Prices have gone up! and its Hot Hot Hot!! @ Sabah

Ordered the tea set: Tom Yum Kung Vermicelli with Orange juice and Pork Bone Tea instant noodles with Coffee.
The Pork bone tea set used to be $25 but now it costs $38.
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Pork Bone Tea instant noodles

The broth is always nice with strong dong gwai herbs.
However I do not like the instant noodles they use which are foamy and rough and not springy at all.
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Tom Yum Kung Vermicelli with chicken

This was too spicy so if you can eat spicy food this would be the item to pick.
The soup base was really strong and on top of the vermicelli there were lots of onions, chicken and herbs.
If the spicyness could be reduced it would be perfect.
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Orange juice
This was freshly squeezed orange juice which was good but unfortunately it was sweetened by syrup.
Coffee
No comment
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Tom Yum Kung noodles in a chinese noodle shop @ 富軒小食

Sat down, thinking i could order the snacks from the corner, however the menu only had noodles in soup and the usual noodles in sauce.

So was a bit disappointed as I didnt know if their noodles would be okay.

Ordered the Mixed beef organs with noodles, and tom yum kung noodles with prawn.

Both were served in very big bowls, the cutlery and bowls were clean, and the whole place was surprisingly cleaner than I expected.
I don't really eat the beef organs, but tried the carpet looking thing, it was surprisingly soft not like chewing gum!!

The prawn noodles was the best, the prawns were fresh and DEGUTTED!!!! Very top quality which beats the appearance of the shop!
For people who have had tom yum kung before will probably say that the one here isnt that strong, to me it did seem diluted, but I liked it alot as the herb taste was faint.
The noodles were nice and soft, lots of spring onions and a few pieces of lettuce.
I thought the noodle was quite interesting because usually won ton noodles are served with boring soup, but first time it had been served with a tom yum kung base, hmm i would like to try laksa too if they had it.

There was no feeling of thirst after eating there, so the amount of msg was minimal or none.

The staff was quite polite and friendly, and looked like he was from Thailand.

The best noodles in Happy Valley @ Happy Noodles

Before this restaurant opened, they used to be located next to Freshness burger, a tiny joint that only sits about 6 people.
It was my favourite noodle place, but as it was small, I didnt go there often.
Now that they have expanded, it is much more accessible and the seating is much more comfortable with air conditioning.
Basically, they offer the basic noodles in noodle bars, but the soup base is brilliant, especially the Laksa base and the Tom Yum Kung.
The Tomyumkung has been especially formulated that you cant taste that annoying Lemon grass, and it has a piece of lemon served with it.
The tomyum soup tastes very similar to MAMA instant noodles, with a sour taste.

 

The Laksa is also good too, the soup base isnt too hot, and it has a strong prawn base.
The toppings I chose were really good, especially the pork liver, it was cooked just right, and full of flavour.

 

As well as the food, the drinks were good, the lemon tea dosnt have that bitter taste to it, and the job's tears with lemon is very natrual that dosnt leave a weird taste after drinking it. It was very soothing, and not too sweet.

Job's tears and lemon

 

The interesting thing is, that job's tears with lemon is a Chinese version of the English barley and lemon drink.
The menu is very user friendly and it has ENGLISH, yay~!!
Apart from the soup noodles, I have also tried the chow mein, and it is also the best, it dosnt need additional sauces such as soy sauce, the chow mein is packed with ingredients from ham, spring onion, chinese red sausage, although it varies from visit to visit.
Even though it is slightly expensive, the food is delicious and clean.

 

Cosy or Alfresco lunch under the trees, ur choice! @ Café Y Taberna

Café Y Taberna was first opened in Tai Hang, a cosy place for coffee, cakes and burgers.

The menu is illustrated on a chalkboard with drawings.

Now another branch of CafeY Taberna has emerged on Amoy Street of Wan Chai, the exterior, name and fonts remain the same as the Tai Hang branch, however the food is slightly different.
The food served at Wan Chai for lunch is purely Thai, there are various lunch sets that range from noodles and rice inclusive of drinks and dessert for about $40.

During the early hours of lunch, it was already filled with people and queues outside, yet I saw the waitress bringing food from the restaurant across the road.
I initially thought there was another building nearby where people could go out to eat, however it turns out the waitress in the silver waistcoat was bringing food to the sit out area across the street.

 

It must be relaxing to eat there, but spoilt by the construction works right next to it driving piles down the earth.
Hopefully the construction machinery stay put, as there have been machinery falling over incidents in WC.

I chose to eat inside, the seats were very cosy, not enough space for people to bring their bags and things.

Inside it was very similar to the Tai Hang branch, except the room was small and cramped, limited space to get around.

From the list of lunches, there were 20 choices!~!

1)Hainan chicken with rice
2)Pork leg stewed in a pot with rice
3)Shrimp paste fried rice
4)Green chicken curry and fried rice
5)Massamume beef curry
6)Thai chicken steak with rice
7)Minced pork with basil and rice
8)Beef and Vegetables with bean thread noodles
9)Minced pork and eggplant
10)Fried Cambodian noodles with sweet and sour sauce.
11)Fried flat noodles with chicken in soy sauce
12)Fried flat noodles with pork in gravy
13)Fried flat noodles with grounded pork, basil and white wine
14)Noodles with seafood in tom yum kung soup
15)Noodles with grounded pork in clear broth
16)Noodles with chicken in clear broth
17)Thai grilled pork with rice
18)Grilled chicken in satay sauce with noodles in sauce
19)Stir fried udon with pork chop
20)Stir fried instant noodles with pork neck meat

In the end I chose Tom Yum Kung noodles, because in the previous review, it was said to be bland.
If you look at in a positive way, people who do not like lemongrass or it being too spicy, it is just right here.
The soup was slightly sour, not too spicy, and I could taste Satay sauce in it too with bits of peanuts.
The noodles had been in the soup for too long, so were bit too soft.

 

 

 

The other noodle that was ordered tasted nice too, it was egg noodles with chicken in satay sauce, it had rich satay sauce with lots of crushed peanuts.

For drinks had the longan iced water, which was quite healthy since a lot of drinks in hK are too sweet, but this one was just right.

The dessert that day was coconut pudding, not the orange agar jelly I was expecting.

For takeaways you do not get dessert, but you are paying the same price as dine in!!!

While I sat there, I saw someone who ordered takeaway asked where the dessert was and the waitress snapped and said “EAT IN – HAVE, TAKE OUT, DON HAVE”

But anyway expect a very busy crowd there during lunchtimes!!