Weekend Weekly "Try it" Dinner

The Salted Pig (Central)
Thanks to Try it for holding this dinner.

It is a system that matches tryers to buyers, as well as restaurants they also feature snacks and drinks to try.

Since my last visit, there is a new British Chef Anthony Fletcher on board and the dishes tastes so much better.
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The salted pig board:

As you can see the scotch egg was decent and better than my previous one.
I did not even get a whole one last time, it was just half an egg covered in coating and the egg yolk was a bit hard.
The bacon was smoking, yet it was nice and crispy.
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Pancetta scallops on peas and broad bean hash with cider dressing:

This was my favourite especially the peas in creamy cider dressing.
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Grilled romaine lettuce:

The grilled romaine lettuce was uniquely done, it was a whole lettuce cut in half and grilled flavoured by the anchovies on top.
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Crispy fried chicken:


When it came, you could already smell that Southern coating on the fried chicken.
Luckily I got the chicken thigh which was tender and the coating was tasty and crispy with a hint of spicyness.
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Musubi's for lunch

Hana-Musubi (Admiralty)


Had a coupon to redeem a musubi set which includes two musubis and a side dish.


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Beef musubi:
The beef musubi was very satisfying because the beef was nice and meaty giving the rice plenty of flavour.
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Sakura shrimp musubi:
The taste of this was lighter than the beef but it was nice because there were lots of delicate dried shrimps in it.
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Beef:
This had to be heated up and the potatoes beneath it absorbed the beef sauce so it had a rich beef taste.
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Back for more apple fritters at Dumpling Pro

Dumpling Pro (Wan Chai)
On my last visit, I only tried the apple fritters (but see ping gwoh) because I had a tasting afterwards.
The menu had quite a lot of nice items so went back for it.


It seems that their food is quite authentic because there are a lot of mainlanders with a strong Northern accent.
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Tomato and egg noodles:


The tomato and egg noodles were rather disappointing because the noodles were too soft and tasteless and the tomatoes did not have any taste at all.
They were not even sweet or sour and all you could taste was the fried egg with a panfried taste.
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Stir fried chicken with leek and cumin:


This was delicious, sweet leeks and tender chicken pieces spiced with fragrant cumin.
It was quite salty so I had to have it with rice.
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Apple fritters:
When you order them, the waitress goes out to buy the apples, so if you prefer green or red apples you can tell them when you order before they go out to buy them.
I felt sorry for the waitresses who were just doing their jobs chasing up the desserts because they got shouted at by the chefs.
The whole restaurant was waiting for dessert, so the Chefs did the apples and bananas together.


That night, the Chefs were too busy cooking, so after the apples and bananas were fried, the waitresses had to do the final part and dunk the pieces of apple in syrup and then into iced water.



Although it was not solely done by the chef, the apples were really nice because they were piping hot and tart complemented by the caramelized sweet batter coating.
I was quite lucky and found a piece of banana in it too so I got the best of both worlds.
Most of the diners who were waiting quite a while for the desserts were given soy milk because it took so long.
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Price: $9X
Service: great
Yummy factor: great
Portion sizes: small
Glass of water provided: yes
English Menu: Yes
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All you can eat at Bubble Sushi

Bubbles Sushi (Wan Chai)
Bubbles sushi offers all you can eat and there is no time limit which is why the price per person is slightly higher.
The staff in general are quite nice and patient except for one depending on her mood.
Quite a lot of people celebrate their birthdays here because they will play the Happy birthday song and serve a sushi birthday cake and take a photo for you which is ready to take home that night after the meal.
That night I went, there were at least four tables having birthdays there.

