Food

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2007-04-06T12:32:00.001+08:00

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2005-11-06T14:25:00.000+08:00

Modern Chinese Restaurant, Times Square

I wanted to eat eggs that day!

And lamb!!

Some noodles as well

And the tea, for which you have to pay by default. Murderers! It cost around HK$120 per head.
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Top Choice Restaurant, Sha Tin

2005-11-06T14:07:00.000+08:00

Top Choice Restaurant, Sha Tin

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The entrance, you could not miss it. It's right next to the public toilets ;-))

Veggies and tofu

Noodles with Pork

Veggie noodles. This place is very reasonably priced but I was pissed with the way they mixed/missed orders. I had a very bad stomach ache waiting for the food to arrive. Esp. Xiao Long Bao. Nobody messes with Xia Long Bao!!! Service is SLOW! But both days were happy occasions, so I got over it quickly.
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Peking Garden, Henessey Centre, Causeway Bay

2005-11-06T13:51:00.000+08:00

Peking Garden, Henessey Centre, Causeway Bay

The branches

We had gathered to bid farewell to Ambrose who is joining another bank. The food was ordered by Vicky. This is starters.

Meat

Fried Dumplings

Sweet Bun

The brown thing was yummy!

Deep-fried octopus/squid. Don't remember which one

Yummy cakes again

Deep Fried popadum twins?

These were too yummy! I had two. Pig!

the usual

Ox-tongue or pig ears? Sorry, its been a long time since that lunch, I don't remember much >.<
More Yucky stuff

Fried stuff again

More fried sweets

These were veggies

More cakes

Yummy!

yeah. they are really sticking upside down like my memory of their names. :-( Not bad for a HK$100 experience.
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Korean Restaurant, Central

2005-11-06T13:45:00.000+08:00

Korean Restaurant, Central

Loretta picked this one for lunch with her employee (hehehe) and our friends. It was sort of welcome back Indian dutch lunch at a Korean restaurant in China. ;-))

Now is that the Chinese name?

Stanley (not the Chow lah) came up with this innovative way of making a chopstick stand. See how the W separates the sticks. I always do a V since I do not believe in separating them.

The usual kim chi stuff

Hmm. Meat!

How could they eat this spicy stuff! I cannot survive long if I did that

Blurred shot of the pot. My nikon sucks while shooting indoors. Or is it my hand that shakes? Who knows. Gotta get that Panasonic - antishake - Damian showed me at Yuki's wedding banquet. So Cool that was!

BBQ chicken is what I ordered. Cannot have any beef no more. QG master's instructions ;-))

Don't remember what that was. Again a blurred one. :-((

More spicy meaty stuff

And then there were veggies...Overall a reasonably priced place at around HK$55 per head. The staff is Chinese and doesn't recognise Korean names of the dishes. Too bad. May be they should be trained a bit. Anyways, the food did not appeal to me. I have stayed for 3 months in Seoul and this did not taste like Korean food at all! We did manage to spot a few good looking Korean girls though. ;-)) Made up for it. hahaha
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Chuen Kee Seafood Restaurant, Sai Kung

2005-11-06T13:18:00.000+08:00

This is a pretty famous restaurant which offers live seafood for you to pick before you have them cooked/uncooked ;-)). Its got celebrity pics all over the walls.

Yummy and so allergic

Crab

Steamed Fish. We had some green veggies too. It cost us a whopping HK$250 a head. Not going back there for a long long time. ;-) Was a very enjoyable evening though. Food was good as usual. This is the place where we usually hang out for office celebrations. Had to skip the next one due to the clash with my QG class timings. :-)
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King of the King Restaurant, Central

2005-11-06T13:11:00.000+08:00

This was my treat after joining work at the old place ;-))

Pork in mustard

Siu Tong Chhoi - how I love you!

Long shot

Sherman reaches out - Food was ok, very crowded and service was slow. Price is ok! Try it out again sometime.
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Belgo - Coffee and Pub, near Times Square, Causeway Bay

2005-11-06T13:02:00.000+08:00

This place looted me! They charge around HK$80 for a vodka lime and offer no discounts...For a small and uneventful place like this one, its criminal! And she asked me to come back again. Yeah, may be when I am too drunk to even remember my name. Psst. Will never happen. Anyways, a very forgetful night!
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India Palace, TST

2005-11-06T12:59:00.000+08:00

This is another branch of Mother India Restaurant (near Tai Koo Place, Quarry Bay). But this one is at TST. Don't understand why so many Indian veg restaurants are on those streets, competiting with each other. Anyways, the service was dead slow even though we had Rik with us. K was dead tired and it was criminal to make us wait like that. The waiters were busy serving western people and completely ignored Rik's hand waves. Expenses were around HK$100 per head. Some curry was too hot n spicy and I had to stick my tongue into the lassi to cool off. Not very keen on going back there unless its an Indian veggie gathering.
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Jashan - Indian Restaurant

2005-11-06T12:53:00.000+08:00

Run by Nepalese? The food is pretty bland in taste (imagine a spiceless roganjosh!) and unpresentable in looks. Charging a lunch buffet of HK$ 107 (per head) tax inclusive, is criminal for that kind of food. Never go there again. We had to wait for a good part of the hour hoping that the food would be made available. Only empty baskets greeted us and the waitresses & manager seemed to have disappeared suddenly with no care!! Too Bad. This was our first lunch with Jeff. Disappointing.
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Doraemon cake from Tokyo

2005-10-31T00:02:00.000+08:00

Doraemon cake from Tokyo
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2005-10-30T23:34:00.000+08:00

Minus the rice, its heavenly tofu and siu tong chhoi!! Amazingly happy after eating it almost every night!
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2005-10-15T01:31:00.000+08:00

Japanese sweets from the boss.

