[The Night Market] Taiwanese fare in Central

When this restaurant opened a few years ago everyone was raving about it. Finally tried it and the dishes were up to my expectations.
I chose the Central branch because quality is often better and it has more positive reviews than the branch in Tai Koo.
Started with the noodles in sesame soup with chicken.
The sesame flavour was strong and not sickly.

I liked the fried oysters because most Taiwanese joints serve greasy oyster pancakes so the individual fried oysters were much nicer complimented by the chili sauce but unfortunately they were a bit too salty.

The tea was good with a huge block of herbal jelly but it tasted like HK style milk tea.

Finished with the soup which was light and clear.

My friend had the minced meat with gravy which she said was too sweet.

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The Night Market:
11 Stanley Street,
6th Floor,
Central

A taste of Taiwan at Tainan Mr. Bean

To be honest, I am not keen on Taiwanese food because the Taiwanese food you get in Hong Kong is probably bastardized.
The decor was quite different from other Taiwanese joints in HK.

I have never been to Taiwan so I don't know how authentic this is but the variety was good with an English menu.

The pricing was quite good and the portions were quite big.
Knowing that I don't like the noodles and rice with marinated meat, I didn't choose them and ordered other stuff.
Here was what I had.
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Bittermelon and pineapple soup:

The soup was clear without oil and it had a nice bittermelon taste but I couldn't taste any pineapple even though there were chunks of it.
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Ribs and herbs soup:

I loved this soup because it had a strong herb flavour and tastes exactly the same as buk kut teh.
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Black fungus in vinegar:

The black fungus had a lovely texture because it was thick but the vinegar was too sweet that I can't classify it as a vinegar.
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Crispy chicken rice:
Compared to other places I have tried, the coating is definitely different and it was so much batter.
The chicken pieces were huge and the batter made it monstrous!
Surprisingly the chicken tasted really soft and tender so I think the batter protected it when it was in the oil but I didn't eat the batter because it was just too thick.
It would be good if they could slice the chicken into smaller pieces.

The rice that came with it was Pearl rice.

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Salted egg bitter melon:

The bitter melon is a must order even though it doesn't look appealing.
It was lovely the way it was thinly sliced coated in starchy salted egg yolk, yet the whole thing was not too salty.
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Hsinchu vermicelli:

The vermicelli was quite al-dente and tasty.
I was expecting the silver thread vermicelli but it wasn't.
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Herbal jelly latte:

Finished off with a herbal tea latte which tasted like Taiwanese style tea with lots of herbal jelly in it.
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Tainan Mr. Bean

G/F, 19 Lan Fong Road, Causeway Bay

Yuanshan delights from Taiwan

Grand Hill Taiwanese Restaurant was one of the early Taiwanese restaurants in Hong Kong before the Taiwanese trend hit HK.
The menu was quite interesting because it offers Taiwanese food as well as local fare.
It was my first time dining there so I let others order because I didn't know what to order.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Keelong cuttlefish ball soup:

This was a thick soup with a nice appetizing vinegary flavour and springy cuttlefish patties in the soup.
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Spicy intestines:

I didn't try the intestines but the cubes of blood curd were silky and spicy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Taiwanese vermicelli:

The vermicelli was light and filling tossed with lots of dried shrimps and cuttlefish that made it tasty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Changhua salted duck:

This was my favourite because the duck was evenly salted with a firm cured texture.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Egg yolk rolls:

The slices of salted egg in squid look really nice and pretty complemented by the green beans in it.
The egg yolks are seriously delicious and not too salty.
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Chilled south African abalone:

The abalone was springy and sweet.
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Ping tung style squid, chives and silver fish:

This dish had a lot different flavours going on ranging from a garlicky aroma to a fishy flavour from the dried squids and fried silver fishes.
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Spare ribs in prune sauce:

The ribs had a sweet preserved prune taste but I found them a bit difficult to eat because they were bony.
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chinese sweet potato:

The sweet potatoes were mushy and indeed sweet with a honey glaze!
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bean curd dessert:


The bean curd dessert was amazingly silky with a mild bean flavour.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Grand Hill Taiwanese Restaurant 圓山台灣料理
1/F & 2/F, Cheung Lee Commercial Building, 25 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Free pineapple cakes [SunnyHills]

I discovered this place after dining at Cafe D'i.
Initially I thought it was a SunnyHills cafe because I saw people having tea there and eating pineapple cakes.




While I was taking photos of the front, a lady came out and asked me to go in and try the pineapple cake so I went in and sat down.
Within a flash, she bought me a tray which had a pineapple cake, tea and some leaflets about the pineapple cake.




The pineapple cake had a lovely buttery pastry filled with sweetened pineapple chunks in the middle and the size of these cakes are quite satisfying without making you too full.


When I left, I was given another box for free because it is for females hence I am showing my appreciation by sharing this experience.




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