Haggis all year round at Deeney's in Leyton

One can only think of Haggis when they think of Scots and Burn's Night but if you are craving for some Haggis, you can get your fix at Leyton where they specialize in Haggis cheese toasties and Haggis breakfasts.

As well as Haggis, they have it all like the Square sausage (Lorne sausage), potato scones as well as veggie haggis and Scottish Breakfast tea.

It was a really difficult choice but I thought I would save breakfast for the next visit and have the haggis cheese toastie and some extra sides.

Ended up choosing Macbeth over Hamish Macbeth because I wanted to appreciate the haggis but you can take it to the next level with an extra fried egg with the Hamish Macbeth which has bacon.

Also, on the side, I ordered a square sausage, veggie haggis and tattie potato scones with Scottish tea.

The haggis cheese toastie was seriously good as expected because the pairing of cheese and haggis is a match made in heaven, the mustard in it was a smart way of making it not so heavy but I didn't like the caramelized onions because I found them a bit sweet for my palate.

Tattie scone:

Square sausage:

To finish off, I had Scottish breakfast tea which is somewhat stronger than English Breakfast tea so it was a great way to wash down the toastie.

Overall, a great place to have brunch with more seating downstairs and female toilets were thoughtfully equipped for the ladies.

Deeney's:

Shoreditch in Hong Kong

I was attracted by the name Shoreditch because Shoreditch is a town in East London.

At Shoreditch, they serve British fare.


I already had dinner before so I went for a soup and dessert but next time I am coming back for FISH AND CHIPS.

For desserts I was going to order two but the treacle tart was sold out.


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Cullen Skink:


Cullen Skink is a Scottish soup made of smoked haddock, potatoes and onions.
It was a nice soup packed with flavour and a wonderful creamy texture but the consistency could have been thicker.
I loved the generous pieces of smoked haddock in the soup but they were quite salty which were perfect with the bread.

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Rice Pudding $88:


This was rice pudding with rhubarb at the bottom covered with honeycomb vanilla pieces.



It was a nice matching of sweet honeycomb pieces on top and sour rhubarb in harmony with the creamy rice pudding.

The honeycomb was slightly bitter because of there was too much bicarbonate of soda but it was nice and chewy.
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Shoreditch:
18 Catchick Street, Kennedy Town. Phone: +852 2242 3777
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The bill: $1xx
Service: OK
Service charge: 10%
Yummy factor: good
Glass of water provided: yes
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Scottish All-day breakfast at The Canny Man (Wan Chai)

I haven't had the Scottish Breakfast for a while so decided to have it.


It's quite pricey but then this is the only place that serves it.
You need to phone in advance for it because I went there before and they did not have it.

The Scottish breakfast consists of:
Scottish square sliced (lorne sausage), bacon, eggs, black pudding, tomato, sauteed mushrooms, onion and potato, baked beans and toast (choice of fried bread).
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Scottish breakfast:


The sauteed potatoes were my favourite because they were tossed with onions and herbs.

The mushrooms were good as well because they were earthy and tasty.


However the Lorne sausage and black pudding were a bit greasy and there was too much milk in the scrambled egg because the taste was too dairy.



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English and Scottish culinary battle at Yorkshire pudding

On 18 Sept, the Scottish referendum will take place in which they will fight for independence away from United Kingdom.

In the run up to this, Yorkshire pudding will hold a culinary battle featuring the best of English and Scottish food from 1 - 30 Sept .

There are two menus to choose from:

English food menu:



Scottish food menu:


As a Brit, I am definitely tempted to choose the English menu, BUT you don't often see Scottish food being served at the Yorkshire pudding so I chose the Scottish food menu.

Some people chose the English food menu, hence the photos.

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English Menu:
Prawn cocktail

Oysters

Fish and chips

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

Eton mess

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Scottish menu:
smoked salmon carpaccio and scotch quail egg

Scallops and black pudding

Dundee fruit cake

Chocolate shortbread

Sheepshaggers gold!

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As a summary, the fish and chips were seriously good because the chips were crispy with a silky starchy middle drenched with lots of malt vinegar.
For the Scottish menu, I loved the salmon and the cute quail scotch eggs, followed by the always delicious black pudding.
I finished off with the Dundee fruit cake which tasted like a lighter version of Christmas pudding without the orange peel.
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Yorkshire pudding:
https://www.facebook.com/yorkshirepuddinghk

Change of sausages at The Canny Man

The Canny Man (Wan Chai)

This used to be my favourite place for bangers and chips but not anymore which is tragic because there is no other place that does good bangers and mash/chips.

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bangers and chips:



Before I started, I thought to myself perfect chips and bangers.
The Chips were perfectly done but the sausages that they served before have been changed to Cumberland sausages which are meatier.
There's nothing wrong with these sausages but I prefer the pork sausages.
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Delicious potato scones after Rugby Sevens

Restaurant: The Canny Man (Wan Chai)

Canny Man is always my favourite for food.


My usual order is Haggis but this time I wanted more so I ordered macaroni and cheese, vegetarian breakfast because of the potato scones and vegetarian sausages and Haggis Spring rolls.

They were serving potato scones with the Vegetarian breakfast so I just had to get it.


There was Irn-Bru on the drinks list too!

IRN-BRU!!!


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Haggis Spring rolls with whisky mayonnaise:


When I chose this I was deciding between the spring rolls and the breaded Haggis balls, but in the end I chose Haggis spring rolls.
The spring rolls were rolled with many layers just like the spring rolls in the UK, and they were filled with Haggis in the centre.


They tasted nice with and without the mayonnaise.
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Vegetarian All-Day Breakfast$108:
Two eggs, tomato, baked beans, potatoes, hash brown, sautéed mushrooms, potato scones and toast.


When it came I could not see any potato scones in the breakfast so I asked the waitress but she said the sauteed potatoes and mushrooms were the potato scones.
I was quite disappointed because that was what I came for and it was not there, but after my meal I emailed them about the situation and they told me that they ran out of the potato scones that day and did not notify the customers that ordered it, so I came back another day for them, which is why they were in a box.


The potato scones were delicious and tasted much better than the ones from Sainsburys or Tescos.
They were soft and potatoey.
Although they are called scones they do not look like scones.
Potato scones are basically mashed potatoes with flour and butter in the form of pancakes and then pan fried.


As well as the delicious potato scones, the sausages were also delicious. Initially I thought they were Quorn sausages but I found out from the GM that they were Linda McCartney's vegetarian sausages.


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Macaroni and cheese:





The portion of this was quite big, and it is advised for three people because it was quite heavy.
Each macaroni was evenly covered with melted cheese and it was delicious.


A hint of pepper helps to make it more appetizing.
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