Having snacks at a Herbal Tea joint

It was dinner time and everywhere was packed and noisy.

However this shop was empty because people just assume herbal tea places only serve snacks and tea eggs.


After I sat down, I spotted more snacks and ordered them.



As usual, after I sit down in an empty shop, people start to come in and dine there too!!
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Shaomai:

The shaomai was the standard ones that they get from suppliers.
Made with ground fish and flour.
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Noodles:


There was Chinese radish, chicken wing tips, fishballs and pigs skin on top of mountain yam noodles in curry sauce.
According to the menu, it seems to say lemon curry but I could not taste any lemon, and the instant noodles just tasted like the usual ones but were thinner and it probably had an insignificant percentage of mountain yam but significant enough to claim it was mountain yam instant noodles.
The Chinese radish was a bit old and stringy.
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Malaysian Bak kut teh :


There was too much white pepper in it that you end up burning your throat before the herbal effects start to work.
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Although there wasn't anything exciting about the food, it was better than being ripped off with rubbish food in that mall.


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Wong Lo Kat Herbal Tea
Shop 3, G/F, Yau Lai Shopping Centre, Yau Lai Estate, Yau Tong

Bewitching with an Irish brunch

It was nice to see another Irish place open up because there are not many Irish restaurants in Hong Kong.

O'Phillie's Irish restaurant & pub is now a new competitor for Delaney's.

So far, I have only tried their lunch and brunch so I can't compare their roast yet.
The decor of this place is green and Celtic just what you would expect for the Irish culture.

The brunch menu was quite good, for the Full Irish breakfast, there was a half portion option.
I wonder if you would get half a black pudding in the half portion.


Here was what I ordered:
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Smoked salmon scramble:


There was no apricot jam given as stated on the menu.
The scrambled egg was quite nice but the salmon could have been fresher because it tasted a bit fishy.
The Dublin hash was just an ordinary hash brown.
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Bewitching "Full" Irish breakfast:
I loved the name "Bewitching" for a breakfast because it sounded enchanting.
The full breakfast had: two pork sausages, two pieces of Irish smoked maple bacon, award winning black pudding, grilled tomato, baked beans, eggs, Dublin hash brown and toast with apricot jam.

When it arrived, there was no apricot jam or black pudding so I informed the waitor.


The Dublin hash was a bit disappointing because it was just the usual hash browns and they were quite oily.
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Black pudding:


The missing black pudding was served when I nearly finished the breakfast.
It was different to the ones I have had before which come in slices and the black pudding skin was very tough to slice.
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Receipt:

O'Phillie's Irish restaurant & pub
Shop 202, 2/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai

A new Vietnamese eatery

華越小食 (Wan Chai)

This shop was opened a while ago and there was no one eating there so decided to try it.

Again, when one person goes into an empty restaurant, people will follow!!!

Basically they serve Vietnamese noodles, cart noodles and rices.





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Vietnamese lemongrass chicken with rice:


I suspect the chicken was fried twice because it was tasteless and dry.
Since the joint was new, I suspect it was leftovers that was not sold the previous day.
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Fried pork neck with rice:


Luckily, this tasted better, the pork neck meat was extremely thinly sliced and it was lovely and crispy with a strong garlic taste.
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CrappyExtremelyOverpriced Neway

CEO Neway (灣仔)

Saw an ad for this branch so decided to go there instead of CEO on Sugar Street.

It was really expensive for its location and the food was rubbish.
The food at the Sugar Street branch is much better because the food here was exactly what you get at the normal Neway branches in Kowloon.

You get compulsory prawn crackers and fruit.

They did have macarons at the buffet but they were a bit soft.

The only thing I liked were the icecream lollies because I have not tried them before.
The Dairy milk chocolate lolly was similar to UK's mini milk and it tasted surprisingly nice just like frozen chocolate.


