Refreshing lime water @ 山地人越南法包專門店 MR. Vietnamese Baguette House

After a delicious satisfying burger from Toppings, I was a bit thirsty so saw some drinks here, either young coconut or lime water.

Anyway I picked the lime water, it was displayed nicely in the drinks counter, already prefilled, with a wedge of lime in the cup.
It tasted nicer than expected, no artificially cordial syrup taste to it.

Not too sour or too sweet, and it was very refreshing.

Their menu was pretty much the same since I last came, so nothing new on the menu for me to try.

Cuttlefish burger @ Toppings

The cuttlefish patty is also hand made by them too. Inside the cuttlefish patty, it contained bits of sweetcorn, and to my amazement I found some caraway seeds that gave it some texture and spice to it.

Everything is the same as before, you can choose the toppings and sauce yourself.

Still the same good old staff.

 

Veggie burger @ Delaney's

I am now on a second burger craving since last year.

At Delaney’s I have tried almost everything, from roast, fish and chips, Irish pancakes, and now the Veggie Burger.

Served with potato wedges, or Jacket potato, the Veggie patty is coated in fine breadcrumbs, with mashed bits of broccoli, potato, slight cheese, and carrot shreds.
When it came, the patty looked huge, due to a pocket of hot air that expanded during the process of being deep-fried. I deflated it with my fork. However the burger was still piping hot, so beware.

The potato wedges were a bit dry and over cooked. The veggie burger was ok, the patty contents were soft and creamy, only the coating had been overdone. Slightly too greasy.

Poor food @ Ada 精美小食

I never intended to try food from this place, firstly I rarely get food from street stalls, they tend to be so dirty and the staff are not that friendly. I feel that they are more concerned on customer turnover than service or quality.

Anyway, I decided to give it a try on a quiet saturday, ordered the rice rolls with spring onions and dried shrimps.

Obviously the staff, are not good with the sauce, or care how they give it to their customers, sauce was all over the bag, on the top of the lid too, so I got sauce all over the table.
I really dont know why people can get food from these places.

Anyway, there were bits of black stuff in the rice rolls, they were too soft.
The rice roll texture was not smooth, but lumpy and porous.

Noodles @ 味皇魚蛋粉 May Wong Fish Ball Noodle

May Wong has a higher standard than most of the HK style cafes.

The quality can almost match that of Tsui Wah, except the variety is not as diverse as Tsui Wah.
Tsui Wah has more sophisticated dishes such as Ox Tail in red wine sauce, noodles made of tofu.

Although the dishes here are much simpler, they have very good combinations such as the thick noodles with soft pork bone and fried fish patty. Their drinks also make them unique, such as the green tea with Jelly, adds some fun to it, rather than the boring standard drinks, such as Tea, Coffee, Lemon tea etc.

The noodle set I ordered came with Organic beanshoots, making it a balanced meal of meat, carbohydrates and vegetables. The portion of beanshoots was quite decent too, a bowl of beanshoots in soup with strong sesame oil seasoning.

 

 

Japanese kanten 寒天 Dessert @ Hui Lau Shan

After trying black sugar kanten in various desserts, I fell in love with the chewy dark brown jelly.

Kanten is the Japanese word for 寒天 meaning cold weather (according to Wikipedia).

I ordered the White snow with Kanten, which is just basically dessert tofu, mango pieces and mango sauce and Kanten.
I have a hatred for Asian mangoes, or to be more specific, amber coloured ones (phillipine ones). I only eat Puerto Rico mangoes, the one with a greenish/reddish skin.

Anyway, the dessert was presented nicely, I spooned some tofu with the jelly, and just a tiny bit of mango sauce, it tasted really good as expected. The bean taste in the tofu took away that nasty mango taste. The jelly was nice and chewy.

After a while, my mouth got a bit numb and couldnt really taste anything.

I rarely go to HLS, only when they have some hard to resist desserts/snacks, the last time I came was for the pancakes and curry sauce. It is not the sort of place I would go as I dont eat the traditional chinese desserts, and mangoes put me off from coming, so does watermelons, and the usual Hongkie stuff. So I wonder, what is the next dessert/snack that will make me visit again.

 

Taro tea with Black sugar kanten @ 麻吉 Match

Out of the blue, saw people queuing, so noticed a shop here selling Taiwanese drinks.
As it is the only shop on that side of the road selling drinks at a reasonable price, I think it should do quite well, from people waiting to get the buses to people from the Southern playground.

The overall shop decor was impressive, clean and slick. The drinks list was clear and easy to read, the best thing was, it had English. The choice is quite wide, and you can choose the sweetness of the drink too.

There was quite a range of things you can add in your drinks too such as Aiyu jelly, pearls, Aloe Vera, Grass Jelly, Brown sugar jelly, Tri colored konjac jelly, Coffee jellys and capsules filled with liquid chocolate, coffee, or fruit.

Anyway ordered the Taro tea and added sugar jelly to it.
Tasted Ok, the milk was made from milk powder, and the brown sugar jelly tasted as it should.