Inside the wrapper

Voilla!!
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Cafe Mix & Bake, COEX Mall, Seoul

2005-09-10T17:31:00.000+08:00

Cafe Mix & Bake, COEX Mall, Seoul

I was meeting my friend Woosung after 7 months. He has changed jobs but was as funny as ever. He could not make it to the airport and so met me at the Westin lobby instead and then we took a bus from Namdaemun to Ganjyam. From there we took the underground to COEX. This is near the Gimme 5 venue. Look at how small his eyes get when he smiles. hahaha

This is an impressive piece. When you order food at that restaurant they will give you one of these. You can go find a place to sit. When your food is ready the device lights up and starts vibrating. You just go back to the counter, return the device and pick up your food ;-) Cool system...

We had tomato spaghetti...

and mango smoothie...I think he opted for kiwi fruit...which I can never really appreciate :-)...kiwi fruits I mean..The dinner cost us less than KRW 7000 (thats US$7) per head. Wonder if I will ever be back at that mall again...
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Hwa Sun Korean Restaurant, Seoul - My favourite restaurant in Seoul.

2005-09-10T17:09:00.000+08:00

Hwa Sun Korean Restaurant, Seoul - My favourite restaurant in Seoul.

Cecilia had been sick with flu for a few days already but she was kind enough to miss her sister's bday dinner (dunno if that was really because of a conference call) and take me out to my favourite Korean restaurant in Seoul.

Hite and Sungwoo joined us as well. She had passed her driving test again ;-) I won't tell you any more about that. I promised her last time.

the Korean dinner started off with a round of different kinds of kim chi and bean curd

as the stove anticipated the Kook Soo Chongol (dont worry if I spell it wrong 10/10). Its my favourite dish ;-)

the noodles were served (meat and vegetables boiled in the hot pot of water with the noodles added in) by the very friendly waitress there.

I think it is owned by a family and they run the business. Even in the dead of winter, they were doing pretty well. I did miss the little baby girl who was playing with her aunty last time.

Korean omelette ;-)

And then the best part. I was the only one who managed to finish both the noodles and the chongol! I love it so much!!

I found something very interesting there. This is a celebrity tree with people taking pictures with it. You don't realize why until....

you get up, close and personal!! Hahaha!! I promised myself to return to this restaurant everytime I visit Seoul. Thats how much I love chongol there. ;-)
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Perfume River Vietnamese Restaurant, Percival Street, Causeway Bay

2005-09-10T16:45:00.000+08:00

Perfume River Vietnamese Restaurant, Percival Street, Causeway Bay (very near Times Square)

Stan, Rik and myself had been working late on a friday nite. Chi sin! And then we decided to head down to Stan's village - CWB. hahaha. It seems he used to live their years ago. Well, he lives there most of his waking evening hours anyways. So we followed his lead down to this place

Rik could not control his excitement on seeing red chillis. He is a sucker for chopped red chillis and launched into story-telling mode. His stories were based on Survival lines. He managed to live on rice and chillis for over a week or something...I was feeling too tired and sleepy to catch all details. It will crop again ;-)) some other time. :-P

I ordered some pineapple rice and had the shrimps taken down by Stan the man. I am allergic to seafood right now! Its an off and on and off and on kind of allergy :-(

This is the vegetable soup Rik ordered...sorry. it was supposed to be a curry but tasted like a wierd soup/stew/whatever. Stan and I tasted some and agreed with him. and so he had it replaced with curry...I guess they just added some curry masala into it and stirred it for sometime...shh Rik must not know..ok?!!

Stan the PC settled for pork chops and rice and managed to finish the whole plate for once! He must have been very hungry. I could not finish mine ;-)). Cost us around $67 HKD per head. Good place for a quick bite but nothing extraordinary about the place...except of course they had the cutest looking waitress I have seen in years. ;-))
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AZABUSABO on Kimberley Road, TST

2005-09-10T16:33:00.000+08:00

AZABUSABO on Kimberley Road, TST.

Stan and I dropped in to grab a quick bite before one of his football manager meetings...and my painful back treatment session

Besides the meaningless salad and soup

they did have some good chicken!

and good looking dessert. Stan ate it all. Reasonably priced and quick service. Convenient since it is next to the doctor's and away from the noise and crowds in TST
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Nanak Mess, 11/F, Chung King Mansions, TST.

2005-08-20T00:09:00.000+08:00

Food is very cheap, good & spicy! There are many kinds of Indian bread. After the owner passed away last year, his son has stepped in and remodelled the place. Miss the old man though. Only negative points are location and delay in serving food. Otherwise, this is a must visit.
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2005-07-27T23:23:00.000+08:00

Korean Sweets from Nari :-) Thanks.
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Xiao Nan Guo, Central

2005-07-16T10:27:00.000+08:00

Xiao Nan Guo - A Shanghainese restaurant on 3/F of Man Yee Building, Central.
Great smooth food. Rita found out that it belongs to a group and Jenny mentioned being to the original one in Shanghai. It was their birthday treat for me. Two of my favourite ladies from ML. :-) Mummy and Grandmummy. ;-)) Disappointing that George could not make it. Haven't seen him for ages!!

