The Hero from Tai Kok Tsui to Hong Kong

Thanks to Ivy for telling me about this new HERO branch which was opened before Christmas.

I was thrilled when they opened this first Hong Kong branch in Sheung Wan followed by another branch in Central.

They still have the first branch in Tai Kok Tsui which I have always wanted to go but it was too far away and I did not know how to get there!
It just shows how good the food at HERO is because Tai Kok Tsui is out of bounds for quite a lot of people and there are not many westerners that live there and yet it has been around for ages.

I have always thought Hero was a bit out of place in Tai Kok Tsui because it should have always been on the Hong Kong island, but it has survived in a place where the cuisines and locals around it are mostly Chinese which really shows their food is great.

The location in Sheung Wan is great, it is near the MTR station and also near Central.

 

 

 

 

I ordered the rib eye sandwich set with fries, a jacket potato and extra gravy for the chips.

 

 

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Rib eye sandwich:

 

Took one bite and fell in love with it even though I do not like beef.
The slices of beef were lean and fatless and the sauce they used was similar to the sauce used in McD's big mac,
However there was no cheese as shown on the product shot but it still tasted nice.

 

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Jacket potato with corned beef:

 

I finally got a properly baked jacket potato because the potato skin was crispy and edible too.
The texture of the potato was good too.
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Fries:

 

The fries were perfect too with just the right amount of salt.
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Gravy:

 

The gravy was delicious and complimented the steak sandwich and fries perfectly.
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Coffee:

 

The coffee was quite nice.
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Gwat Gwat Guangzhou style rice rolls in Sai Kung

Tried this place because of the banner showing these weird looking rice rolls.
Initally I did not know the Chinese for it but it turns out it is pronounced "guaat" which means rough I think.

 

 

 

 

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Gwat gwat rice rolls:
When it came, these rice rolls looked like long straight umblical cords and they also reminded me of the Chaozhao style rice rolls too, however the Chaozhao rice rolls are served circular and look more like a sheep's placenta.

Chaozhou Rice Roll
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?a=1&shopid=82460&region=0

 

 

I just felt they tasted like ordinary rice rolls but because they had extra ridges, it was slightly al-dente and the ridges hold the sauce, so it tastes better.
I asked them if these were Chaozhao rice rolls and they said they learnt it from Guangzhou!
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Snacks:

 

There was nothing interesting about the frankfurters, fishballs or shaomai.
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Inmitation sharks fin soup:

 

This was like gunge and it was so lumpy that you can taste the starchy flour.
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Soy bean drink:
It was good that it was not sweetened and the sugar is added by yourself
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