As for the foot shaped lolly, it had a strong vanilla taste with chocolate icecream in the middle.
I was glad this was in the dessert section because I would not buy it if there were other ice lollies to choose from.


The chocolate and nut side was quite cute because it reminds you of flip flop soles.


The bill was about $3xx per person which was a bit pricey when the food was not as good at the Sugar branch.
The song selection could be better, but it could be issues with music companies or people don't listen to music these days.
Some songs which came out ages ago have just been added to their new karaoke song section!!

The rate of new songs released by singers are slow and singers holding concerts have become scarce that concerts are beginning to hold joint concerts with several singers so that people will go and see it.

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HONG KONG'S CANTOPOP INDUSTRY!!!???!!

Simple snacks at 燕記小食

Stopped by for some quick snacks.



Most of the items were sold out so ended up getting fishballs and shaomai.

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Fishballs:
I don't normally eat fishballs because they contain grounded bones, but these were quite nice and bone free.
They were tiny which is why you got 10 for $6.
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shaomai:
The fish shaomai were disappointing because they tasted too fishy and desperately needed chili oil to get rid of that unpleasant fishy taste.
They were the same ones that you can get from Circle K with the thick yellow wonton skin and floury filling.
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燕記小食 (油塘)

Delicious marmite bap from Chip In

Since the new menu was launched, I have been meaning to get the Marmite bap, but Sai Kung is a real pain in the ass because people flock there and you can't get out. There are not enough minibuses and it is single lane traffic in and out of Sai Kung with lots of flash floods causing havoc!

It was raining that day which was the perfect time to go to SK!

I got a takeaway and needed a plastic bag because it was pouring with rain.
Posted a picture of the bag because the the logo is really nicely designed.

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Marmite and cheese bap:


Expats who love Marmite will love this!
It was the first time I had marmite with cheese because I normally just have marmite with bread, however the saltiness and the cheese went superbly well together.
It made me hungrier and I regretted not getting two .
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Chip In Fish & Chips
Shop 11, G/F, Ko Shing House, 9 King Man Street, Sai Kung

Opening hours: 

Mon-Sun: 12:00-19:30
Closed on Wed

Away from the crowd up in the clouds

To be honest, I have not heard about this restaurant before.
Came here with some serious food lovers who do not share their dining experiences on social media.

It is located on the 27th floor so the views were expected to be good and better than Excelsior because Park Lane is on the corner so it has a wider view.
Had the semi buffet lunch which costs around $500 per person.

Found a few bad points about this place:
-Food was not labelled which was annoying.
-The chairs were difficult to get in and out of without disturbing people sitting beside you.
-The tea pot size was inconsistent, for the same tea, two people were served different size pots and when more hot water was required they forgot.

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Food from the buffet table:

I loved the bread because they had a great choice of butters.
The hams and cheeses complimented the bread nicely.

After learning how to tackle a crayfish, I had to have more because they were delicious.
There was lots of orange matter in the head area and the crayfish meat was fresh with a hint of sea salt taste.
I used to twist the head off thinking that was it!!
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Surf and Turf:

Nicely presented but the tenderloin could have been juicier.
The lobster was lovely and tender on top of delicious poached turnip.
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Dessert:

The desserts were not labelled which was really annoying because the orange jelly turned out to be delicious apricot jelly and not mango which I don't eat.
The black forest cake was also good too.
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Breakfast tea:

To finish off, the tea was amazing because it was loose leaf tea with a strong grassy taste.
However the teapots they used were inconsistent because this other person had tea and their teapot was taller containing more water.
I asked for hot water to be added but they forgot.
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Views from the inside:




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Views from the balcony:



Video of Victoria harbour:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyjG1wEIdoY
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RIVA

Park Lane Hotel

27th floor 

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Price: $5XX

Service: OK
Service charge: 10%
Yummy factor: ok
Napkins provided: yes
Toilets: yes
Noise levels: None
Glass of water provided: yes
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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