Interesting sizzling steak @ Legend Restaurant

Saw the photos from the previous review and the sausage looked interesting.

It looked like two huge slices of vietnamese sausage so I had to check it out.

Again I got to To Kwa Wan by ferry from North Point and this restaurant is right next to this Chocolate shop that sells Venchi chocolates and fruit covered chocolates.

Apart from the sizzling steaks I also wanted to try the fried egg with their secret recipe soy sauce.

Although the decor was quite modern, this restaurant feels really old just like those "bing suts".

 

 

Pity I did not take photos of the drinks/kitchen area.
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Soup:

 

Interesting square bowl!
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Toast:

 

Although it was strange being given a piece of toast it was much better than those nasty sweet buns given with the soup at least the toast was savoury.
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Beef steak Chinese wok style and spicy sausage:

 

 

There were two slices of sausage and four big pieces of beef steaks underneath the sausage.
The beef steak was good because it was tender and had no beef taste, but for people who like beef they can choose the beef sirloin.
But since I am not a beef lover I chose this one as there was less beef taste.

Luckily the sausage was not spicy but there were lots of chopped pieces of green peppers and red peppers in it.

 

 

The sizzling style platter can also be served on a plate so next time I will ask for a plate and the gravy will not get evapourated.
As for the fries I preferred the ones shown on the previous photo because they did not have so much oil in it.
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Grounded pistachio dessert @ Hoi Kee

After eating at the nearby Legend Restaurant, I noticed this shop because of the colourful banners where I spotted this bowl of green dessert that I thought was Green Tea dessert.

However on a closer look it turned out to be Grounded Pistachio dessert which Menty told me about a few days ago, then when I looked at the name of this dessert shop, it was indeed Hoi Kee.

 

I have walked past the Mong Kok branch numerous times but I never went in because the MK branch was just grey and boring.

The menu at that time only had Chinese desserts then, perhaps it may have changed now but looking at the MK reviews I cant see any of the new desserts.

Anyway went in with the Grounded Pistachio dessert in mind, but when I looked at the menu there were so many other items I wanted to try as well, so there shall be more visits.

 

The desserts at this place was not just traditional Chinese sweet soups but they had other desserts with colourful product shots which were really tempting to try such as:

Yogurt with aiyu jelly and fruit:

 

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Purple rice and mochi

 

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Peach and tofu pudding

 

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Berry merry

 

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Not only was the menu colourful the decor of this shop was modern.

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Grounded Pistachio dessert

 

 

I do not usually go for these grounded Chinese desserts but because it was pistachio I tried it.
There was a choice of hot or cold and I really regret not ordering it cold because when it is hot I keep burning my tongue and cannot taste it properly.
When it did finally cool down, I found it delicious because it tasted really nutty and you can taste the savouryness of the pistachio.
The pistachio had been grounded really fine and it was not lumpy.
The pistachio pieces on top gave it some depth.
After stirring it vigorously to cool the consistency did not change, it still remained thick hence its high heat capacity.
Although it was delicious I would have preferred it in pudding form because I am still not quite used to Chinese desserts which are in liquid/paste form which involves "drinking" it.
For the take away version the pistachio is in a separate bag for you to add separately.
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Grounded Chestnut dessert

 

Again I do not usually try these desserts but tried it as it was Chestnut, I did not expect it to taste nice because chestnuts are starchy and it did not taste as good as the chestnut paste in the Chestnut croissant at Le Salon.
I still feel that chestnut tastes better with roast dinners or French style.
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Green tea and vanilla icecream @ Kasho Chaya

I have been here so many times but never tried the green tea flavoured icecream because the vanilla ice cream was always nice.

 

This time I ordered No 8, which was half vanilla and half green tea with dumplings and green tea pudding cubes.

 

 

The green tea ice cream was not as sweet as the vanilla, it was milkier with some bitterness.
The taste of green tea powder was quite strong.

I was quite disappointed today that they sold out of the green tea drink because I wanted to try that.
However they had cheese and ham obanyakis which was not there before.

The vanilla ice cream, dumplings and green tea pudding cubes tasted how it should.