Evilicious tapas at Casa's in Sai Kung

Casa
Shop 1, G/F., Sui Yat Building, 1 Sai Kung Hoi Pong Square
西貢海傍廣場1號兆日大廈地下1號舖

A newly opened Tapas bar in Sai Kung.

It's so new that its news hasn't really reached the city of Hong Kong and yet there are lots of people dining there on a weekday evening!
The Casa logo reminded me of Fred Cheng's (鄭俊弘) HOME band logo.

It is located behind the main minibus stop in the hustle and bustle behind the seafood restaurants.

I just had to dine there because it reminded me of 22 Ships in Wan Chai, and their staff were British too (great for expats).
The staff were really friendly and attentative.

Again it has an open kitchen just like 22 ships with lovely bench tables and stools.

I was attracted to the Bocadillos which were bite sized tapas on bread and there are six pieces per portion which is good for gatherings.
As well as Bocadillos, they serve hot/cold tapas, sandwiches, platters, desserts and drinks.
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Bocadillos - Serrano Ham Quails Eggs:



These were too cute, fried quail eggs on top of serrano ham with freshly cracked black pepper on delicious crispy soft bread.
The quail eggs paired nicely with the ham and the size of the quail eggs were just right for the bread.
The yolk was slightly runny, which was really good with the bread and the ham was not too salty.
It must have been a nifty and fiddly job cracking these dinky eggs and frying them just right! BRAVO!
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Mussels:

These were fresh mussels and I loved the white wine sauce it was in.
The texture of these mussels were really soft and a bit like jelly, the byssus threads came off easily which was really good.
It is quite interesting that people use these byssus threads to make byssus cloth and seasilk.
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Bocadillos -Anchovies and Tomatoes:

I loved this one because it had a piece of fresh tomato, a piece of fresh basil and a piece of anchovy and all the tastes complemented each other especially the fragrant basil leaves.
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Bocadillos - Blue cheese and caramelized onions:

This had the strongest taste out of the three but the strong taste of the blue cheese was balanced by the sweetness of the caramelized onions and the fancy leaves took away the heavyness of the blue cheese.
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Cherry, Almond Fudge Ice-cream:

The icecreams served here are made by Happy Cow which are all made with Coconut milk and not milk!
It had an interesting taste because there was a strong hint of coconut and the texture of this icecream is much creamier than icecream made with milk.
It was really smooth as well and there were generous pieces of cherries in it.
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Payment using Paypal:
When I was about to pay, I was really surprised they said it would be done using PayPal but luckily I did not have to log in my personal PayPal account.
Basically they took my card and put it in their device, after keying the bill amount, I thought to myself am I going to be signing on that device!!!

My questions were answered when he passed me the stylus to sign on the device.
(It feels weird signing digitally! The screen below is blank because I have not signed it yet!)

The receipts for this restaurant and paypal were emailed to me imediately after the transaction with the address I provided!
I was really surprised with this payment method in pre-historic Sai Kung!
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Durian nectar drink by Super Star Seafood Restaurant

Super Star Seafood Restaurant is basically famous for food, but they have drinks and desserts too.
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Durian nectar drink:



I got their Durian nectar which has jelly balls and barely noticeable durian pieces in it.
The Jelly balls were quite big and probably oversoaked.



As for the drink it was too sweet and lacked Durian taste.
Although the drink is called Durian nectar, you can only get nectar from plants.
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Classy nougats

Door Door (Mei Foo)
As mentioned in my previous review, the nougats here are really good and the packaging and design really takes it to another level.

They have fans from Thailand who go there especially for the nougats.

I regretted that I didn't buy any on my last vist, but thanks to Garycwm for getting me these nougats.
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Black sesame nougats:

I loved the packaging and fonts, especially the foil wrapper.
The bag was resealable.

There was crisp rice paper to keep it from sticking to the wrapper.


The taste of these nougats were delicious, you can see black sesame seeds in it and there was a layer of chocolate in the middle sandwiched between the delicious nougat that was not too sweet.

La Festival de La Lune

Paul Lafayet (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Thanks to Paul Lafayet for these moon festival macarons.

They are in a box of eight with a large macaron in the middle dusted with shimmering powder representing the moon surrounded by 7 stars in an auspicious arrangement.

The large macaron is Mango Passion Fruit flavored.

For the seven macarons I chose: raspberry, matcha, pistachio, caramel, yuzy, baileys, and earl grey.

As I have visited the causeway bay branch, I decided to go to the K11 branch and discovered there is a small sitting area inside which is convenient for people wanting a quick dessert.

Next time when I am bored, I will go there for a quick dessert.

They had new cakes too:

The Bailey's dome was really cute because there was a mini macaron on the top.

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La Festival de La Lune:



It was fun sinking my teeth in the huge macaron which was the size of a medium sized burger

The flavours that I chose with a brief comment on taste:
matcha (creamy and not that sweet), pistachio (nutty with coconutty taste), caramel (bitter
tones to it), yuzu (quite refreshing), baileys (fairly strong baileys taste), earl grey (very fragrant) and raspberry (faint raspberry taste)
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Delicious chicken pies from Kam Fung

Kam Fung Restaurant (Wan Chai)

Thanks to a friend for getting me this chicken pie from Kam Fung because I doubt I would ever get a pie from there even though I like them.

The last time I had it was from the Whatever Man!

This time it was neatly sliced in half and there were pieces of ham in it too which gave it a flavourful taste, it was sweet too because of the sweet buttery pastry.
Overall the taste was pleasant but I still prefer the chicken pie at North point.

Chinese donut

Tai Cheong Bakery Express (Wan Chai)
Thanks to a friend for getting me this.

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Chinese donut:

This time I had a whole one and my comments are slightly different to the last time I tried it.
It did not have that nasty frying oil smell and the taste was very egg and moist.

I was surprised to see that it was very airy inside not like the western donuts.

The donut exterior was like a huge choux bun, but the inside was incredible soft and extremely moist!

At first I thought the dampness of the dough was the frying oil, but it was not.

The donut looks big but when you bite into it, it is actually like a sponge and compresses. The donut exterior was chewier than the western type.

Overall I still prefer the western donut, but the inside of the Chinese donut is nice in the sense that it is moist and similar to fresh airy bread.

It is really similar to a sugar coated soggy American popover.
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KFC gets Bing'd

There is a new Mr.Bing shop in Wan Chai right next to the Legendary sugar cane drink shop from Central.

Old Hong Kong drinks meets the new trendy Beijing Crepes.

Anyway, it is quite cute that you can see KFC's reflection on Mr.Bings menu.



When your upstairs at KFC, you can also see Mr.Bing.


Anyway, it was cute because KFC got Bing'd because people were eating Mr.Bing crepes there!

Great idea....I might trying BINGING in KFC next time.