This was spinach, corriander rolled in the tofu sheets

Bean curd and 1000 days eggs

A whole chicken with veggy and dumplings. So yummy!

This is the same stuff - 1 serving was not enough

Fried beans. They claimed that it was not spicy, but I washed away the sauce anyways. Tasty but looked a bit greasy.

Finally, my Chinese birthday cakes hmmm err...buns. Yeah! I am just one year old! Hahaha.

This is what it looks from inside.
It cost around HK$130 per head for a very filling and delicious meal. Superstar recommendation for this restaurant. :-)
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Mango from Tomb Raider on my birthday

2005-07-16T10:17:00.000+08:00

Mango Sweet and

Mango Juice from the Tomb Raider on my birthday. My love for Mango grows by the day. God made mangoes and then he made me....to keep balance in this universe. Hahaha!
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Peking Garden, Tai Koo Shing

2005-07-16T10:11:00.000+08:00

Peking Garden. A beautifully decorated restaurant. It is a big-sized restaurant. Somehow I felt that most of the waiters were on leave. There were so many tables and so few waiters. You have to order your food and wait a while before it arrives. Cost us HK$75. I have omitted the Xiao Long Bao pics. Not that great.

Diced red chilli ordered by SN

Some green veggies

This was so yummy!!

Beautiful wooden coaster

The eagle somehow reminded me of Taita's emblem from the 7th Scroll and River God books by Wilbur Smith. Though no broken wings here.

Stan ordered these...
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encyclopedia of spices

2005-07-03T21:12:00.000+08:00

encyclopedia of spices

Cafe Deco, The Peak

2005-07-03T00:37:00.000+08:00

The House Salad

Plain Naan

Smoked duck pizza

Someone else had ordered this pizza but it was served to us...and then snatched away just before we could plunge our knives into it. ;-))

This is an expensive place to eat. It's got great view and you need to queue up on weekends. It has a very romantic setting.
This meal cost us HK$140 per head. Staff are polite and prompt.
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2005-07-03T00:28:00.000+08:00

Rice with Bitter Melon and Tofu. A healthy way to lose weight. ;-) And great for the lungs.
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Taiwan bowled over by toilet-themed restaurant

2005-07-01T17:13:00.000+08:00

Taiwan bowled over by toilet-themed restaurant - Sify.com

Ping Zan Lao, 10/F Times Square

2005-06-17T01:33:00.000+08:00

Welcome to Sungwoo @ 10/F Times Square.

Wrapped veggies on fire!

This was a farewell dinner for our new Korean colleague Sungwoo. This is the fired vegetable dish after unwrapping.

Yummy steamed fish

Mushrooms and vegetables

Fatty meat!

That's beef. I am supposed to be off beef until my back is cured. But I always forget and eat it.

BBQ pork

Ox tongue here. I missed the pick of the roasted duck.

Cucumbers

Eat while you can! I believe this is a costly restaurant. But since this was an official dinner...?!!
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2005-06-17T01:22:00.000+08:00

Wang Jia Sha, the Master of Shanghai Dim Sum. This restaurant is on the floor above Broadway at City Plaza, Tai Koo.

Called "Joe Lai Go", this sweet dish is a secret recipe and cannot be found anywhere in HK (says RL). The Xiao Long Bao was a bit less juicy. Reasonably priced dishes with great taste. We also had Mount Tao and vegetables. A must go there again place.
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Thai Orchid @ Tai Koo Place

2005-06-17T01:14:00.000+08:00

Thai Orchid @ Tai Koo Place serves delicious Thai food in take away lunch boxes @ HK$45 only.

You have a choice of 2 out of 4 dishes with rice and soup or soft drink. I normally get the kind lady to reduce the amount of rice and replace it with the vegetables. The chicken is a bit spicy on most days. The beef and eggplant are too yummy. They also do fish fillet. And what's more? You get your 13 lunch free if you have remembered to get the chop on the small card they provide you with. KDW approves too ;-) He is one of my regular readers and a great food lover. He goes for more Indian food @ Mother India than I do!
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A Black Spot

2005-06-17T00:39:00.000+08:00

One night after the movies we went to this place for dinner. Its in Amoy Plaza, Kowloon Bay. I shall update the name later

Xiao Long Bao was tasteless

This is what the sweet and sour chicken dish looked like

This is how they cook chicken dishes in some places in HK - SEPARATELY. They cook the chicken plain. And then add the sauce and heat it up for some time and serve it to poor customers like me. When you cut open the chicken piece you will find that there is no juice inside from the gravy / sauce

And this is the amount of oil in the dish giving you an idea how the chicken was made. FRIED

This vegetable dish cost us tens of dollars. Basically, these guys are cheats. Sub-standard food, high costs. I tried some shrimp (from the fried rice) and had allergic reaction. My stomach bloated up and I had rash on my face and in my food pipe. God bless you all if happen to eat there.

Here is the culprit!
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Outback Steakhouse, Causeway Bay

2005-06-04T13:06:00.000+08:00

We met a few new friends and I succumbed to the decision of trying out some of the fattiest food on earth. So we ended up going to Outback Steakhouse at JP Plaza.

Aussie cheese fries with melted Jack and Cheddar cheese.

