Delicious potato scones after Rugby Sevens

Restaurant: The Canny Man (Wan Chai)

Canny Man is always my favourite for food.


My usual order is Haggis but this time I wanted more so I ordered macaroni and cheese, vegetarian breakfast because of the potato scones and vegetarian sausages and Haggis Spring rolls.

They were serving potato scones with the Vegetarian breakfast so I just had to get it.


There was Irn-Bru on the drinks list too!

IRN-BRU!!!


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Haggis Spring rolls with whisky mayonnaise:


When I chose this I was deciding between the spring rolls and the breaded Haggis balls, but in the end I chose Haggis spring rolls.
The spring rolls were rolled with many layers just like the spring rolls in the UK, and they were filled with Haggis in the centre.


They tasted nice with and without the mayonnaise.
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Vegetarian All-Day Breakfast$108:
Two eggs, tomato, baked beans, potatoes, hash brown, sautéed mushrooms, potato scones and toast.


When it came I could not see any potato scones in the breakfast so I asked the waitress but she said the sauteed potatoes and mushrooms were the potato scones.
I was quite disappointed because that was what I came for and it was not there, but after my meal I emailed them about the situation and they told me that they ran out of the potato scones that day and did not notify the customers that ordered it, so I came back another day for them, which is why they were in a box.


The potato scones were delicious and tasted much better than the ones from Sainsburys or Tescos.
They were soft and potatoey.
Although they are called scones they do not look like scones.
Potato scones are basically mashed potatoes with flour and butter in the form of pancakes and then pan fried.


As well as the delicious potato scones, the sausages were also delicious. Initially I thought they were Quorn sausages but I found out from the GM that they were Linda McCartney's vegetarian sausages.


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Macaroni and cheese:





The portion of this was quite big, and it is advised for three people because it was quite heavy.
Each macaroni was evenly covered with melted cheese and it was delicious.


A hint of pepper helps to make it more appetizing.
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Profiteroles: Dark or White?

Allegretto is famous for coffee with the artistic foam cap, but I don't drink coffee so tried their profiteroles.
If their other cakes were not sold out, I would have tried too.

Tried the dark and white profiteroles which cost $12 each.

White profiterole:
Dark profiterole:
Basically there was one profiterole in the cup, the white one was filled with dark chocolate creme while the dark one was filled was white creme.

I prefered the white one because the white sauce had a strong vanilla taste filled with creamy chocolate.
The dark chocolate was too strong for my liking because the cocoa taste was strong and not creamy.

Tasting at AHU

AHU (Tin Hau)
Honestly if they had not rebranded this noodle place I would not have bothered trying it because I have do not like Hunnan style noodles unless it is the buccatini type.

The logo stood out from across the road! It looked like there was an English word that spelt BOHITA in the logo but it was actually Chinese.

Inside the restaurant, it is brightly decorated with a yellow and black theme.


They had spices on the wall for display.

The choice of broths for the noodles was good too, there were five choices: Vegetarian, tomato, laksa, preserved eggs and spicy broth.

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Dumplings:

According to the picture, they look panfried but when they came, the dumplings were deepfried.
I felt that they tasted nice deepfried because the dumpling skin is crispy and thinner complemented by the pork and leek fillings.
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Instant noodles in Laksa broth:
The noodles were the best because you could choose instant noodles.
The instant noodles were slightly thinner compared to other brands and it reminded of the "CHEWY" (chiu lik) brand.
As for the broth, it was not that spicy.
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Deep fried pork knuckles:


The pork knuckles could have been better because it seems that the pork knuckles were not that fresh because they have been in the fridge for too long that they were dehydrated. Hence the pork knuckles were too chewy, elastic and sticky.
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Taiwanese noodles in a metal bowl @ Woo Lung Yuen

Woo Lung Yuen (Tin Hau)
Came here again because the place I wanted to go was closed.

They had new black ink squid balls so tried that.

The waitress stood by my table as soon as I sat down.
I felt that the waitress was rather pushy because I needed time to look at the menu and decide what to order!
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Squid ink balls and noodles in a metal bowl:

The noodles were better this time and not so rancid but the portion was really small I had to order another dish of noodles.
The squid ink balls were tastess and similar to eating rubber.
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Taiwanese style stir-fried vermicelli:
Basically it was the usual stir-fried vermicelli topped with Taiwanese style minced meat which makes it Taiwanese style.
The taste was ok mixed with the meat sauce.
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Green tea:The set came with a drink but it was too sweet so next time I will order the food a la carte.
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Chips with Edmond Fallot mustard sauce

Chip In Fish & Chips (Sai Kung)
I was back again for my favourite chips.

This time I had a jar of mustard which was given to me by La Rotisserie at the tasting.
Initially I planned to use the mustard on the roast chicken at Cheeky Chicken, but it packed up so suddenly.

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Chips:

As usual, the chips were perfectly fried and I put plenty of vinegar on it which makes them extremely appetizing.
After having a few, I used the Edmond Fallot mustard on the chips.
It was surprisingly quite good because the mustard had a slightly tart taste and did not have that powerful mustard sting to it.
Edmond Fallot's mustard sauce on chips is definitely good.

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Almond tart @ IKEA FiKET

IKEA FiKET (Kowloon Bay)
After dining at IKEA decided to try this place as well.

They serve light snacks and drinks at FiKET.
They had meatball burgers and cute bottles of soy milk.


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Almond tart:
The almond tart was nice and nutty with lots of almond sprinkled on top.
It was not too sweet but the almond taste was not strong enough.
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$100 shopping spree at IKEA

IKEA Café (Kowloon Bay)
Thanks to Megabox promotions for this $100 cash coupon that I got from the Ramen Champion tasting event.

I spent it immediately that night


I got three items and it was exactly $100

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Rosti:This was basically coarsely grated potato shaped like a patty and frozen.
After it was cooked there was a nice crisp texture and the rosti had a nice potato taste similar to hash browns.
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Crab spread (Pastej krabbe):The crab spread was contained in this huge tube.




The crab spread had a pinkish colour with lots of herbs
It was quite salty and had a strong dill taste.
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Tarta Chokladkrokant:
They also have at the cafe, but it does not have cream on top.

The packaging is idiot proof and gives information on the number of servings and that it is a frozen product.

The cake is best cut when it is frozen because the cream is hard.

The pie was delicious with generous pieces of nuts in it.
It was not too sweet and the cream, chocolate and tart base tasted great together.
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