Take your soul away with a lime soda

Lime Soul: Shop 103, Food Court, 1/F, Park Central Tower, 9 Tong Tak Street, Tseung Kwan O

Walking into this food court, I was immediately attracted by this Thai joint, it was done up the best amongst the rest and stood out.
At first it didn’t look Thai, but when I looked closer I realised it was Thai.

The restaurant name in Chinese is interesting, a direct translation of Lime Soul with the pronunciation similar to “soul” in Chinese.

I ordered a Lime soda and stir-fried vermicelli with salted pork.

The lime soda was the best, it was sugarfree and it tasted like fresh lime juice with carbonated water added to it.

 

The vermicelli could have been better, it was slightly too greasy and I couldn’t find the salted pork anywhere in the noodles so I am not sure if they gave me the wrong one.

Ostrich pie and Curry pie @ Pie and Tart Specialists

I had forgotten about the Ostrich pie at Pie & Tart Specialists because in my memory all I can remember is the strong butter smell when I walk past Pie and Tart specialists.

Their pastries are very localised made with the typical buttery pastry and sweet fillings that are meant to be savory such as the curry beef pie.

The only item that I like here is the Ostrich pie, it is topped with poppy seeds and there are chunks of ostrich meat inside it.
Although it was a savoury pie, the gravy was quite sweet, and there was so much black pepper in it the sweetness and the black pepper complemented each other nicely.

Ostrich pie

 

As for the curry beef it was too sweet.

Beef curry pie

Saizeriya Italian Restaurant's winter menu

As always the food at Saizeriya is cheap, fast and good.

They have changed their menu, and there are quite a few new items that are Japanese such as spicy whelks, seaweed and the pork belly in black vinegar.

Not a fan of Japanese food but ordered the pork belly, fried chicken, mushroom and cream risotto, spaghetti bolognaise, cherry tomatos and buffulo cheese.
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Fried chicken
The iron plate was covered with oil hence the fried chicken was slightly oily where it had touched the plate.
Apart from that, the coating was thin and the chicken inside was tender and tasty.
The sauce that came with it was the famous sauce they use in their prawn salad.
The sauce was slightly too creamy for the chicken, but luckily the sauce was runny so you can control the amount of sauce you want.
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Pork belly in sweet vinegar sauce
It reminded of the Hangzhou dish called Dongpo pork, a square piece of pork belly with layers of fat and lean meat.
The belly is braised in sweet vinegar sauce, similar to the sweet vinegar and ginger pig's trotters.
I only ate the lean part of the meat , but it was slightly dry and coarse.
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Garlic bread
This is new on the winter menu which replaces the foccacia.
Overall it tastes OK, but I prefer the foccacia.
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Cheese and mushroom risotto
This is my favourite Asian cooked risotto Italian style because it was not too creamy and it contained lots of finely diced onions and parsley.
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Spaghetti bolognaise
This was disappointing because it looked nothing like the product shot, and it did not taste like bolognaise sauce.
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Cherry tomatos and buffulo cheese
The portion size was quite small, but the buffulo cheese was really nice with the olive oil drizzled on top.
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Spaghetti grenovese
Although the sauce was green, it was not Pesto sauce but THAI BASIL!!
It was an interesting dish because Thai basil was used instead of Basil which is commonly used in Italian dishes.
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Garlic foccacia from previous menu
This is no longer on the menu, but it was nice eating it with olive oil.
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creme pudding
It was not too sweet and the texture of the pudding was slightly firm with an eggy taste.
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Saizeriya: www.saizeriya.co.jp