Delicious! Cheap Chiu chow food! EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

鴻記潮州滷鵝快餐 (Wan Chai)
This WAS my favourite eatery because it was cheap and delicious and offers a wide range for chiu chow food.

It was a pity on a recent visit I found a dead intact woodlouse in the food.
Before I black listed it, my favourite was the goose liver and goose blood jelly!

They both tasted strong and the goose liver was moist.



It is hard rating this place because the food is good so I would give it a smile, but since I found a woodlouse
Anyway I hope it was a one-off and should I bother telling them I found a woodlouse in the food?

Sheung Wan's King of Indian food

Basmati (Sheung Wan)
I love restaurants by the MTR exits and this one is really close to Sheung Wan's Exit C.

The reviews showed some really delicious looking Aloo Chops so I was really looking forward to that.

When I got there, the interior reminded me of UK style restaurants with an open bar at the far end with wines and glasses.

After browsing the menu, there were quite a lot of choices, so here was what I had.
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complimentary starters - poppadoms:

These poppadoms were crispy and delicious with a hint of potato taste and spicyness.
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Sauces:

There were two sauces, a mint sauce and a red sauce!
Both were super hot compared to other restaurants.
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Aloo Chop:


These were my favourite, I should have ordered two portions.
They are a bit like a silky flat potato croquettes with Indian herbs and green peppers in it.
They were not spicy so they are suitable for people who cannot eat spicy items.
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Basmati chicken tikka:

The pieces of chicken were served in a hot sizzling metal plate on top of julienne onions and cabbage which kept the chicken hot without burning it.
There was a piece of lemon which the waitress squeezed lemon juice onto the sizzling chicken with the handy metal pincers.
The chicken was boneless, juicy and tender which is really worth trying.
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Lamb masala:

The lamb could have been softer and the curry was a bit too spicy for my liking.
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Plain naan:

The naan was chewy and soft, perfect for dipping in the curry.
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Dessert of the day - Ras malai:

I was really glad Ras malai was the dessert of the day because I thought that it was the best dessert in the menu range.
Usually I do not like Indian dessert because they taste too sweet and the Jasmine scent is too strong for my liking.
Ras malai is basically sugary white cream coloured balls which can be paneer or dough depending on the restaurant.
Here it tasted like cake soaked in cream flavoured with cardamon and topped with nuts.
I loved the sweet cream and the nuts and it was soothing after a spicy meal.
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Fish curry at Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzeria (Wan Chai)

Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzeria (Wan Chai)
Curries at Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzeria used to be good but now the quality has gone down and the prices have gone up!

Got a fish curry, but the fish was really dry and crispy as if it had gone bad.
As well as that, it was so OILY.
It never used to be this oily.
The curry was quite salty and it seemed to contain a lot of MSG in it.


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Price: $45
Service: OK
Service charge: no
Yummy factor: Could be better
MSG levels: high
Napkins provided: yes
English Menu: Yes
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Cronuts

Swissbeck (Central)
If it were not for the Cronuts I would not have come here~





Currently there are only three places in Hong Kong that sell them: The Mandarin Cake Shop's Kronut for $26, Petite Amanda's cronut for $16, and Swissbeck's cronut for $30 in six flavours.


Invented in May 2013 by chef Dominique Ansel for Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City, cronuts are a croissant-doughnut hybrid.

I just expected the Cronut to taste like a light chewy puff pastry hence I chose the fresh fruit one which is basically filled with cream and diced strawberries.
I devoured my cronut there so there is only one side shot of it.

As this is the only cronut I have ever tried I cannot compare it to the original one in New York or the other ones in HK, but I have read a review on the Mandarin one which seems to have a strong oily aftertaste.

They remind me of yum yum's (twisted donuts) with a icing sugar coating.
On my next visit, I will probably get the Berliner donuts.


They also sell other pastries and cookies too.


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Fresh fruit cronut:



The cronut was basically two halves with cream and strawberry in the middle sandwiched together.
Each half had so many layers just like puff pastry but they were not that brittle which kept it in one piece.
The cronut was slightly sugared and was seriously delicious with the cream and strawberries in the middle which was sightly sweetened.
I felt like I was eating a strawberry turnover with cream but with more proportion of pastry.
Luckily it was not that oily and did not have a strong aftertaste like the one at the Mandarin which I read from Fungry and Fabulous's review.
It was great the cronuts were not sold out that day because I rang them a few times before going and no one answered.
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Over priced vegetarian food at The Herbivores

The Herbivores (Central)
Came here to celebrate a foodies birthday.

Tried three sets which were all good, but the waitresses were a bit stuck up.
As commented by Samurai in an openricers vegetarian review, the staff at vegetarian places seem to have a temper or an attitude issue.

But saying that, Sin Mei's vegetarian cafe does not have that problem.

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Omelette:

Nicely done with an eggy taste, the pan they used was clean, so it did not have a rancid oil smell.
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Homemade Bruschetta:

Although it was delicious, I was a bit disappointed because they used toast.
Most bruschettas use baguette slices or something similar.
It was topped with tangy tomato puree and herbs which had a strong taste.
(Was trying to figure out what was homemade: The toast or the tomato puree?)
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Sweet Morning:

The pancakes were surprisingly delicious, they were soft, fluffy and golden.
It was great that it came with yogurt because yoghurt is a healthier than cream.
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Chocolate Mousse:

Most vegetarian chocolates do not taste nice because it lacks some vital ingredient but the chocolate mousse here was great.
Technically it was not a mousse but similar to a light paste that was silky and really chocolatey.
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Total HKD: $1xx
Service: could be better
Yummy factor: ok
Sweetness levels: just right
Napkins provided: yes
Portion sizes: reasonable
Glass of water provided: No
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Green tea with fruit from MIX

Mix (Wan Chai)
Came here for a drink after being roasted at Texas BBQ chicken because there was no air con.


The air con here was quite cold.
This time ordered the Green tea with fruit.


The drink was much nicer than the green tea with lychee.
It was not so bitter.
After poking the fruits, it gave the green tea a hint of sweetness.
There were chunks of pineapple, lemon and watermelon in the tea.
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Price: $32
Service: OK
Service charge: no
Sweetness levels: just right
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Good concept but too oily at Daikuya

Kiev filled with miso and radish:

Daikuya (Tseung Kwan O)
I am not really a fan of pork or deep fried cutlets, but tried this place because of the Japanese style pork kievs.

As well as these pork kievs, they had other snacks too such as fried cutlet egg, fried cheese etc, but none of them were available when I tried to order them.

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At the counter, they had samples of the different kievs:


Kiev filled with creamy mushrooms:
Kiev filled with Spinach:

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Decided to get the Kiev with miso and radish because the spinach and mushroom ones looked a bit creamy.

The set comes with soba, rice or ochazuke, julienne cabbage and a drink.

The soba was a bit too soft for my liking.

The julienne vegetables were really nice because of the sesame sauce.

The green tea was the best out of the set because it was not too sweet and the green tea taste was strong.


The star of the meal! The Kiev!
It was a bit too oily!


I was a bit disappointed the filling was same colour as the coating. The miso was not even dark nor was there any miso paste or beans in it because I could only taste some slight grated radish.
The filling was bit weak and tasteless.
More annoyingly, the pork was very fatty!


THIS FOOD COURT IS LIKE A FREEZER! THE AIR CON IS ON FULL BLAST!