The range of sushi is impressive and they even have sushi with truffle and grilled flounder fish edges with salt.
For dessert, the range was a bit weird especially the fried mozarella sticks and sweetcorn puffs.
For the fried items, the deep fried octopus mouths were my favourite.
In the meat section they have grilled lamb, stir fried bittermelon with pork.
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Grilled items:

This was grilled chicken liver and sweet potatoes.
The chicken liver was a bit raw and tasted a bit bitter and the sweet potatoes were cute but too sweet.
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Sashimi:



A nice variety of sashimi.
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Truffle sushi:


This was my favourite because the scallop sushi was topped with truffle and each one is shaped into a tiny ball of rice.
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Baked crab shell:


Beneath the grilled cheese, it was creamy crab and vegetables.
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Baked oysters:


I did not like it because I don't like Japanese mayonnaise.
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Stir fried beef with bittermelon:


A Okinawan dish but the pork was too fatty.
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Fried items:


My favourite fried octopus mouths.
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Japanese congee:


The congee was quite interesting because the texture was different as it was cooked with Japanese rice.
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Ice cream mochi:


Individually wrapped.
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Cream puffs and strawberry swiss rolls:


I preferred the rolls without the sauce because they were sweet enough.
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Fried mozzarella sticks:


These were weird!! They were savoury Mozzarella sticks drizzled with that strawberry sauce again and dusted with powdered sugar!
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Price: $2XX
Service: OK
Service charge: 10%
Yummy factor: ok
Toilets: yes
Portion sizes: reasonable
Noise levels: Noisy
Glass of water provided: tea was provided
English Menu: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes
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Fung Shing Restaurant is worth trying

Fung Shing Restaurant (Prince Edward)
Here I was thinking it was another boring Chinese meal again with the same usual items, eg an appetizer, some sort of chicken, steamed fish, fried rice and noodles but it was not and turned out to be the best meal I have tried.
Unfortunately my camera didn’t have any batteries which was a waste!
Arrived at the restaurant and it was brightly lit with crystal chandeliers and glistening décor, although it was brightly lit there were tell tale signs that this restaurant has been here for years with décor to disguise it.
After settling down, it was the usual annoyance because I go into restaurants expecting their bowls and cups to be clean and not have to clean it myself.
The items on the set meal seemed interesting, it was not the usual fare because I did not know that it was Shunde style food that time.

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Menu:
Crispy roast piglet
Panfried prawn potstickers
Minced pigeon with lettuce
Silkie chicken with sharks fin
Shunde fish rolls
Stir fried vegetables
Stir fried milk
Fried chicken
Fung Shing fried rice
Fried flour dumplings
Baked sago with lotus paste
Fresh fruits
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Crispy roast piglet:
Normally I take a bite and thats it but the piglet here was divine, it was fatless~
I ended up having about four pieces.
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Panfried prawn potstickers:
In Chinese they were called Woh teep but when they came, it was a whole prawn on toast.
The great thing was that the fried bread had no oily taste and I added some chili sauce to it which enhanced it even more.
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Silkie chicken with sharks fin:
The soup was good too!
The chicken was so soft and full of flavour from the soup that it did not need soy sauce and the black chicken skin tasted sticky and elastic which was not at all fat.
The chicken joints were deliciously soft like collagen jelly because the soup had been boiled for so long that they became so soft.
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Shunde fish rolls:
Nothing exciting about the fish, it was just fish rolled up with mushrooms in the middle.
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Stir fried vegetables:
Nothing exciting, it was just stir fried vegetables with mushrooms.
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Stir fried milk:
I was expecting a sweet taste but it was NORMAL for once and delicious.
The appearance was like stir fried egg white and it tasted like savoury smooth milk curds.
The stir fried milk was surrounded by these crispy looking rolls called "chicken rolls", after I took a bite, I imediately spat it out because it was fried fat and lard with oil oozing out.
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Fried chicken:
This was a chicken fried with its skin attached.
The chicken was coming off with hot smoke, yet the chicken was tender with a nice smoky salt taste.
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Fung Shing fried rice:
The fried rice which I never eat was delicious, each grain of rice was distinct and it did not have that nasty wok taste, it also had diced tomatoes in it as well.
I also tried their plain boiled rice and that was good too.
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Fried flour dumplings:
In chinese it was Jah fun gwoh.
I was expecting it to be those weird sticky chiuchow style ones filled with peanuts and celery but it was crunchy and soft filled with prawns.
It came with soup to dip but I did not bother with the soup.
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Baked sago with lotus paste:
I was glad it was a dessert that I could eat because the usual ones such as sweet soups and puddings are two sweet and I hate sweet soups.
The sago was a lovely custard egg yolk colour that was piping hot and not too sweet.
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Fresh fruits:
These were sliced oranges.
It was good that they made an effort to slice them unlike some other places where they give you a plate of WHOLE ORANGES!!
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To summarize, the banquet set was FUSS FREE, drinks were included and there is no extra 10% on top because the price already includes all that.

