Le French GourMAY at O delice!

My favourite month of May again because restaurants will promote French food and special French dishes that are not normally served.
They should have a month for British food and other countries as well, but French is good because there is cheese.

I went to O delice! again because I love duck and good cheese so I had the special menu that was on for Le French GourMAY.
Too bad Charlies next door has packed up because I love their crispy duck and UK style comfort Chinese food.


All the items are from Midi Pyrenees in the South of France.

When you wait for the food, you can see the crepes being made with the slanted mirror by the kitchen.

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Earl grey tea by teapigs:


Started off with earl grey tea that had a strong leafy taste.
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Smoked duck galette:
This was served with carmelized onions, a dash of curry powder, cherry tomatoes and rocket.

It was absolutely delicious because the crepe was evenly filled with cheese that was savoury with delicious onions on top with a hint of curry.
The crepe was light and crispy.

The duck was wonderful because it is different, it was dark in colour and the texture and taste was like a duck version of parma ham and the rocket leaves help balance the heaviness with its bitterness.

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Cold cut and Cheese platter:
The cheese platter is served after 5pm.
Here are the items in the platter.


A salty and waxy saucisson which tastes a little bit like the snack called pepperami.

Bread for the pork terrine.

Cows cheese and Sheeps cheese.
The cows cheese was light and soft and the sheeps cheese was surprisingly mild.


Pork and mushroom terrine.
I really liked this one because it had an equal balance or pork, mushrooms and it was not that fat.

Bayonne ham which was waxy and not too salty.

Guerkins and fig jam which were really good condiments with the platter.

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A taste of Swiss cheese

Cheese is a must in the Western diet but in Hong Kong there are not a lot of varieties at the local supermarket and it is expensive.

I was attracted to this place because of the cheese fondue but I ended up having the Bayonne ham and Emmental cheese brioche. It satisfied my craving for a cheese toastie.

The ham was soft and tasty while the melted cheese held it together in the soft toasted brioche which was similar to toast.

I will be back for the cheese fondue which is quite a good deal and includes the ceramic pot and candle burner.

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Cheese and trifle craving

Marks & Spencer Fresh Bakery (Wan Chai)

Had a really burning stomach because I just had some extremely spicy food so decided to sooth the irritation by having some strong fatty cheese.
(It works for me anyway, which is probably why you get soymilk in Shanghai cuisines to sooth the spicyness.)
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English extra mature cheese:

I chose the extra mature cheddar because I wanted a really strong sharp tasting cheese.
The cheese had nice savoury and sharp tones.
It soothed my burning stomach nicely by forming a lining on my stomach.
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Strawberry trifle:


There are two trifles at M&S, strawberry or fruit. On this visit I got the strawberry.
The strawberry trifle had strawberry fruit puree jelly at the bottom and deliciously thick custard in between with gorgeous whipped cream on top.
It was cooling and soothing as a dessert, especially the custard layer which was deliciously creamy.
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Let's go cheesy on Tues! Say cheese at il Posto 97

iL Posto 97 (Central)

From now on, you can get your cheese cravings at il Posto paired with wine.

At the bar, there are seven cheeses and condiments to go with the cheese.





Some of the condiments were interesting such as the honey and plum jam.


It is really worth going because I tried a cheese night elsewhere and you could only choose one cheese, but here there are seven cheeses to try.

Here it is only $250 per person from 8pm-10pm and you can indulge on a selection of Italian cheeses, breads, free-flow red and white wines and more.

The environment is relaxing and right in the middle of LKF.

Here was my platter to start off with:


My favourites were: Maggengo, Fontina and Torregio.
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Below are the cheeses that we tried and each of their characteristics:
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Gorgonzola:It was garlicy and peppery with a mellow taste, the texture was softish.
Good for pairing with pears and figs.
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Torregio:This cheese was crumbly and chalky, and the cows milk came from Lombardy.
The texture is softer near the crust and drier near the middle.
It was great paired with fruit mustard or honey.
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Rossini blue:This was the strongest out of all seven cheeses.
There are grape skins in it and great for pairing with honey or crackers.
It should definately be the last to try because it is strong and incomprehendable with an interesting crescendo of sensation.
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Grana Padano:This cheese was quite interesting because it had a sweet aftertaste.
When dipped with honey or fruit mustards, it was enhanced further more.
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Ubracio (drunken cheese):This was another nice cheese with an alcoholic taste.
It was slightly crumbly and firm in texture and it was bathed in local wines along with skins and seeds leftover from the wine making process.
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Fontina: Although this cheese had a pungent smell, it was not that strong when you eat it, it was soft and smooth.
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Maggengo:The texture was nice and soft.
At first it has a sweet taste ending with a bitter note.
It is nice paired with sweet items.
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Dutch cheese in Sai Kung

the dutch (Sai Kung)
I was surprised to find the dutch in Sai Kung.