Blooming Onion fries with sauce - An Outback Ab-original from Russell's Marina Bay

Ripper Peel N' Eat - Shrimp, served cold with a zesty cocktail sauce. Dig in Mate!

Bread with Caesar salad

A center-cut sirloin, seasoned and seared to perfection 8-ounce/11-ounce. They are served with Walkabout Soup O' The Day and choice of rice pilaf and fresh steamed veggies, jacket potato, Aussie chips, or sweet potato.

Alice Springs Chicken - Grilled chicken breast and bacon smothered in mushrooms, melted Jack and Cheddar cheeses, with honey mustard sauce. Served with Aussie chips.

Queensland Pasta - Fettuccine Alfredo with a light lemon sauce topped with your choice of:
Gilled chicken and shrimp

Chocolate thunder from down under - Fresh-baked pecan brownie, rich vanilla ice cream topped with hot homemade chocolate sauce and chocolate shavings.

Very delicious and fatty. Cost us HK $160 per head with unlimited refills for the drinks (mostly soft drinks or lemon tea). Visit there next year. hehehe.
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Chiu Chow Garden Restaurant, Taikoo

2005-05-29T11:23:00.000+08:00

Chiu Chow Garden Restaurant, Taikoo

Shrimp Dumplings

Steamed buns

Chicken Feet - the one thing I do not eat - bones get stuck in my teeth and I have to spend hours digging them out of there.

Glutinous rice with meat in lotus leaf

Fried Veggies. SN attempted one.

Rice rolls

No idea what this was. Waiting to find out. It was sweet.

Pork cakes with sesame seeds?

More dumplings

Rice Cake

Tea

Go there again? Only with colleagues during the lunch break.
No Xiao Long Bao. HK$80 per head.
Worth mentioning - SN has started joining us on yum cha trips. :-)
Must push him to try cow stomach some time. hehehe

Hak Ka Hut, Miramar Shopping Centre, TST

2005-05-29T11:03:00.000+08:00

Hak Ka Hut, Miramar Shopping Centre, TST

Veggy

Chilli Fish

Deep fried shrimps

Bean Curd

Fish balls

Deep Fried Crab

Dessert

Buns

Chicken

Soup

Coconut Pudding

Service is slow. Place seems to be very popular. We had to wait 7 tables to for our turn. Packed. Comfortable environment. NO XIAO LONG BAO. Cost per head HK$91. Nay, I didn't touch the deep fried stuff...There are 5 more branches. Go there again? May just try the one in Tseung Kwan O sometime.

Some sweets

2005-05-29T10:58:00.000+08:00

Some sweets

Chha Hin Taiwanese Restaurant

2005-05-23T21:18:00.000+08:00

Chha Hin Taiwanese Restaurant, Pearl City Mansions, Causeway Bay

Mango Green Tea

Baby Cabbages with minced pork

Vegetable Rice

Chicken and octopus with rice in pumpkin sauce.

HK$41 per head. Good taste and good environment. And surprisingly smiling staff...well, smiling too much to really freak you out...you know what I mean...hehehe. Definitely a visit again place...

NEWAY CEO Buffet Dinner

2005-05-23T21:13:00.000+08:00

NEWAY CEO Buffet Dinner

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NEWAY CEO Buffet Dinner

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Very expensive and very fatty! Definitely a no-no unless one is in a group. :-p
In our case, the company was good enough to have spent more than 8 hours there...an enjoyable evening of K.

Dragon Noodles, Causeway Bay

2005-05-23T20:39:00.000+08:00

Dragon Noodles, Causeway Bay (Jaffe Road) has nice wooden look

and lovely paintings

I tried some rice and spicy eggplants there. HK$38. Good taste. Will go there again.

2005-05-20T21:06:00.000+08:00

Rice, Fish, Tomato, Eggs, Baby Cabbages. Food Court, CityPlaza, Taikoo

Jin Yuen Restaurant, Nan Fung Plaza, Hang Hau

2005-05-17T22:51:00.000+08:00

Jin Yuen Restaurant, Nan Fung Plaza, Hang Hau

Siu Maai

Sin Juk Guen - Pork and Veggies inside soyabean skin.

Law Hon Zai Fan Guen - Mixed Veggies in rice roll

Liang Yue Kao - Fish ball

Chin Chhang Go - A cake with egg yolk (very high chols)

Cha Siu Bao - Pork Bun

Soi Zeng Bao - 3 different stuffings - red beans, eggs, other beans hehehe in wheat wrapping

Zan Jiu Gaai - Glutinous rice in lotus leaf

Law Hon Zai Fan - Basically, juicy veggies over the rice. Cost HK$60 per head. This restaurant sucks. Especially since they duped me into eating there after promising that they would serve Xiao Long Bao...which they don't have.

Dinner at a local restaurant in Tuen Mun

2005-05-17T22:38:00.000+08:00

Dinner at a local restaurant in Tuen Mun. One of those special evenings in my life.

The evening was windy and cloudy. The view of the bridges on the way was breath-taking.

Hehehe. Looks funny. No, KDW, I did not eat all the food. There were 3 of us. The cost was around HK $43 per person.

Ebeneezer's Kebab, Wan Chai

2005-05-13T23:20:00.000+08:00

Ebeneezer's Kebab (opp Mes Amis, Wan Chai).
Must try the Donor (Lamb) Kebab here. Heavenly!
Costs HK$45. Rest of the food is crap.

