Burst egg yolk at See See Look Restaurant

LOL, what a name! See See Look Restaurant .

Came here randomly because I haven't tried this place.

It was good that they had an English menu which serves MICED MEAT, SOFE DRINK and STATY BEEF.

I was deciding between the egg and tomato and the fried egg and luncheon meat.
In the end I got the luncheon meat.
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soup:

The soup was just the usual Chinese broth.
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fried egg and luncheon meat:

It was good that they give you the soy sauce separately so you can decide how much you want to add but the thing that let it down was the burst egg yolk and the rice was too soggy.
The luncheon meat was soft and tasteless but the egg was quite nice especially the egg white because it was delicate and fragrant.
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Genki rolls and Chinglish

Genki Sushi (Tseung Kwan O)
Decided to come here for sushi.

At the entrance they had some really interesting signs.
The first one welcomes eye seeing dogs which we call Guide dogs in UK.

The second sign is rather amusing because no pets are allowed especiallyPUGS!!

After asking locals, I found out that pugs are popular dogs among the Hong Kongers.

Anyway I was not very hungry so only had a few pieces of sushi.
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Scallop skirts:

Basically the texture is similar to elastic bands.
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Genki roll, vegetarian sharks fin and jellyfish:

The genki rolls were my favourite, I loved the crispy skin in the middle paired with refreshing cucumber and creamy mayonnaise.
As for the vegetarian sharks fin and jellyfish, I found it a bit too sweet.
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Price: $8X
Service: OK
Service charge: 10%
Yummy factor: ok
English Menu: Yes
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Lovely modernized rickshaw noodles - NOT!

MinMix 1950 (Tseung Kwan O)

Previously tried this at Hung Hom and now they have opened in Metro City and Tuen Mun.


I was quite surprised the locals were quite ready for the new ordering system. A lot of people managed to order without a problem, but the only flaw was payment by octopus because not everyone has much credit on their cards.

There are round tables where the ordering panel swivels 180 degrees.

Anyway, I dined at this place because it is simple and has ENGLISH!



This time I decided to try the LAKSA.
The choice of noodles were only VERMICELLI or FRIED NOODLES for the LAKSA!.



I chose VERMICELLI because the English definition of Vermicelli is rice noodles ie (maai fun 米粉).
When it came it was Mai Sin (Cantonese) / Mixian ( Mandarin) 米線.
Mixian is guoqiao mixian 過橋米線/雲南米線 aka (Crossing the bridge noodles).

Anyway, I queried why it was not vermicelli and I could hear the people in the kitchen thinking it was my mistake.
If they have an issue, they should not cower in the kitchen and speak to me directly.

In the end, I was given a mix of vermicelli and Mixian for my laksa.



After I finished the noodles, I took a look at their Chinese version of the interface and it appears that the ENGLISH and CHINESE do not match for Vermicelli.

They have labelled the English wrongly.

So I looked at their list of noodles and they have labelled the Mixian as Vermicelli (bottom left picture) and Vermicelli as Rice noodles (top left first picture).

Vermicelli is also called rice noodles as well.






See the English and Chinese choices for the Laksa noodles:
It is implying that Vermicelli = 雲南米線 which is not!!





They should label it thick rice vermicelli then it would be not be misleading, the same as angel hair and normal pasta/spaghetti.
I was expecting Vermicelli because I ordered through the ENGLISH version.
If you wiki Vermicelli, you will not get pictures of Mixian.

As well as that, there was another translation error.

In English it saids Pork's bladder, in Chinese it means Stomach!

Interesting translation: bladder or stomach


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Swivel design:
It does not rotate 360 degrees!
There are chopsticks on one side.



The ordering panel is on the other side

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Stingy with the broth:

stingy with the broth
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Laksa:
The laksa was bland, it was nice spicy, the tofu puffs were extremely salty.
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Strawberry cake at McCafe

McCafe headquarters at North Point
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Strawberry cake:

Out of all the cakes I have seen at McCafe, this must have been the simplest cake with just cream, sponge cake, strawberry jam and garnished with half a strawberry on top.

The taste of this one was quite nice, it was soft sponge with cream and a hint of strawberry from the jam filling in the middle.

This cake is nice and simple for the afternoon with a cup of tea.
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Trainer or Trainee?:
When I ordered, the guy in the black shirt was being trained and I gave him a difficult task while he was on training because I wanted the outermost cake because the strawberry was more ripe.
He was instructed to take the whole plate of cakes out because he was not sure how to get it.
It was then that I noticed his badge said "Trainer" when it should have been "Trainee".


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Food studio and McDonalds employment centre:
After eating the cake, I was on my way out when I noticed that their Food studio and McD's recruitment centre are located here.




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BAKERY scrambled can be spelt BREAKY

Although at the front of the shop BAKERY is spelt normal ie BAKERY, inside it is spelt BREAKY which is interesting.

 

Anyway, saw these green cakes so took a closer look and it was Pandan and not Green Tea so I decided to get one.

The shop assistant was really unbothered and rude but finally bagged it for me because the cake was in a separate cabinet.

 

The taste was quite nice, it had a strong pandan taste and the sweetness was just right, however the cake was too dry and hard on the outside but soft on the inside so I wonder how many days it has been sitting there.

Freezing cold @ Ho Yin Seafood Restaurant

As well as the freezing cold air conditioning, it was noisy and the food was lousy.
Sat down and the air conditioning was about 21.5 degrees C as measured on my digital UV and temperature meter.
Then it slowly dropped to 21.0 degrees.

21.5 degrees C

 

21 degrees C

 

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Chicken

 

The chicken was not fresh and there was a rancid oil taste.
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Prawns on toast

 

The toast was so thick and the oil was unfresh.
There was chinese salad cream as dipping sauce, not the usual sauces you get in the UK.
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Prawn dumplings & Crystal dumplings

 

Chewy and elastic
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Steamed bun

 

Too sweet!
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Rice rolls from the table next to me
They must have been disgusting as they were there for an hour untouched.

 

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Cute names
Mandarin duck crystal package
Food crops dessert

Food crops dessert/Mandarin duck crystl package

 

Poached lettuce but in Chinese it said Blanched squid

spot the contradiction! lettuce = squid

 

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