added $25 for the green tea series which is also all you can eat.
The creamy dessert in the wooden box was the best.
The dumplings were served hot and basically flavoured by the strawberry sauce.

[Review 7024] Artistic teas to paint your day @ 茶墨 Tea Brush

08/12/2018
茶墨  Tea Brush
尖沙咀彌敦道100號The ONE 4樓L411號舖
Shop L411, 4/F, The ONE, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/artistic-teas-to-paint-your-day-e3240419

Artistic teas to paint your day
2018-12-08  117 瀏覽
I love the name of this tea joint both in Chinese and English.Tea Brush in English and in Chinese it is pronounced as "chamuck"meaning Tea Ink.
On the menu, it is divided into different categories: Ink, Tea, Milk, Fruit and Desserts.
In the desserts section, they have cakes, gelato and popcorn.
Just like coffee joints they use modern beverage devices.
The Ink series has a marbled look which gets this effect by painting (smearing) the inner side of the cup with mochi so there is a colour contrast when you pour the drink in.
Mochi Sesame oolong tea:
Sweet potato tie guan yin:
My personal favourite was the chocolate earl grey as there was a good balance of both.
To go with the drinks, I had the cakes which are colourful with a marbled top.
The flavours are black sesame, taro, vanilla and choc earl grey.
They were soft and light without being too sweet.
There was tea gelato which reminds me of the tea gelato at 2dp.
My favourite flavour was the Jasmine.

[Review 7023] The Stadium branches to CWB @ The Stadium

08/12/2018
The Stadium
銅鑼灣波斯富街48號軒尼詩大廈2樓
2/F, Hennessy Apartments, 48 Percival Street, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/the-stadium-branches-to-cwb-e3240409

The Stadium branches to CWB
2018-12-08  58 瀏覽
There are two branches of The Stadium, the first was in Kwun Tong which is evidently successful as HongKongers need space and a place to have fun.This spot used to be Republic Food Court hence it takes up the whole of the 1st floor.
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Had the lunch sets where you get soup/salad, a main and a drink.
Chose the roast chicken and mac and cheese.

Sweetcorn soup:


Salad:




Personally I liked the salad better and it even had black beans in it.
The portion of the roast chicken was big!!

The star of the show was the mac and cheese, it was supposed to have truffle but I requested it without because I don't like truffle essence.
The portion of this was big too!!

It didn't look cheesy or taste cheesy but there was cheese in it.
The taste was a bit sweet and strangely I could taste lemon as well but overall this is the best choice out of everything else.


For drinks, had the rosemary lemonade which is made with butterflypea for the colour changing effec

[Review 7022] Just for ricerolls @ 蜜斗 (已結業)The Noodle Hive

08/12/2018
蜜斗 (已結業)The Noodle Hive
中環伊利近街12A號地舖
G/F, 12A Elgin Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/just-for-ricerolls-e3239279

Just for ricerolls
2018-12-08  2001 瀏覽
I was going to try this place earlier but there was there wasn't anything that I wanted to try.Finally tried it as I had to go to some event nearby.
The noodle choices were the usual except the rice rolls so had the ricerolls with the soup separate.
The soup was quite good as it was strong MSG free Miso but unfortunately too salty.

The rice rolls were basically topped with whatever you chose served with a side of sauce for you to mix it.
The Thai pork belly was sooooooooooooooooooooooo garlicky so I was left with an embarrassing garlic breath for the whole day.

[Review 7021] Vietnamese feast @ Madam Saigon

05/12/2018
Madam Saigon (已結業)
尖沙咀彌敦道132號美麗華廣場1期低層地下B131號舖
Shop B131, B1/F, Mira Place 1, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/vietnamese-feast-e3237175

Vietnamese feast
2018-12-05  2205 瀏覽
Vietnamese food isn't just pho and red rice with beef.
At Madam Saigon, you get fun and modern variety at affordable prices.

Went here for a early Christmas gathering with colleagues and here were the dishes we had.

Steamed rice flan with minced pork and deep fried garlic:
This is similar to Chinese radish pudding but without the radish and meat, it is like steamed flour topped with minced pork and delicate Sakura shrimps which are more aromatic than the traditional dried shrimps.
There was some scallion oil too which gave it that extra dimension,
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Madam Saigon deep fried spring rolls:
Looking like your usual spring rolls, they were filled with duck, cabbage and glass noodles instead of the conventional pork.
Duck tastes better than pork anyway.
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Vietnamese crepe:
The Vietnamese crepe will satisfy your pork cravings as it is filled with pork belly and lots of herbs.
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Tiger prawns lotus root salad:
Lotus root salad is always found in Vietnamese cuisine but this is the best lotus root salad I have had because the lotus roots tasted fresh and tart.
The ones I have tried before taste like pickled lotus roots from the jar.
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Shrimp with Mixed fresh fruit rice paper roll:
This is a rice paper roll I will remember as it was made with fruit which look good and taste good.
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Vietnamese suckling pig:
Visually similar to the Chinese suckling pig, it has been marinated with onion, celery and lemongrass!

Tom yum koong soup with prawn:
The soup was quite spicy!!

Grilled chicken with green peppercorn:

seafood vermicelli tomato crab soup:
I really enjoyed this as the crab soup was rich and concentrated.

Vietnamese filter coffee:
Finished with the coffee which is brewed with Moses Chan coffee Beans!!!

Overall, I really liked Madam Saigon as the dishes had a modern touch with the use of different ingredients which improve the taste.

[Review 7020] Meowlicious Ramen @ Rakuraku 樂拉麵 Rakuraku Ramen

04/12/2018
Rakuraku 樂拉麵  Rakuraku Ramen
灣仔皇后大道東200號利東街地下G30號舖
ShopG30, G/F, Lee Tung Avenue, 200 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/meowlicious-ramen-e3237153

Meowlicious Ramen
2018-12-04  77 瀏覽
Ever since Lee Tung Avenue popped up, Wanchai is the new hangout!!
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Bring cute cats and ramen together and you have Rakuraku!!!

I was really surprised with the menu as it wasn't expensive.



The most basic Tonkotsu ramen costs HKD68 which comes with egg and pork slices and you can even get a lobster rice pot for HKD48!
Started with the most basic Tonkotsu ramen and I really liked it because the broth was creamy yet not oily and it wasn't salty that I drank all of the broth.

Sakura Shrimp ramen:
Compared to the other two, this one had a stronger broth so if you like strong broths then order the Sakura Shrimp.

Scallion Salty ramen:
As well as the Tonkotsu, I liked this too as the broth had chicken in it as well.

Tofu:The cubes of tofu were crispy on the outside drenched in sweet sauce.

Dumplings:
There is prawn and pork dumplings but frankly they both taste quite similar.


Will be back for more ramen!!