New secret hideout in central

A while ago I stumbled upon this new branch of Dolci 2/3 when I went to Holly Brown.

It was going to open that day but as I was busy I came back another day.


A few days later, I had a tasting in central, so the new branch was a perfect place to have a drink beforehand.

Although Dolci is famous for gelatos and cakes, they had pies and quiches.

quiches and pies
There are sandwiches if you need something more filling.

Baguettes
For the gelatos, they had 14 choices to choose from!!!

14 flavours!!!!!
A lovely tea selection.

Artisan teas
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Salmon quiche $30:


The salmon quiche was really good because the thickness of the pastry was just right.
I loved the hints of cheese and chunky pieces of salmon embedded in the quiche.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pistachio florentine:

Made with 66% French chocolate, pistachios and crunchy caramel.
This was divine, you could see there was so much pistachio in it and some crunchy caramel that held it together coated in chocolate.
It was like eating a lovely pistachio brittle and each element did not over power each other.
The texture and taste of the caramel was really nice because it was crunchy with a roasted taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Earl grey tea:

To finish off I had my favourite Earl grey tea which had loose leaves in the teabag that give it that rich earthy aromatic taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

2/3 Dolci
Shop 1, 1/F Manning House, 38-48 Queen's Road Central, Central

Tofu Korrito

I love their Korrito rolls so came back for more.
On my previous visit, ordered the beef K Roll which I did not like because it was too sweet.





★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tofu Korrito:




The Tofu roll was just colourful and neatly sliced.
You could see the leafy green lettuce and fresh purple cabbage with crunchy pieces of fried bits and tofu in the middle.
Each mouthful was packed with freshness of the vegetables and the sweetness of the honey sauce complemented by the tofu in the middle.
The only problem was that it was slightly messy to eat because it kept falling apart.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

K-Roll:

Shop 6A, G/F, Sen Fat Building, 6 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan

Great modern cha chann teng food

Hong Kong chaa chan teng food either clicks with me or it doesn't, there is no in between because either I like or I don't like it.

In this case, I found the food enjoyable because the savory dishes don't taste sweet and would come back if the location wasn't so inconvenient.

*** Must try

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Photos of the restaurant :






★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
***Iced Pineapple:


I was surprised there was a drink that I could drink because at most cha chann tengs there are not much options for expats because it is mainly Hong Kong style milk tea and syrupy tasting drinks.
The iced pineapple was really nice because it was pineapple juice with icecubes made of frozen canned pineapples.
It was lovely and refreshing and not the usual syrupy sweet drinks you get.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Chicken wings in Swiss sauce:

Not my favourite but these were better than other places because other places just taste sweet.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Prawns on toast:

These were different to the ones on toast because it was minced prawns on baguette slices.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Pigeon:

They were not bad but I found them difficult to eat because I find it hard dealing with meat on bones.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spicy chicken wings:

These were similar to the chicken wings above but had a really spicy tone to it.
I preferred them because the spicy tone and the sweetness tasted good together.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
***Flat noodles with beef:

Again, the beef was good because I loved the gravy which was not sweet and tasted like oyster sauce.
The fried noodles beneath it were not oily and had delicious pieces of egg.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Bread box:

I was surprised by this because the sauce was nice and savoury.
The bread box can feed a whole table because beneath the pork chop, there was fried rice as well.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
***Curry bread box:

curry, potato, cheese, sauce rice and bread.
This was my favourite because I love curry with rice AND bread and it had BOTH.
It also had cheese too which was a bonus.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Instant noodles tossed in spring onion ginger oil with pork chop:

The noodles were tasty with the generous spring onion and ginger oil sauce.
You can choose from pork chops or chicken wings to go with the noodles.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hainan style chicken:

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hong Kong style taste with chocolate sauce:

This was the usual toast dipped in egg and pan fried.
As you can see the toast was cut into big chunky pieces!
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
***Hong Kong style toast with kaya spread:

This was delicious and syrup was served separate which was good.
Frankly it does not need syrup because it has delicious sweet kaya spread in the middle and it is coated with fragrant desiccated coconut.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Law Mark Kee
Shop F20, 1/F., Kornhill Plaza, 1 Kornhill Road,Tai Koo

Better luck this time

Chinese food again!!!

The food was acceptable hence it deserves to be written up.
Four out of the ten dishes were ok so I am just going to write about these dishes.

It is quite good that they show you your fish before they steam it.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roast pork:

Each piece was uniformly sliced with an even fat and meat distribution.
It was crispy with a nice salty skin which gives it a good taste that roast pork should have.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Hainan style chicken:

The chicken was not skinny or too fat which was good and the chicken breast was moist and tender.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roast suckling pig:

This was my favourite because the little pig was lean, and the skin was crispy.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Vegetable soup:

The amount of vegetables in the bowl was nice and generous and the colour of it was green and luscious.
The leaves were tender and soft with a hint of bitterness.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Joy Luck House (Lok Fu)

Shop 3106-09, 3/F, Lok Fu Shopping Centre, 198 Junction Road, Lok Fu

Juicy grilled pork meat at Cafe y Taberna

Came here with some non foodie friends who picked this place.

It was interesting because I was too lazy to choose from the menu so I let them decide and they ended up going on Openrice to see what was good so we ordered grilled pork neck, satays and grilled squid.

These three items were actually quite nice but the pad thai was too sweet for my liking.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled pork neck:

This was nice and juicy which was meaty and not fatty.
The portion was nice and big with lots of slices.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled satays:

There was chicken, beef and pork.
My favourite was the chicken which was chicken breast meat.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Grilled squid:

The squid was nice and springy complemented by their spicy sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Cafe y Taberna (Wan Chai)

G/F, 25 Amoy Street, Wan Chai

Stars at the Silverbox

Attended “OpenRice's Best Restaurant Awards 2014” held on 7th May 2014 at Hotel Icon Hong Kong to honor the most outstanding and popular selected restaurants over the past year.

It aims to recognize the outstanding performance of the best selected restaurants across different areas including their cuisine selection, gourmet quality, customer service and brand promotion.

A big congratulations to all those who have been awarded.

For more information and photos on this event, please see:
http://www.openrice.com/info/awards14/web/event.html
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152375084815690.107374183
5.18876835689&type=1
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At the event, there was a good selection of snacks, my favourite was the chocolate covered cherries in wine.



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