I love Yue Man Lok !!!

Happyfisherman Restaurant (Tai Kok Tsui)

Thanks to Happyfisherman Restaurant and Mjqueen7e for inviting me to this restaurant.
I was really looking forward to this place because I like fish and I have always wanted to try
this style of food ever since reading reviews from 魚鱻魚湯專門店.

The restaurant was interesting because it was Chinese style but on the seating side, there were lots of quotes from the Bible.

I was not familiar with this cuisine so Mjqueen7e ordered.

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Taiwanese style salt and pepper cuttlefish patties:

I liked the shape of these because they were easier to eat.
There were delicious pieces of cuttlefish in the patties flavoured with light salt and pepper sprinkled on its surface.
It was fried just right and golden brown.
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Wontons with spicy sauce:

This was one of my favourites because it tastes different from other restaurants.
There is hint of Chinese vinegar in it which made it appetizing.
Initially I thought it was lime but they said it was Chinese vinegar.
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Chicken and Wontons in fish broth:

The broth was sweet and delicious and the chicken was tender, it was really helpful of them to slice the chicken for us.
It was chicken leg too which was why it was lovely and tender.
The portion size of this was great because it can be shared between 2-3 people.
The best thing about this was that there was no chicken oil on the surface.
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Carp in fish soup with Chinese rice buccatini:

Before trying the fish soup I was worried there were bones or scales in soup, but there were none.
The fish was really nice that we ended up trying another fish below.
The fish and broth was nicely paired with buccatini.
Buccatini has a hole in the middle which retains the soup when you eat it which makes it more flavourful.
The fish did not have an unpleasent smell when it cooled down.
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Fish with rice in broth:

The second fish we had tasted nicer because the broth was sweeter as it had sweetcorn in the broth too.
This time had rice with it, which was also good because the rice they used was the pearl type and does not absorb the soup and go mushy.
As well as fish soup, you can also choose fish and tomato broth which I shall try next time.
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Beef in Sichuan style chili:

Although this dish was too hot for us, it was worth trying as I end up never ordering this because I keep thinking it is too spicy.
It looks like the whole pot is filled with red chili hot liquid because the top is red but beneath it is actually a soupy broth that is not so spicy.
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7-up with salted lemon:
The drink was not as good as the ones I have tried at the other places because the Salted lemon did not have much flavour despite breaking crushing it.
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At the moment there are huge queues for this place, but luckily they have opened another branch nearby.

Minimum $12 spenditure per person

通達食店 (Yau Ma Tei)

Had a dessert tasting that day, so decided to dine here before going.

I used to eat here a lot because the fried snacks and fish shaomai are good.

When i got there, I realised they do not serve fried snacks, so I only ordered Fish Shaomai.
After ordering they said I couldnt just order shaomai because there is a minimum spending of $12 per person.

Since there were no fried snacks, I ordered two portions.

Hopefully at their other branch they still do fried snacks as I regret not taking photos of the fried snacks.

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Fish shaomai:

The fish shaomai were chewy and made with lots of flour.
There was not much fish taste or fish meat in it which was good because there was less chance of grounded bones in it.

Prawn patty on charcoal bread

麵麵店 (Jordan)

I have always wanted to try the noodles here but I couldnt find this shop as I went the wrong direction.

Finally found it this time because I was at a tasting nearby so went in and tried the prawn toasts.

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Prawn patty on charcoal bread:


Basically it was similar to the Sesame prawn toasts found overseas in Chinese restaurants but it had no sesame on top and they used charcoal bread.
The taste was quite nice and the charcoal bread was quite crispy.
It would be good if it was squid ink instead of charcoal as it would bring out the seafood taste of the prawn even more.
On the other side, there is crushed garlic and butter.
The prawn patty, crispy baguette and garlic butter tasted quite nice together.


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Noodle menu:
Next time I am going to try the noodles with ginger wine broth and the Mexican Turnip root dumplings (sa gort gao).

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Interesting items:
fried dough sticks with fish patty or kaya


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Back for more Parisian food

Le Bonbon de Paris (Sai Kung)

There is not much choice for food in Sai Kung, so Le Bonbon de Paris and Chip In have become my regular eateries.

This restaurant stays open late too while the local ones close early not that I would dine there anyway.

Since my last visit the menu has changed, there are some new drinks but my favourite berries tiramisu is not there because it is not popular with the locals!

