Toko Surabaya at Quarry Bay

Toko Surabaya (Quarry Bay)

Came on the right day but at the wrong time because quite a lot of the food was sold out.

It is located in the residential area of Quarry Bay between Quarry Bay MTR and Tai Koo MTR.

Locating this place was easy and I felt that it was easier walking from Tai Koo MTR than QB MTR because it is downhill and the station is not so irritating.

This joint sells Indonesian goods and foods and there is a table to dine there too.


It has been here for ages and LittleMeg and "sainamdaiocknam" has dined here before so I was expecting the food to be good here.

Originally I wanted the flavoured yellow ginger rice but it was sold out so I got the Indonesian assortment with rice.
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Indonesian assortment with rice:
It was rice topped with beans, egg, peanuts, chicken, beef rendang and Chayote slices.
I liked the Chayote slices (Buddha's hand melon) because it was sweet and soft but not many people eat them in Hong Kong because they are used for soups and people find them tasteless.
The rest of the meat had strong coconut taste and the beef was slightly spicy but nice.
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Indonesian exclusive dishes on the weekends

Indonesian Sate House (Shau Kei Wan)

Came back on the weekend to try more Indonesian dishes because some dishes are only served on the weekends.


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Mixed satay and rice:

This was basically three skewers served with satay sauce and rice.
The skewers consist of one chicken, pork and beef.
I felt that the satay sauce was quite spicy and there was a strong lemongrass taste.
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Nasi kunung (served on weekend):

I really liked this because it contained a bit of everything.
It had Perkedel which is an Indonesian potato croquette, it was my favourite.
There was a piece of beef shin, chicken wing, shredded omelette and peanuts.
The rice they serve here is fluffy and they used the thin long grain rice similar to the ones served in Indian cuisines.
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Nasi Rendang:

The lemon grass taste was really strong and the meat was basically from the skewer because you can see the holes in the meat from the skewer stick.
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Indonesian sweet delights

Restaurant: Padang Indonesia Restaurant (Causeway Bay)

I love the Indonesian sweets here and they are labelled.

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Pandan Katam Hitam:


It is a two coloured cake made from glutinous rice.
This cake was really nice, it was chewy, and a slightly sticky texture from using glutinous rice rather than normal flour.
The texture was very similar to a sweet malt loaf, but not so dense and chewy with gorgeous pandan and glutinous rice flavouring.
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Kue serabi:


I thought the bun would be filled inside but it was solid and it comes with a tub of coconut sauce.
I tried it without the sauce and you can taste the pandan but the bun is not sweet.


It was slightly savoury but after you dip it in the coconut sauce it tastes nicer and the more sauce you dip, the sweeter it is.
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三叔's Gado Gado sauce

三叔小食 (筲箕灣)
Toko Terang Bulan
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2286379

I was in the area again so decided to get the tossed noodles and try the fish shaomai in Gado Gado sauce.






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Tossed noodles:

The noodles tasted as good as my first visit:
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2279940
The roast pork and pork strips were lean but not dry.
The Jook-sing noodles did not have an alkaline taste and they were lovely and soft and tasted really nice with the pork slices and spring onions. The prawn patty slices were the best because they were slighty crispy.
Usually I do not like the beanshoots, but the beanshoots here were really nice, each beanshoot was plump and juicy and there was no grassy taste.
The sauce was very spicy.
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Fish shaomai in Gado Gado sauce:

The fish shaomai were the usual ones served in Gado Gado sauce which was why I tried them.
The sauce contained a lot of peanuts and lemon grass, and it was very spicy.
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Indonesian Hakka style Bakmi Singkawang noodles

The design of this joint looks different and not very local.
This shop is opened by Chinese expats who lived in Indonesia.

As well as Indonesian food, they also cater for the locals because they have the noodles in bags where you can choose ingredients and sauces to put in it.

 

Initially I was attracted to this place because of the Martabak manis (sweet cakes) for $7 on the flyer and then I saw the noodles (Bakmi Singkawang) so I tried that as well.

 

They had some stools infront of their shop for people to dine there.
It seems that all the shops on that street have temporary stools and tables for people to eat there.

 

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Bakmi Singkawang:
When I ordered the noodles they asked if I wanted it spicy, so I just asked for it to be mild.
Basically the noodles have beanshoots, roast pork, pork strips, spring onions, fish patty slices and pork patty slices.

 

There is pork because these noodles are eaten by Chinese expats in Indonesia.

 

When it came, each ingredient was neatly placed on the noodles.

I loved the way how each ingredient was thinly sliced which made it more appetizing especially the roast pork, fish patties and prawn patties .

 

It was really good the roast pork and pork strips were lean but not dry.
Each element was fully flavoured.
The noodles are Jook-sing noodles so they did not have that alkaline taste.
The noodles were lovely and soft and tasted really nice with the pork slices and spring onions. The prawn patty slices were the best because they were slighty crispy.
Usually I do not like the beanshoots, but the beanshoots here were really nice, each beanshoot was plump and juicy and there was no grassy taste.
Although it was delicious I found it a tad spicy.
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Martabak manis:
These sweet cakes looked like the pancakes at Nam ah 1964 but they are different.

 

 

They were like a combination of crumpets and silver dollar pancakes, the outside was like a silver dollar pancake but the middle was like a crumpet with capillaries.
There was peanut, coconut and sugar in the middle so it was similar to eating Chinese waffles with peanut butter.
Overall it was nice but I found it too sweet.
They also have a set for the cake which comes with drinks but they were Hong Kong drinks, if they were Indonesian drinks I would have probably tried it but the price would probably be different.
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It would be great if they sold the avocado drink one day!

Lion's Mane Mushroom and Lingzhi soup

There are two Indonesian joints on this street and this joint specialises in Grilled satay skewers.

 

As it has a prominent position being the first on that road, it becomes very busy.

There were lots of customers there, however it feels like being in a Hong Kong market trying to order because there is no orderly queue and if your not aggressive enough the people behind you will order regardless of you being infront of them.

I really wanted to try the satay skewers but I wasnt sure if I could get a seat and they can get messy if you do not have any tissues.
In the end I ordered a soup because it was really odd seeing this soup in an Indonesian joint.

 

I will save the satay skewers for my next visit.

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Lingzhi and Lion's mane mushroom soup:
In Chinese the mushroom is called "hautaugoo" which basically means monkey head mushroom.
Before I got the soup I did not know what it looked like but when I saw it, I could not see the slightest resemblance it has to a monkey's head.

After googling it, this mushroom is also called a Lion's mane or pom pom mushroom which both I can relate to.
In the soup you can see the mushroom and it does look like a pom pom and a cartoonized lions mane.

 

 

There was also pork, carrots, and sweetcorn in it as well but I could not see the Lingzhi.

 

The taste of the soup was slightly bitter so I wonder if it was the Lingzhi.
The soup was quite nice and you could also taste the sweetcorn and carrots.
I ate the mushroom and the texture was meaty which is why they use this to imitate meat in vegetarian dishes.
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