East Ocean Seafood Restaurant, DCH Commercial Centre

2005-05-10T23:47:00.000+08:00

East Ocean Seafood Restaurant, DCH Commercial Centre, Quarry Bay

Chicken Wings

Chicken and beans in XO sauce

Chicken in Swiss Wine

Chinese sandwich - Ham and egg bun.

We also had some chhoi sum, xiao long bao and rice. So many chicken dishes because we had mother hen eating dim sum with us for the first time :p hahaha....COSTLY PLACE. $125 per head for dim sum...competes with zen! good food though...may be we shall pull KDW there...some day...

Thai Food Sale at Jusco, Hang Hau

2005-05-10T23:24:00.001+08:00

Thai Food Sale at Jusco, Hang Hau

Special Fried Rice at Golden Shanghai

2005-05-10T23:24:00.000+08:00

Special Fried Rice at Golden Shanghai Restaurant, Hang Hau

Lotpopo Japanese Noodles . Curry - Causeway Bay

2005-05-08T00:29:00.000+08:00

Lotpopo Japanese Noodles . Curry restaurant near Times Square, Causeway Bay.

Fried Dumplings - very oily

Vegetarian Sushi

Ramen and mashed potatoes

Veggy Noodles

Birthday Cake

Rice and Pork Chop with curry sauce

Fried Potatoes

Tempura

Sticky Rice Balls - Made by superchef MT

Come on try some!! Its a cheap restaurant. Costs just HK$ 45 per head on average. Tasty food and conveniently located on a by-lane. Smiling waitresses for a change!

A fish ball affair

2005-05-07T15:55:00.000+08:00

Not really, the name of the restaurant is Fishball Affair but we did not have fish balls there. I was not feeling well and hence was the silent admirer of the food that was served and reluctantly finished off by my friends. They had ordered a bit too much, and the dragon was not eating...yeah, that's me. :-))

They have branches in Mongkok, Kwun Tong and Causeway Bay. We had been to CWB.

This one is curry inside toasted bread. The bread was the size of a coconut. Based on Thai Coconut dishes? Not so sure.

Chicken and Pig ears

Spicy Noodles

Duck meat on thin noodles

Cold Bean Curd with pork floss, spring onion and the paper thin fish (when will I learn its name?!)

Tofu with corriander

Noodles with assorted vegetables

Dessert. Cost was HK$ 25 per head with drinks!! Cheap ;-)

Mother India, Taikoo Fong

2005-05-07T15:28:00.000+08:00

This place is pretty small and you can easily miss it. Lunch boxes cost HK$35 (veg) and HK$45 (non-veg). The buffet costs 75 bucks but the choices are limited. The meats require more experience and so do the vegetables. The food appearance is not very inviting, but the taste is not that bad. This a place where KDW & SN frequent to grab lunch-boxes. And boy the aroma back in the office is so yummy!! Both get their boxes around 12:00 pm and I have to make an effort to stay put until 12:30 pm! KDW has more curries per week than I do. And so do MH and AB. Hmm. I just find the food a bit too heavy for lunch time. And I feel bad to be spending HK$75 and eating so little. So most of the times, SC and myself opt out to the disappointment of SN. ;))

This is what I had. Rice, Dal Makhani (Creamy Black lentils), Pudina (mint sauce) chutney, fried spinach (chhoi sum!), Lamb Kebab, Chicken Kebab and salad.

Followed by a piece of Masala Dosa. The filling is made of potatoes, chili, onions, mustard, turmeric, etc. The wrap is made of rice and chana, urad, toor, moong dal. You normally have coconut chutney and sambhar with it.

This is how the masala dosa looks inside. For a more detailed recipe please go to this link - Bawarchi.com

Finally, Mango Lassi. Made from real mangoes (not essence) and yog hurt. Served chilled.

Monkeying Around Taikoo Fong

2005-05-07T15:10:00.000+08:00

Came across this man selling flour candies. I wanted to buy one after taking a picture. But he insisted that I buy one first and then take the pic. And then he hid his face. I thought he was being rude and SC thought he is a typical old HK guy. I do not agree with that.

The Suen Ng Hong cost me HK$15. Its made of flour and very colourful. I am not going to eat it. I thought I would bring it home but it started to fall apart. I spent a few minutes gluing it back together. Now it proudly stands in my cube.

AD's World of Food - Previous Posts

2005-05-04T22:09:00.000+08:00

Here is a list of all posts on AD's World Of Food

Restaurants

Cafe Mix & Bake, COEX Mall, Seoul
Hwa Sun Korean Restaurant, Seoul
Perfume River Vietnamese Restaurant, Causeway Bay
Azabu Sabo, TST
Xiao Nan Guo, Central
Peking Garden, Tai Koo Shing
Cafe Deco, The Peak
Ping Zan Lao, Times Square
A Black Spot
Thai Orchid, Tai Koo Place, Quarry Bay
Outback Steakhouse, Causeway Bay
Hak Ka Hut, Miramar, TST
Chiu Chow Garden Restaurant, Taikoo
Neway CEO, Causeway Bay
Chha Hin Taiwanese Restaurant, Causeway Bay
Dragon Noodles, Causeway Bay
Jin Yuen Restaurant, Nan Fung Plaza, Hang Hau
East Ocean Seafood Restaurant, Quarry Bay
Lotpopo Japanese Noodles . Curry, Causeway Bay
Fish Ball Affair, Causeway Bay
Mother India, Tai Koo Fong
Little Basil - Grand Century Place, Mong Kok
Gam Wu Ting - Golden Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant, East Point City, Hang Hau
Din Tai Fung, Whampoa Gourmet
Many good restaurants under one roof...
Modern China Restaurant, Causeway Bay
Siu Xing Chi Mei, Causeway Bay
Koh-i-noor Indian Restaurant at Taikoo Shing
Dai Goon Yuen Restaurant, opp. Sogo, Causeway Bay
Chok Lou Saan Fong, Food Court, Langham Plaza, Mongkok
Dragon Boat Restaurant, Sai Kung
Iccho Japanese Restaurant
Korea and Food