Hooray! The GREAT Tea Sale!

Shortbread Teas (Central)

Basically I get my dose of home food here~

I am glad there is a tea sale going on because I have been so busy I havent been here for ages.
I got my favourite Christmas Pudding tea which comes in a FOOD GRADE resealable packet!

(See the meaning of FOOD GRADE at the end of this review)

Anyway, it was fun making tea at home because I could pick out the pieces of orange peel that I don't like.


I just wish that my cups were as pretty as their cups.


On my previous visits, I have been having sandwiches and salads.

Heres what I had

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Ham Salad:


I love this salad because it was light and it had a bit of everything from potato salad, cheese, pickles, cucumber, lettuce and olives dressed in BASIL OLIVE oil.
I absolutely adore the ham because it is not too salty and tender, and the potato salad in mayonnaise is just perfect.
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Apple and ham sandwich:


This is another one of my favourites, but its called something else on the menu which I can't remember.
I loved the soft ham paired with cheese and thinly sliced green apples which is the perfect combination sandwiched in between a crusty soft baguette.
The thinly sliced apple works wonders because it is subtle and does not overpower the cheese and ham giving it a nice crisp crunch.
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All day breakfast:


When I am hungry, this is my one of the choices.
Ultimately because of the black pudding and the gorgeous bacon.
As you can see, the eggs are done so perfectly.
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Scrambled egg, black pudding and bacon sandwich:


My favourite sandwich combination tasted perfect this time because I asked for the back bacon instead of the rasher bacon.
The scrambled egg was perfect, just like pieces of co-joined droplets of fluffly egg jpined together.
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Egg and bacon sandwich:


Another simple sandwich with fried egg and bacon.
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FOOD GRADE metal or plastic means that it can be readily used to prepare or store food safely without releasing any chemicals from the plastic.
This is why it is important that in hospitals, some items should be MEDICAL GRADE because of biocompatibility issues.
Although it is not that serious for food, you just end up with food poisoning.
I BET THE HONG KONGERS are not even AWARE of this issue and buy any bags or containers and niavely plonk food into it.
A few months ago I bought a dessert in a nice glass jar because I wanted to keep the jar, however after I finished the dessert I wiped the inside of the lid with tissue and was mortified to see that it was BLACK!.

Flipino congee

Cinta J Express (Wan Chai)
I like getting takeaways from here because there isnt a queue.

At lunch, there is a MAKE YOUR OWN MEAL where you can choose the sauce and the meat you want to go with rice.
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MAKE YOUR OWN MEAL:


For sauces there were:
Tomato curry
carbonara
mushroom
bolognaise

For meat you can choose:
fish
chicken
cervelat sausage
pork chop
or mixed vegetables

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Fish with tomato curry sauce:


The rice was a bit too soft and mushy but the fish was good because it was succulent and not dry.
The sauce was really good because the tomato is really strong and tangy with a hint of curry that is not spicy.
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Flipino congee:


I was surprised they had congee in the Flipino cuisine but there are a lot Chinese items that they serve such as char siu baos and other dishes.
The only difference is that the congee is served with a wedge of lemon.
I tried it without the lemon and found the congee slightly oily with a really strong chicken taste.
It turns out that there are pieces of chicken in the congee which look like they have been fried/pan fried, hence this is why they give you lemon to balance out the oilyness and it makes the congee much more appetizing.


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Price: $38
Service: OK
Yummy factor: ok
English Menu: Yes
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