The locals seem to have a different taste for Western food because they only try items that they've heard before.
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Cheese and ham omelette

This time tried the cheese and ham omelette which was light and fluffy loaded with lots of ham and melted cheese inside.
The taste was nice especially with the melted cheese but I felt that there was too much ham.
There were lots of fragrant herbs on top of the omelette which made it very enjoyable too.
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Lime tea

The drinks have got bigger, it was a huge glass this time!
The sweetness was just right but the lime taste was not strong enough but it did not have that nasty bitterness that the Chinese style teas have.
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Strawberry milkshake

The strawberry milkshake was extremely cooling and they put a lot of cream in it when they made it.
The taste was very substantial and not watery and icy like other places, there was a good blend of fresh strawberries and cream in this milkshake.
The sweetness was just right and not cloyingly syrupy sweet.
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If Sai Kung was not so inconvenient, I would dine here and at Chip In more often.

Fresh milk softserve icecream

Milk Top (Kowloon Bay)

Thanks to AA for treating me to softserve icecream at Milk Top.

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I did not know there was Milk Top at Kowloon bay which serves softserve as well because I thought they only did the scoops and tubs.


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Here the fresh milk softserve costs $20 and it is huge!

The only flaw is their softserve machine, it cannot cope with serving more than two softserves at a time so you have to wait a few minutes for the softserve machine to work!!!

As for the taste it was really nice and milky, it was icy cold too because it was quite icy.
The sweetness was just right and not too sweet and tastes similar to the White rabbit milk sweet!
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While I was there, someones icecream went splat!
(unlucky for them )

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Special dishes on special occasions

Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant (Kowloon Bay)

Not the place to go on public holidays or festive dates because they only offer the most expensive noodles and fried rices so its like take it or leave it.

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Roast pork:

This was the best roast pork I have tried, it was dinky and cute, it was cut into cube shaped pieces and the skin was extremely crispy.
All the pieces had a nice distribution of pork, fat and skin.
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Stir fried garlic vegetables:

This was too salty.
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Sample of their menu:

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Bangkok Thai Restaurant in Wan Chai

Bangkok Thai Restaurant (Wan Chai)

There are lots of Bangkok Thai Restaurants in Hong Kong and now one more has opened in Wan Chai.
It can get quite busy at lunch times so be sure to queue early.

Thanks to Bangkok Thai Restaurant and Mjqueen7e for inviting me to this tasting Dinner.

I was quite surprised that they employ Thai staff too.

Here was what we tried.
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Fried lychee prawn

This is a new item and not on the menu yet, the appearance looks like fried prawns, but inside there is a sweet juicy plump lychee.
I loved this because lychee and prawn tasted so good together and it was light and refreshing.
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Satay skewers

There were chicken, pork and beef accompanied with delicious satay sauce that was slightly spicy.
The chicken was lovely and tender and the beef was grilled nicely.
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Tom Yum Kung soup

The taste of the Tom Yum Kung soup was really nice, there was a nice balance of spices and a hint of tomato.
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Thai grapefruit salad

For the grapefruit salad, they use green skin grapefruits because it has a crisp texture and is not stringy.
The grapefruit was crisp and sweet which paired nicely with the prawns and mini dried shrimps.
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Charcoal grilled chicken Pattaya style

The chicken was grilled nicely with delicious crispy skin.
Some people said it was dry but I had the thigh part which was just right.
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Fried crab in basil sauce

When it came it looked like a crab freshly fished from the ocean covered in algae which was actually fried basil leaves.
There was generous basil sauce too which I used to dip the garlic bread.
The crab was really really nice with the basil sauce so I hope to come back again some other time and order one just for myself.
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Yellow beef curry

The yellow beef curry was sweet and not spicy accompanied with delicious crispy garlic bread.
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Baked rice with taro

The rice was nice and filling with lots of taro cubes in it and sliced mushrooms.
It was very fragrant and satisfying.
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Sticky Rice with Mango and Coconut Milk

There was glutinous rice and purple glutinous rice in this dessert and it had a lovely light coconut scent.
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Thai Desserts Platter

The dessert patter was great because the sweetness for all the items were just right, and it had cassava roots which is rare in Hong Kong, it tastes similar to potato but slightly sweet.
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Guava soda

A lot of the drinks were tempting such jackfruit milkshake and young coconut but the guava soda was different so I ordered that.
It was refreshing and fizzy with guava pieces at the bottom.
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The restaurant is nice and spacious, suitable for large and small groups.

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