Cooking & Recipes

Mashed Potato - AD style
Rajma
Sunday Nite Dinner
Soba (Buck Wheat) Noodles for dinner
Must have masalas in the kitchen

Other Food Related Posts

Mango from the Tomb Raider
Some Sweets
$22 Food at Food Court, City Plaza
Dinner at a local restaurant in Tuen Mun
Ebeneezer's Kebab, Wan Chai
Special Fried Rice at Golden Shanghai Restaurant, Hang Hau
Thai Food Sale at Jusco, Hang Hau
Monkeying around in Taikoo Fong
Strawberry Vodka Shots. Nice packaging...
My favourite! Korean drink
Garoupa fillet with tomato and rice
This one is for Engineers only. Cheers!
Live Seafood in Sai Kung
Food on streets of Kowloon
Wonton Mien - My favourite food!
Toasted loaf with a lump of butter on top of it......
Yue Hwa Chinese Products
Snails on sale at City Super, Times Square
Scary Movie 4 at California Pizza, Times Square
Temperature in % instead of deg C or F at McDonalds...
Christmas Eve 2004
Amazing Onion
Welcome Food-lovers!

Soba (Buck Wheat) Noodles for dinner

2005-05-02T20:39:00.000+08:00

Soba Noodles (Buck wheat noodles)

This is how yummy it looks. Thanks for making me such delicious noodles.

Saan Chhoi to go with the noodles and soy sauce. ;-D

Little Basil - Grand Century Place, Mong Kok

2005-05-02T20:24:00.000+08:00

Little Basil - Grand Century Place, Mong Kok

The interior has a Kool design

Fried rice with smoked duck, cashew nuts, red capsicum, red chilli. Lychee was the special touch.

How can we have a meal without green vegetables. :-)

Little basil dish. This one is just a pic. ;-)

All the dishes are very creative and hence costly!

This restaurant belongs to m.a.x. concepts. There is another one at Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay.
The big brother - Thai Basil - is at Pacific Place, Admiralty.
Total bill was HK$56 per head. Well, not that costly after all...
Friendly staff and good service. Will go back, surely.

Gam Wu Ting - Golden Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant, East Point City, Hang Hau

2005-04-30T22:48:00.000+08:00

Gam Wu Ting - Golden Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant, East Point City, Hang Hau

Noodles with pork in peanut sauce - Daam Daam Min

Braised Tofu with vegetables (Pork was taken out)- Gaa Sayong Tofu

Tortillas (Chapatti made from flour)

Broccoli with Mushrooms

Xiao Long Bao - Not as good as last time

The food at this restaurant is very good and the decor is mostly red in yellow light with touches of blue and green. Dark brown furniture and friendly staff. Service is prompt and good. A place where I would like to go back. $90 per head. Enough food.

Din Tai Fung, Whampoa Gourmet

2005-04-28T23:12:00.000+08:00

Din Tai Fung , Chinese restaurant in Whampoa

Rice noodles with soup (made from mung beans with fried bean curd and pork rolls - minced pork wrapped in sheets of bean curd)

Fried rice with egg and shredded pork

Siu Tong Pak Choy (short pak choy) - Yummy!

And my favourite Xiao Long Bao (with pork filling). The sauce inside it was not as tangy. But overall taste was pretty good.

Well-lit, spacious, comfortable chairs, good service. The temperature of water was lukewarm (a rare thing in HK where most restaurants will serve boiling hot water). The choice of food was limited to around 60 dishes. The taste of the food was not very strong and hence quite good. Since we ordered 2 sets of xiao long bao the cost came upto around $100 per head, else around $75.

2005-04-28T23:10:00.000+08:00

Many good restaurants under one roof...

Modern China Restaurant, Causeway Bay

2005-04-27T01:23:00.000+08:00

Modern China Restaurant, 10/F, Times Square. A place I keep coming back to...for xiao long bao. :-)) Costs HK$100 per head

Kool deco

A cup of warm water, a small bowl, a saucer, a soup spoon, a pair of chopsticks on holder, a wet tissue, a dry tissueand a tooth-pick...these are all you need to survive in a Chinese restaurant...I shall tell you later about holding chopsticks...

Mostly vegetables

Sliced Mutton with Chives and parsley. Tortillas to go with it...I had to squeeze in a little bit of lemon to add the tang

Xiao Long Bao - The best in HK? Too Yummy!!

Pickled vegetables

Braised Tofu with mushroom

Chinese on the China

Chinese Birthday Buns

Siu Xing Chi Mei, Causeway Bay

2005-04-27T01:02:00.000+08:00

Had dinner at this Chinese restaurant. Causeway Bay, HK

Salad, Fried Dumpling, Pork Ribs, Spring Rolls with sauce

Xiao Long Bao - Surprisingly good taste...AD shall definitely return

Vegetables and Bean Curd

Pickle, Peanuts and Pork Floss

Red Tea, Carrot Juice, Warm Water

Vegetarian Rice

Pork Ribs, vegetables and noodles. Honey on it...too sweet...

