Lettuce that has gone off at Gourmet Express

Gourmet Express (Central)

I have always wanted to try this place because the spicy chicken and spicy tofu looked good.
They also have mini portions of rice and roast pork too.

The tofu was sold out, so I got the chicken.
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Spicy chicken:
The rice was cold and the spicy sauce was too spicy.
The chicken was skinny so it was mainly skin and bones!!

Lovely blackened lettuce NOT!

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Sichuan style blood curds

Zheng Zong Yun Gui Chuan (Sheung Wan)
Usually I come here for the bean thread parpadelle noodles but I got bored of that so tried the pork chop instead.
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Sichuan style pork chop:

The pork chop was a bit simple, it was just fried pork chop sprinkled with sichuan spices.
The rice was too soft but the pork chop was just right and not too dry.
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Sichuan style blood curds:


Compared to the dish above, this dish looked more Sichuan, but it was too spicy!
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In search for Xi'an food

有緣小敍 (Jordan)

On my last trip to Jordan I planned to dine at this place but could not find it because it was actually located on Saigon Street and behind the street sign that saids Saigon Street too.

Waited a while before I could get a seat and when I sat down I looked at the picture menu and the English menu to see what to order.



Some pictures were really familiar because they were taken from some famous bloggers ie kikisheep, ilovedisney and taiwanwalker!


The pictures even had the links on the bottom too!

I really wanted to order the bread with meat but it was sold out.

There were interesting historical figures on the table.


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Fried red beancurd chicken wings:

The chicken wings were delicious and deep fried so that the chicken skin was crispy.
The red beancurd was quite salty after it had been fried.
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Wide strip noodles with oil and fennel dumplings:


The noodles were quite nice but the oil was a bit rancid which spolt it.

However the dumplings were the best I have tried, there was so much fennel and less on the meat.
See how green it was.
If the dumpling wrap was thinner it would have been perfect.


The noodles were topped with deep fried greens which reminded me of seaweed sold in British takeaways.


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Ribs and noodles:

I did not like the noodles but the ribs were delicious and the meat was soft and tender.
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Fried dumplings filled with black sesame paste:

There were two flavours for the fried dumplings, peanut or sesame so I chose black sesame.
It was quite funny when they brought it out because they apologised that they were not meant to look like "tsee-goo-ding" ie the male reproductive organ of a child!
Apart from the appearance they tasted quite nice but the glutinous exterior was slightly dry.
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Chicken at Hong Kong Chicken King in Sai Kung!

香港雞皇 (Sai Kung)

Went to this restaurant because they seem to be famous for chicken.

There are not many reviews on this place but it looks like an old restaurant and I wonder how long it has been in Sai Kung.


There are three different types of chicken:Hainan style chicken
Fragrant salt chicken
Spicy chicken

This restaurant is always packed with people having chicken pots.

I have never tried a chicken pot so I don't know how that works.

Anyway, I tried the chicken set and I was still hungry so ordered the spicy chicken for takeout.

The staff here were polite and patient which is unusual for Chinese restaurants in SK.

The chicken tasted nice because I had the leg part, but the soup was too salty.






For the takeaway, it was good that she put the sauce separately.


The only disadvantage dining there is that you can smell second hand smoke.

Hot! hot! hot! sichuan food

The food here is delicious so came back for more, however forgot to ask for the non spicy version this time so ended up with really spicy green bean sheet noodles.

 

 

 

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Green bean sheet noodles:

 

As I forgot to ask for the non spicy version, they were spicy this time, the colour is redder than the nice spicy version and lots of spices are mixed in the noodles.
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Sichuan chicken:

 

The chicken tasted better this time as there was more pieces of chicken with meat on it.
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Shanghai & Szechuan Delights @ Food Republic

Tried the Shanghai & Szechuan joint at Food Republic.

 

 

Ordered the noodles with chicken in wine and steamed Shanghai style dumplings.

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noodles:

 

Tasteless.
There was a strong taste of flour in the broth.
The tasteless noodles were saved by dipping it into the wine sauce from the chicken.
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steamed Shanghai style dumplings:

 

Oily and the dumpling skin was thick.
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chicken in wine:

 

This was the only item that tasted nice.
The wine was strong and salty and the chicken was fully flavoured by the wine.
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