Restoration at Island East Markets

Restoration (Central)

Nearly every week I will visit IEM to see what goodies there are in store.

I was looking forward to IEM this time because Restoration was there.
I missed their gumbo last week because they did not promote it on Facebook.
It would be useful if restaurants could promote what they will have because if it is good people will come!!


Found out they had gumbo this week so this was what I went for!!
I wanted to try the ribs, but it's hard eating them standing up without knives and forks.



To be honest, I have not had much luck with Restoration because every tuesday they have the all you can eat fried chicken and I happen to be busy.

I love gumbo and the last time I had it was at Blue Smoke BBQ which closed down, but the good thing is that the chef from Blue Smoke works at Restoration.
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Classic gumbo with seafood and crawfish


It was PIPING hot and I could barely hold the cup.
Anyway, it was so tasty and the spicyness was just right with pieces of crawfish, sausage meat in it and the lovely spring onions on top.
The rice blended in nicely and made it wholesome and filling.
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Grassroots Pantry at IEM

Grassroots Pantry (Western District)

It was so good that Grassroots Pantry had a stall at IEM otherwise I would have not been able to try their food.
Grassroots Pantry is located in Sai Ying Pun which is extremely inconvenient and far away.

At the stall, they sold salads for $58 per box which is a mix of all three salads.

The salads were:
Quinoa salad with dried fruits, sunflower seeds, orange and hazelnut dressing.
Sprouted mung beans, peas, edamame, seaweed, salad and ponzu dressing.
Roasted beetroot salad dressing, fresh mint and chili flakes.
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Quinoa salad:

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Beetroot salad:

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GP Salad Special:

Since I do not like Quinoa, I only had the beetroot and mung bean salad.
From the picture and the real thing, you can see how luscious and perfect the greens were with visible capillaries in the leaves just like freshly picked greens.
The sprouted mung beans, peas, edamame beans were bursting with sweetness and I loved the crunch especially the sprouted mung beans.
The beetroots were a little too hard but the greens were refreshing because of the chopped mint leaves, however the chili flakes were too spicy for my liking.
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