Buns

Cost was just HK$50 per head! Good taste. Too bright for a restaurant. In the basement (though that is not a problem). Staff were friendly.

2005-04-24T23:53:00.001+08:00

Strawberry Vodka Shots. Nice packaging...

2005-04-24T23:53:00.000+08:00

My favourite! Korean drink is in HK now. This is what kept me alive during lunch hours in Seoul.

Koh-i-noor Indian Restaurant at Taikoo Shing, HK

2005-04-24T11:12:00.000+08:00

Koh-i-noor Indian Restaurant at Taikoo Shing, HK

Non-Veg dishes - Reshmi Chicken Kebab, Lamb Roganjosh, Chicken Curry. Meat was cold. And they can never get the lamb right if they don't reduce the size of the chunks. I rate an Indian restaurant depending on lamb. And so this place is low on my list.

Veg dishes - Kofta, fried rice and Spinach Potato

Naan bread. HK people love this very much. But at Koh-i-noor, it is always under cooked and yucky. Never try this here.

Fat Uttapams. Rice cakes with onion, chilli and lentils...

Balls of potato, yoghurt and uttapam. Fried Onion ball as well...I usually drink the Mango Lassi (yoghurt drink) there. Though it tastes the same everytime. Yucky.

That's my lunch. After the nutritionist advised me to eat some meat during lunch, this is my first outing in many weeks.

Garoupa fillet with tomato and rice

2005-04-24T11:11:00.000+08:00

Garoupa fillet with tomato and rice. A very tomato taste. Cafe de Coral, Times Square basement

Dai Goon Yuen Restaurant, opp. Sogo, Causeway Bay.

2005-04-24T11:03:00.000+08:00

Dai Goon Yuen Restaurant, opposite Sogo, Causeway Bay. We were looking for the Beijing restaurant but an old lady somehow persuaded us to go to this one. She even told us that this used to be the original Beijing restaurant...what crap...we went anyways

Another To Fu dish

Ngyaan Si Goon. Rice Cake

Chaap Chhoi Bou soup

Soup up close

Xiao Long Bao...Very bad taste...Not a very expensive restaurant...but food quality...hmmm...I won't go back there again...

Chok Lou Saan Fong, Food Court, Langham Plaza, Mongkok

2005-04-24T10:54:00.000+08:00

Chok Lou Saan Fong, Food Court, Langham Plaza, Mongkok. I liked the lighting and an important meal :-) I love the China printed with the words in blue....

Mien See Chhow Ay Chhoi , Rice and Saam Sin Pha Bak Chhoi

Xiao Long Bao...This was an amazing experience. I will definitely go back to that restaurant. The bill was $128 only.

Dragon Boat Restaurant, Sai Kung

2005-04-24T10:44:00.001+08:00

Dragon Boat Restaurant, Sai Kung - I had dinner there last night.

Pork and melon soup

Hot Lemon Cha (tea)

Broccoli. I find the plain sauce so tasty...

Stamed Fish! Yeah...I ate the whole fish. The beans had a bad smell though. The smell was pretty strong as it was supposed to mask the odour of the fish itself...I left the eye alone. My family loves eyes...hehehe

Hot tea water - for drinking or washing your spoons, chopsticks or bowls. A must on tables of all Chinese restaurants. Well, almost all...You can also see the bill in the back ground. Cost $127

2005-04-24T10:42:00.001+08:00

This one is for Engineers only. Cheers!

Live Seafood in Sai Kung

2005-04-24T10:39:00.000+08:00

Live seafood in Sai Kung, HK.

You can choose your own food

And have it cooked and served the way you want it. Sai Kung is a bit pricey though. And so is Lamma Island.

Food on streets of Kowloon

2005-04-24T10:31:00.000+08:00

I decided to walk from Jordan to Mongkok, yesterday, taking pictures of local food for you. Scroll down and enjoy. :-)

Sticky Rice before wrapping

Sticky Rice in wrap

Noodles with luncheon meat and egg

Saan Chhoi - Green Leafy Vegetable. Yummy. Was I a cow in my last life?

Plain Congee - Kanji or Kanjam in India. Boil rice and meat until it becomes porridge. :-) Tasty!

Waffles

Slightly sweet in taste this looks like a Dosai but is not.

Meat Balls

Deep fried meat

More meat

More balls

Drinks - Carrot Juice, Sugarcane Juice and Soy milk

Dip in the spicy sauce and eat away. Hygenic? Don't think so...the logic is - all bacteria will perish at the high temperature of frying oil...

2005-04-19T23:06:00.000+08:00

Wonton Mien - My favourite food!

2005-04-17T23:51:00.000+08:00

Toasted loaf with a lump of butter on top of it...well you can skip the butter part...Bread lovers unite!

Sunday Nite Dinner

2005-04-17T23:34:00.000+08:00

Decided to cook dinner today. All yummy! Amazingly!

Aloo Mutter Tofu - Another fusion food. Replaced Paneer with Tofu. Ketchup in place of tomatoes. Aloo = Potato, Mutter = green peas, Paneer = cottage cheese

Chili Tofu...the Indian paneer replaced by Chinese tofu...fusion food. ;-) Shallow fried tofu, of course.

