Healthy cafe at The Kinnet

This cafe is similar to nood food because they serve healthy foods and they are attached to a fitness centre.


Went there for the quinoa sweet corn cakes.
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Quinoa Sweet corn cakes:



These corn cakes reminded me of falafel because of the taste and the dips that it came with.
However there was no sweetcorn in them so why are they called corn cakes??
The three dips that came with it were delicious especially the avocado and salsa.
As for the corn cakes, they just tasted like mashed potato with crispy quinoa in it.
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Back for more at Beef and Liberty

After a trying their falafel burger, I was craving for more so came back another day for it.


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Falafel burger in a bowl:

Decided to go light and have salad for an extra $20 without the bun.
It was freshly tossed baby spinach leaves in vinaigrette.
The burger sauces were served separately which was great and the falafel patty was as tasty as before with hints of cumin and delicious lentils.
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Lemonade and mint:

I loved their fresh lemonade which was such a thirst quencher wiht a hint of mint.
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Apple pie:

I loved their apple pie and requested to have cream instead of custard.

The whole combination was just divine because the thick cream emulsion paired well with the gently tart apple pie.
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Tomato sauce:

On the previous visit, they had organic Heinz ketchup.
This time they had ketchup from Essex.
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Great burgers, vegetarians not left out

When I saw this place a while ago, I just couldn't wait for it to be opened.




It is on Star Street and I love the way you can see right through to Moon street.


Great views of Star Street

Great views of Moon Street

Nice bar area

The kitchen






At Beef and Liberty, they purify their own water.
For every $8 bottle of still or carbonated water sold, $5 will be donated to the local Hong Kong Cleanup charity.


Here was what we tried:
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Sticky rib fingers:

Tasty rib meat that comes off the bone easily.
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Crispy chicken wings:

On the menu it actually says Korean sauce so I was expecting the sauce to taste of kimchi.
However it was just sweet and sour sauce which matched it better because not everyone likes kimchi.
The chicken wings had a lovely light crisp coating.
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BURGERS, BURGERS, BURGERS!!
It was hard choosing the burgers because I wanted to try the chicken, lamb and vegetarian.
You can also order the burger in a bowl without the bun which is served on a bed of luscious salad!!

Cheese and bacon burger:

A meaty burger with melted cheese with refreshing pickles that they pickle themselves.
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Falafel burger:
The veggie burger was impressive, it was not just on the menu to please the vegetarians.
I was compelled to try this because I love falafel.
The falafel burger had a falafel patty, sesame sauce, pickles, butter lettuce, tomato and harissa yoghurt.

The burger was tastier than I imagined and better than the beef because you could taste cumin and other spices.
The chef might be offended by this comment but it reminds me of UK's McDonalds veggie burger but tastier.
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Lamb:
This had Welsh lamb, mint yoghurt, cumin, pickles, butter lettuce and tomato.

I loved the lamb because of the yoghurt and juicy tomato slices but I felt that there could have been more sauce.
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Sauces:
There are a choice of four sauces for the fries:
Cucumber mint yoghurt, mayo, cajun aioli and house BBQ.

My favourites were the cajun aioli, house BBQ and cucumber mint yoghurt.
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Sweet potato fries:

Yay! another place that serves sweet potato fries.
Addictive crispy fries with a hint of sweetness which I felt was tasty enough without sauces to complement it.
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Liberty fries:

These are Russet potato fries.
Again, they were crisp and tasty on its own.
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Organic tomato ketchup:

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ginger and vanilla milkshake:

I loved this vanilla milkshake which had a strong ginger kick without the spiciness.
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Desserts, desserts and desserts!!
I was really looking forward to dessert because of the apple pie and the cookie was served in a skillet.
Not many places in Hong Kong use the skillet apart from Green waffle diner and The salted pig.
When they serve the desserts, they pour the sauces from the saucepan infront of you.

Apple pie with custard:



This was a great slab of apple pie served with my favourite custard.
It had sweet big chunks of apple in it.
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Cookies in skillet with cream:



I've never tried this before but it was really nice because the cookie was soft and chewy and the cream was just the thickest cream emulsion you could ever get with an amazing taste.
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..............Coming back soon for the veggie and chicken burger and of course....Dessert!!ⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡⓛ

Beef & Liberty:

2/F, 23 Wing Fung St., Admiralty

Falafel balls

Life Cafe Restaurant and Bar (Central)

Went to the Wan Chai branch and one of the staff seemed to have an attitude problem but the lady in the kitchen was great.

Despite that, I left and went to the Central branch which is much bigger and spacious.

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Falafel curry balls:

The falafel balls were a bit disappointing because they were extremely hard and dry.
Luckily the sesame sauce saved it because it was dry and tasteless.
Inside the falafel there was too much quinoa and not enough chickpeas and beans.
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Vegetarian @ Lamma's South Island Bookworm

This was eaten ages ago, but not posted, anyway originally planned to order three items, but the waitress said it was a bit too much for 2 ppl, but after finishing both the dishes I felt like nothing was eaten, so had an extra pea soup.

The tofu burger was nicer than expected, it was a soft moist patty, and the fries that came with it were actual potatoes with skin cut into wedges and fried.

The falafel was a bit hard but nice, the presentation was slightly different to the product picture.

Overall the environment was OK, but there was a funny smell in the restaurant and some flies, which they later got out some pesticide, food arrived rather slow.
It reminds me of Veggies SF and Life Cafe which I plan to try.