Anyone want a bag of soup? @ 芭提雅燒烤美食坊 Pattaya Food Court & BBQ

Got a take out, as I did'nt want to sit in this open restaurant right infront of a congested road with car fumes and smokers.

Ordered two Hainan chicken's with rice, however when I opened the boxes, I realised they were both completely different.
The way the items were packed was disastrous, the lids of the soup were not even put on the bowl properly, so all the soup spilt, and looked more like a bag of soup when I got back.
Tastewise the food was average.

This place is a totally a different place during day time and evening, in the evening it becomes a BBQ scene, where people can get skewers of meat and various things.

 

Weird food Chinese style @ 知己咖啡站 Friends Cafe

If you’re a Hong Konger then you’ll probably be happy with the food served here, they do pasta and rice with the sauce that you want, ie curry, chicken a king etc.

The food is mainly chinese style, trying to be western with the soup, however the soup is so typically Chinese especially the Pea soup, they put cervelat sausage in it, which is such a typical chinese filler ingredient.

See the picture below with big pieces of cervelat sausage in the soup!

Anyway the set costs $28 which is the usual local price for food.

However being in borderline between admiralty and wan chai, I was slightly disappointed with their furnishings, it seems rather shabby, almost like those little joints you would find in the industrial areas such as Kwun tong, kwai hing etc.

Chicken pie in the middle of green pea soup @ Matchbox cafe

When I first saw pictures of the chicken pie in the middle of green pea soup, I thought it was interesting, same with the banana and walnut pancakes. I was not sure what type of restaurant it would be.

The restaurant is newly opened hence not many reviews on it so far. I was guessing it would be a Chinese café trying to be Western because it calls itself “bing sut” similar to Star Café, I was expecting that type of food to be served, yet the pictures of pie and pancakes were totally different to that sort of food.
It is located in Cleveland Street where all the high-end street level restaurants are, so I thought it was a bit out of place before I went.

When I got there, there was already the media there doing an interview so decided to dine there later.

From the outside, it doesn’t look like vintage Hong Kong, however there was a cute section where it sells soft ice creams on cones, egg tarts, hot dogs for passers by.
The restaurant's name sign is very neonlistic and changes colour.

Went there later and sat down, was greeted by some ancient song, the other songs were not so irritating, but because of the song I noticed the décor and the staff uniform that this place was trying to imitate old Hong Kong.

I was not sure if the food was old style, but they had sugar cubes which was fun putting it in the drink.

They had beef tea too, I was puzzled what it was, then I realised it was BOVRIL!!!!
I had that same familiar feeling again with all Chinese café’s, the chinese menu, one of them had English so it was ok.

For food, the prices were slightly higher than the usual Chinese cafés, which makes sense being in the neighbourhood of Cleveland road and Kingston road.
However if you thought you found a cheap place by avoiding the other high end restaurants, this is NOT the average Chinese Café but one with EXCELLENCE!!!

Ordered the set with chicken pie in pea soup and banana pancakes, and the roast pork, fried egg with rice.
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Chicken pie in pea soup:
Very wholesome soup with green peas and pulses, that is not too salty or strong.
The chicken pie was better than I expected, the pastry was crumbly with chicken, ham and mushroom inside it.
I was given ketchup, but I don’t really put ketchup with my pies unless they are tasteless, in the end I signed my name on the edge of the plate with ketchup and had it with the pastry.

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Roast pork, fried eggs and rice:The eggs were fried perfectly and runny in the centre, and the soy sauce was rich and thick, but not bitter like the soy sauce served with Hainan chicken. The rice was cooked just right too, distinct grains of rice that was not too soft or too hard. The whole dish was so delicious, especially mixing the rice, soy sauce, egg yolk, it tasted so good.
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Banana pancakes:These are the American pancakes not the thin British ones, it was topped with thick caramel sauce, walnuts and slices of banana. The pancakes were nice and soft and were so well matched with the banana, walnuts and sauce. If there was more sauce it would be better as I thought there was not enough.
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The set with pie and pancakes was not that filling for me, so ordered scrambled eggs with toast, this was not as good as the one from Star Café, I should have ordered another dessert instead.
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Anyway, the food ordered by most people were baked pasta’s and rice’s, it didn’t really look that good so I would recommend the rice with egg, and the instant noodles.
The instant noodles are imported from Japan and they give you the sesame oil from the packet with the old folding scissors as shown on this visit.
http://supersupergirl-dining.blogspot.com/2012/03/imported-instant-noodles-from-japan.html

Apart from the restaurant, the Restroom is also worth visiting too, the female one has a nice mirror with light bulbs surrounding it, very good illumination for stage makeup. Also those old green tiles and the old style taps.

Sweetcorn and fish gas bladder soup @ Original taste workshop

 There is alot more choice than they previously had, so this time tried the sweet corn soup with fish tummy.

I was expecting sweet corn and fish yummy as the main ingredients, but it was mainly chicken and sweet corn.

Overall it tasted how it should, just felt it should be called sweetcorn chicken soup with fish maw.

www.otw.com.hk

BBQ baked beans and mini burgers @ Tony Romas

Havent been to Tony Roma's for a while, so decided to go for lunch.

I used to go to the branch at Times Square, where the ribs were soft and came off the bone easily.

For the set lunch, got the mini steak burgers, the steak was really good and the mustard that came with it was ok.
The salad was quite asian, but it still tasted ok.

The pumpkin soup was too sugary for my liking.

As for the salmon and fries, that fared average.
The beans were just BBQ beans.

The lunch came with a drink, so I ordered tea, however the water wasnt that hot, so the teabag didnt really infuse into it, the waitor must have overheard, so offered a fresh cup of tea.

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a la carte items @ yeh lam kwok

Decided to try their a la carte items as well as the mains, tried the pumpkin and crab soup which was surprisingly nice.

In general pumpkin soup always tastes good if done nicely not with added sweeteners as the Chinese like it, it contained plenty of crabmeat.

The cheese and ham toasted sandwich was also good, but it looked different to the product shot.