Replaced the tomatoes with lemon - Mashed potato looks yellow with turmeric. Lemon really makes it taste - very very Yummy!

Brown Rice - More Fibre - Yeah, baby!

Iccho Japanese Restaurant

2005-04-17T01:27:00.000+08:00

I had dinner at the Iccho Japanese Restaurant in Causeway Bay, HK, on friday night with some friends.
This is one of the 3 IJR's in Causeway Bay, bang opposite Time Square. Well, there are 5 in HK SAR.

Iccho Japanese Restaurant

Inside the restaurant tables are set in many rows

You can also choose to sit on the floor

The menu with pictures

Miso soup with rice and pickle

Beef Noodles with paper fish...Well not exactly paper but it does look like that!

Eel with rice and eggs. Beef Curry with udon.

Tofu! The star!

Mushroom and chicken omelette

Sushi! Yoo hoo!

Sake Tenny. $25 HKD. Sake shaken with I know not what. An olive to add to the looks.

Food is tasty. On an average a dish costs around $70 HKD. Good experience.

Mashed Potato - AD style

2005-04-17T01:07:00.000+08:00

Dibs, Prash and Ms have always loved it. Its simple to make and has super taste.
Boil 3 peeled potatoes separately until they are tender.
Slice 1-2 onions and saute in a non-stick pan with 1tsp cooking oil, mustard seeds, ginger & garlic paste (3tsp).
Add the potatoes.
Dice 1-2 tomatoes and add into the pan.
Add desired salt, pepper (optional), chili powder (optional), soy sauce (1-2tsp). Note that tomato ketchup and chili sauce can be substitutes for tomato and chili.
Go on stirring until the tomatoes and potatoes are one. (how romantic ^*v*^).
Serve cold. Tastes better if it is refrigerated.
Ideal for eating with bread (brown for high fibre), paratas, rotis, rice, etc.

Yue Hwa Chinese Products

2005-04-17T00:59:00.000+08:00

This is a large store in Jordan, Kowloon, selling various herbs, wine, chocolates, meat products, etc.

2005-04-11T08:16:00.000+08:00

Snails on sale at City Super, Times Square

2005-04-11T08:15:00.000+08:00

Scary Movie 4 at California Pizza, Times Square

2005-04-11T08:14:00.000+08:00

Temperature in % instead of deg C or F at McDonald's - Gold Coast, Tuen Mun.

Korea and Food

2005-04-09T17:40:00.000+08:00

Yummy food in Korea!

Dinner at Bennegans, Seoul

My Breakfast at Cafe Royale - Westin Chosun, Seoul

My dinner at a Korean restaurant

Dessert at the Chosun

Bulgogi - My dinner ;-) Yummy!!

Christmas Eve 2004

2005-04-09T17:34:00.000+08:00

I had a party at my home on Christmas Eve 2004.

Take a look at the food!

2005-04-09T16:23:00.000+08:00

Amazing. This onion has been growing inside the veggy compartment of my fridge without light or water. I kind of like it very much and hence just let it be.

RAJMA

2005-04-09T16:11:00.000+08:00

Here is VM's Rajma recipe which she had given me 5 years back and still works wonders!

1.Soak rajma (big red kidney beans) in water - overnight.
2.Drain the water from the rajma and wash in water once. NEVER put that water in the pan thinking it's got vitamin as a lot of people think (it causes gas and is not good otherwise). Just throw it away.
3.Take 2 big onions, one whole big garlic with lots of pods, a slightly big ginger(about 2 inches), 2 red tomatoes. Chop everything and blend them to a puree. Your masala is ready.
4.If you do not use a pressure cooker, then boil rajma till done in some other pot. To do that, take rajma, add water and add some salt to it. Cook it until you can feel it's tender.
5.In a shallow non-stick pan,add 2-3 tbsp cooking oil. Add a little sugar. Let it become brown. Add the masala paste(point no.3). Saute till the water frm it starts to dry. Add turmeric(1tsp), chicken or meat masala
powder which ever you have(1 tbsp), kitchen king masala(1and a 1/2tbsp), chole masala (1tbsp), garam masala (1 tbsp), salt to taste, tej patta (bay leaves)-2nos., clover and green cardamom-2 each a little crushed. Mix
well.
6.Add Rajma now. Add water. If your Rajma is already tender then add water 1 inch above the Rajma in the pan. Add a little tomato sauce to it. Mix well. Cover and simmer.
7.Keep checking. When you see water geting thick and all mixed well, taste for salt. If ok, remove from gas. Keep aside.
Let it cool. Serve with onion rings and coriander leaves on top of rajma. Have with roti(bread) or rice.
(Same recipe for Chole (Chick peas),etc.)

Do not use Rajma masala. It makes the curry sour.
AD: For people who do not eat much spice (like me - hehehe), reduce the amount of masala.

Must have masalas in the kitchen

2005-04-09T15:24:00.000+08:00

1.Kitchen King masala-MDH /Everest.
2.Chole masala
3.Meat masala
4.Chicken masala
5.Garam masala.

Welcome Food-lovers!

2005-04-09T15:05:00.000+08:00

Hello Everyone!
This blog has been branched off to focus on food! Hurrah! Yeah Yeah!
I am going to review some restaurants, introduce you to new types of food (from other parts of the world), and publish tips & recipes from super chefs.
Dream Food. Love food. Enjoy food. And drinks?
AD