The Chan's by the sea!

海傍陳記 (Western District)
Came to this restaurant because it seems to be famous for its pan fried rice rolls.

I couldn't quite figure out why its Chinese name means by the sea because it was a few streets away from the sea.
However inside the restaurant, there is a backdrop of the sea as you view it from New Praya Kennedy Town street.

On the tables, there were cute chopstick holders made from cardboard.

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Imitation sharks fin soup:

The soup was big!

It was the usual imitation soup with meat, egg but then I found some pork blood jelly which livened it up because I've never seen pork blood jelly in it!
Although it was weird, it tasted nice.
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XO sauce pan fried rice rolls:

The rice rolls were nicely done but it was too oily for my liking.
The soy sauce and dried scallops on the rice rolls were delicious.
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Cute metal spoon with a star handle:

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Pomela skin treats at Fresco

Fresco Dim Sum (Western District)
I was surprised this restaurant did dim sums because Fresco does not sound Chinese at all.

Their menu was really good because they had English, but there was only one item I was interested in so I got a takeaway.
I got the pomelo skin because not places serve it and for good ones it takes days to prepare.

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Pomela skin with dried prawn roe:

For $14 you can't really complain, but there could have been more prawn roe (ie the prawn roes are not really visible in this photo).
The texture was not velvety or mushy but more like soft white carrot.
Overall, it's not a bad dish and I would prefer it less salty and oily.
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B for Brilliant

B Takeaway (Western District)
A hip and chick burger joint on the corner of Catchick Street offering burgers, fish and chips and more.

I wanted to try the burgers but it was too hot that day, so I just went for their Belgian fries.
They were chunky flat cut chips and it came with some yellow sauce.

The chips had a nice starchy centre with a crispy surface, and the sauce was surprisingly nice because it was mildly sweet.

Honeymoon dessert revamped

MOONnHONEY (Mong Kok)
When I walked past this shop I assumed it was a skincare shop but when I came closer it turned out to one of Honeymoon's shop in a different style.

They had nice displays of the drinks and desserts they sell.


They also had potato salad too in the fridge.

That day, they were making glutinous mochis filled with mango so I tried one.

The mango mochi was deliciously soft filled with a juicy piece of mango inside and the dessicated coconut on the outside enhanced it even more.



Dining Offers: Tasting Event

Summer @ Le Salon Restaurant et Croissanterie

Le Salon Restaurant et Croissanterie (Causeway Bay)
Found out there were some new summer croissants at Le Salon Restaurant et Croissanterie so came here especially to try them.
The new flavours were Frozen raspberry yogurt and Dark Cherry.

Apart from croissants, they now have light meals which are quite cheap so the portions are probably quite small.

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Frozen raspberry yogurt:
The croissant is sliced in the middle and there are two slices of frozen raspberry yoghurt in the middle which looks like Wall raspberry ripple icecream.

It was nice having a warm croissant complimented by icy yoghurt, but I felt that the yogurt was not creamy enough and it was more like sorbet.
The taste was not bad because the raspberry yoghurt was nice and sour.
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Dark Cherry:

As well as cherries on the top of the croissant, it was filled with delicious black cherry jam.

Personally I prefer tart cherries.
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Egg rice rolls

新華粥品 (Wan Chai)
To this date, I still feel these dough stick rice rolls are the best and this is probably my 4th-5th visit because the rice rolls are cheap and quick.

I ended up having two plates because I loved the freshness of the dough sticks in the middle, they were oil free, crispy with a soft centre.

First plate:

Second plate:

Rice rolls with egg:

At first it tasted really nice but it got a bit heavy after eating a few pieces.
It tasted better with soy sauce.

Rice noodles with crispy pork

Thai Kwok Snack (Sai Kung)
Came here for some quick noodles.
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Crispy pork and thai sausage vermicelli :

I chose crispy pork and thai sausage.

The rice vermicelli that they use are the thin ones which absorbs the lovely broth and the pork on top are crispy, after the pork has absorbed the soup, it becomes chewy on the outside with a crisp centre.
The thai sausage slices were really nice but it leaves you feeling thirsty.
There were a bit too much beanshoots and Chinese parsley in the broth and the portion is actually quite small.
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