Beef with bittermelon in black bean sauce @ 喜喜燒臘茶餐廳

Before its refurbishing, it never crossed my mind to try this place out, firstly it looks dirty, secondly, all Chinese cafe food is dirty.

After its refurbishment, I decided to give it a try, I did not even hope for anything, in my mind ALL the cha chan teng's are dirty except May Wongs and Tsui Wah.

Ordered the Sweet and sour prawn chow mein, and beef and bittermelon in black bean sauce to take out.

Took a walk and came back in horror, as the waitress was so inhumane, she had put our bag of food on the floor.
So once again, I already confirmed to myself Chinese food is dirty.

Sweet and Sour Prawn with noodles
The prawn was ok, but it had to be OK for that price, if their top quality food isnt edible, then they might as well shut down for business.
The noodles were hard and crunchy, which is not chow mein at all.
Maybe this is HK style, but in UK, the chow mein isnt like that, its soft.

Beef with bittermelon in black bean sauce:
Beef was not marinated or flavoured, pale in colour.
The bittermelon was not cooked properly.
Worst of all, the black bean sauce had sand in it.

As for service, even though they now wear uniform, the front end ones are so irritating, yelling for people to come in, and causing noise pollution so badly the staff cant even hear what you are trying to order.

I think it also defeats the purpose not being able to get chinese food in a chinese place, because of poor hygiene standards. Just like going overseas and eating western food because of the poor conditions.

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Pubic hair on the bag, from the floor

 

Sliced aloe vera @ 一生任食和式火鍋 Issei Nabe Japanese Dining

Like other places that do eat as much as you can, its dishes are limited or wide range depending on what your tastes are.

For me, I thought it was limited because it didnt have prawn tempura, fried cheese new years cake, however it did have aloe sashimi, and fermented soy beans and mountain yam.

Mountain yam with noodles @ 京笹居酒屋 Kyozasa Restaurant

Went here for Japanese because of the photos added by other OR reviewers looked good.

Although there has only been 4-5 reviews so far, the photos made it look good enough to try.

The only thing I didn’t like about this place, was the stench of cigarette smell when I walked in, and remained that way when we sat down.
Also there were plenty of tables, I couldn’t understand why we were placed in very closed proximity to the next table when the rest of the restaurant was empty.
I would have also preferred a bigger table, since the table we had was not that sufficient to place all of our food. I had to put the condiment tray on the table next to us to get more space.

I wasn’t impressed with the menu, there were no pictures at all, and the range was incomplete, I couldn’t find the food mentioned on the reviews, so I had to ask for it.
The menu was like an effortless printed list with Chinese and English from a word document and placed in those A4 plastic folders. I asked for pictures and was given a photo album, which was only for the highlighted or popular items.

Moving on to the food, ordered Bonito Tofu, clams in Sake, Rolled Beef with spring onions and garlic, Squid and fermented beans rice, and soba noodles with mountain yam.
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Bonito Tofu:Tasted better than imagined, the outside was crunchy, and the inside was soft and smooth.

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Clams in Sake:Tasted really good, when the bowl arrived, you could smell the sake.

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Rolled Beef:I have had better ones before, so this one was terrible, very fatty and the inner of the roll was not that well cooked.
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Squid and fermented beans with rice:
Tasted a bit bland, but overall it all tasted good.

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Soba noodles with Mountain Yam:
I asked for the cold one, but they suggested the soup one. I wish I had stayed with my choice, as the soup made the noodles too soft, and waters out the flavour. The mountain yam gets diffused in the soup.

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Sharks fin dumpling @ 福記

There is nothing worth mentioning in general regarding their food, however their Sharks fin dumpling are quite good. Thin dumpling skin, and steamed just right that it dosnt stick to the box.

Sometimes if I arrive late in the day, it would be sold out, or only one portion is a available.

Taro and coconut snow flake ice @ 甜蜜子甜品店 Sweet C. C. Dessert

Last time I came, they did'nt have the combo, so this time i ordered the taro and coconut combo, it was quite pretty two colours together.

The staff and service was still as good as last time, I shall be back for more when I come to TST again.

 

Fried bananas and oysters @ 嵐山料理

This is my second visit, and the food is consistently good, last time
i tried the prawns, and fried cheeses.

I came back this time for the fried oyster and banana.

Banana:Presented like a banana fritter drizzled with blackcurrent sauce, the batter was light and thin, and there were 3 pieces in a portion.
The banana itself was naturally sweet, and the blackcurrent sauce was tangy, giving it a good taste combined together.
Before I tried it, I thought the sauce would have been too sweet therefore ruining it, but it turned out better than anticipated.

Oyster:The oyster was covered in cutlet and appeared rather thin, the oysters were fresh and tasted strong, juicy and not mushy at all.

Overall they both tasted good, and the standard has kept, and the oil they used has been changed often, hence not ruining the food.

Previous visit:
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2008838

Heavenly halal food @ 尚門快餐(清真) Sham Fast Food

The best food I have ever eaten, although its simple chicken and chips/arabic rice.

Every bit of it was dreamily delicious. The chicken is tender and tasty, its rice is the best, very minuscule pieces of carrot and herbs gently giving the rice aromatic flavour.
The coleslaw is also good, gently flavoured with salad sauce, not salad cream.

The fries were great too, topped with gorgeous spices, which reminded me McDonalds shake shake fries with curry powder.

There was also some white sauce, which I was not quite sure what it was, but added excitement to my meal. It was pure white, fluffier than mayonnaise with a slight garlic touch to it. That sauce was good, I wouldnt mind having more to dip my chips or to go with rice or the bread. It turns out to be Middle eastern style garlic sauce (thoom).

The bread was also good too, cute in size and piping hot.

For their drinks they also have a wide variety such as Almond milk in the cans, Apricot juice, Lemon and mint.