It's first branch is located in Sheung Wan, but there are no places to sit down which was why I have not tried it yet.

The nice thing about this branch is that it overlooks the sea.
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Cheese with caraway seeds:
I had to choose this flavour because not many cheeses have caraway in it and there were other interesting flavours such as chili or pesto.
The caraway left a nice aftertaste and the cheese was quite mellow and not strong enough.
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Next time I am going to try the cheese on toast which is only $40, and you can try the cheese you like before buying because they have samples.

Main St. Deli for downtown food

Main St. Deli
Lower Lobby Level, The Langham Hong Kong, 8 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

I have always wanted to go here but I got this restaurant confused withDuke's Deli because both were American style and the decor was similar when I saw the reviews.



I found out about the grilled cheese night from OpenRice which is available on wednesday nights only.

Every week I would attempt to go but when I remembered it would be thursday so I would have to wait the next week and by the time I remembered it would be too late and the cycle goes on!

Anyway I finally remembered this time and checked their website to see if it was still on. According to their website the Grilled cheese night is available until 30th April so I phoned Main Street Deli to make a reservation but they said the Grilled cheese night had finished last month (March).
I was quite confused so I just assumed the website was not update but anyway I submitted an online enquiry to ask if the Grilled Cheese night was still on and I got confirmation through email that it was still on so I booked again.

I read the reviews again to see the best items to eat and found a similar issue that the staff thought the promotion has ended.

Quoted from previous review by 輕雲: 餐廳好像沒有很積極的推廣Grilled Cheese Night這個主題，因為店員沒有主動把有關的菜單給我，其他食客也似乎沒有意識到這個主題的存在，只點了平常菜單供應的食物。這麼棒的主題和食物，店員怎麼不積極地讓更多客人知道呢？

When I arrived, I was greeted by a lovely glass cabinet of cakes which were huge, the sofa chairs were like a classier version of the ones at Ed's Diner (a retro-American style diner).
Sat down and browsed the menu.
I was planning to order an item from the grilled cheese menu and a burger from the a la carte menu.
The grilled cheese night set comes with a soup, grilled cheese solders and a sandwich.
The choice for the grilled cheese sets was quite good but I would have preferred if the set contained sandwiches with all the different cheeses so you can sample them all or at least two different cheeses.

There were six choices:
Croque Monsier: ham, gruyere, wilted spinach and mornay sauce
Provolone, cured italian meats, olive, tomato and basil pesto in sourdough
Cheddar cheese, shredded BBQ pork and caramelised onions
Brie, smoked pork loin, rocket and jalapeno Mozzarella, ripe tomatoes, basil and balsalmic syrup in Italian sesame oil
Swiss cheese, avocado, sauteed mushrooms and roasted red peppers on multigrain
Canadian bacon, stilton, and swiss cheese on light rye all served with roasted tomato bisque with grilled cheese soldiers.



As I am not really a meat eater I was choosing between the croque monsieur and the Canadian bacon and in the end I chose the Canadian bacon.

For the burgers, it was hard choosing between the cod cake burger and the vegetarian burger coated with Matzoh,
in the end I chose the cod cake burger.

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Cod cake burger:



I was expecting the burger to be huge but it was gigantic!
It was a cod cake between a crispy maize muffin.

I felt that there was no coating so the cod cake was nearly 100% cod with potatoes and herbs so when it was cooked, the surface of the cod cake was directly cooked giving it a delicious crispy tasty surface.

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Canadian bacon, Stilton, and Swiss cheese on light rye:

The sandwich was just delicious and the rye bread was fantastic because it had caraway seeds in it which gave it a distinct fragrant flavour and balanced out the heavyness of the bacon and cheese.
The Stilton in the sandwich was nice because it made it cheesier.
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Tomato soup:

The soup was very sour but I loved it because the tomato taste was natrual and there was real tomato puree in it.
The taste was similar to eating canned plum tomatoes.
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Cheese soldiers:

These were two pieces of toast with delicious melted cheese in the middle.
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It would be great if they could offer a cheese soldier platter each with a different cheese inside so you could sample all the different cheeses.

Phoenix rolls filled with cheese @ Wing Wah

I  got these phoenix rolls because they were cheese flavoured and not the usual boring desiccated coconut or meat floss.

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Phoenix rolls filled with cheese:

Inside the box, there were six pieces.

When I opened the box, the smell of buttery cheese was quite strong.
However when you eat it, it still tastes the same as the usual ones with a hint of cheese.
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