Too salty at 譚仔雲南米線

譚仔雲南米線 and TamJai SamGor Mixian are really famous restaurants in Hong Kong for Yunnan noodles.

As I don't eat Yunnan rice noodles, I used to get the two mixed up until now when I tried to add it on OpenRice.

Anyway, I never planned to try 譚仔雲南米線 or TamJai SamGor Mixian because there is always a queue, but since this place was newly opened there was no queue.

The snacks menu was simple:



However the noodles section was slightly more complicated.


Ended up ordering chicken wings and plain noodles.


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chicken wings:


The chicken wings were really nice because they had lots of cumin sprinkled on it.
However it could have been cooked more thoroughly because it was pink inside.
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Plain noodles:


As usual the noodles tasted like chewy elastic plastic but they were tasty because the broth was way too salty.
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Déjà vu of the salty noodles at Tsim chai Kee

Some friends from UK wanted to try this place because it was recommended on the Michelin guide so I was forced to dine here again.

On my previous visit, I vowed not to come again because I found a hairy cockcoach leg.
http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2316219
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Noodles with wontons:



On this visit, I found a small vegetable fly stuck to the noodles but had to pretend it wasn't there because my friends were expecting so much from this place.
Strangely the kitchen LOOKS cleans but twice I found something in the noodles.
Anyway, the broth and wontons were extremely salty which were the comments from my friends as well and the same comment I made last time.
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Egg tart con artist

King Bakery (Lok Fu)

I only tried these egg tarts because someone wanted to try them.

To be honest, it is so hard to find delicious egg tarts that I like.

At King Bakery they have lots of different egg tarts ranging from durian egg tarts to cheese egg tarts.


Ordered THREE egg tarts loud and clear, but she insisted putting four in the box and tried charging for FOUR!!

Honestly the cheek in people who I have met that try to get you to buy things when you don't agree to buy.

Past experiences:
I was looking at some fruit which I wasn't intending to buy and they bagged it and asked me to pay!!! WTF!!

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Egg tarts:

Again, these egg tarts were just like the ones at V8, the flakey tart pastry was soft and floppy that they collapse when you eat them and the filling was too watery.
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This place needs a miracle

I wasn't intending to dine here but the noodles in tomato broth looked good so came here.

This place has been recommended on the Michelin guide but not many foodies recommend this place.

According to the note, it says tissues and cutlery can be found in the drawers.

When you look in the drawers, there are no tissues.

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Noodles with tomato, liver and wontons:


Looked like shxt and tasted like shxt and not in a millions years could it be compared to SingHeungYuen.
The broth was too sweet, and the liver and wontons were not fresh.
The wontons had this awful taste and the livers were raw.
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Signature beef:


A very stingy portion!!
You only get three pieces of beef and the rest beneath are big chunks of radishes to make it look like there is a lot of beef.
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As well as the food being disgusting, I got diarrhea too which will keep my weight down!!
It really baffles me how this place got recommended and the staff there are so noisy.
請神仙打救!!! 要新鮮 not 新仙.
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新仙清湯腩
Shop 3, G/F, C.C.Wu Building, 302-308 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai

Get your cakes online from Patisserie Uriwari

This online cake shop has been selling cakes since 2012.

That's a good two years because online shops get less publicity and relies on the internet and word of mouth.

To be honest, I only knew about this shop late last year when Lemon Tea told me about it.

Finally tried it..

As they are an online shop, I would have expected the cakes to be more expensive but they cost roughly the same as cakes in other shops.
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syun $36:


This cake has caramel mousse, apple and Valrhona hazelnut sauce.
It was not too sweet and I loved the bitter mousse with the crisp cubes of apples.
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koi $34:



This was raspberry mousse, chocolate cream with chocolate almond cake as a base.
There was a good balance in taste because I could taste the strong chocolate as well as the delicious strong raspberries.
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kyo $36:
At the bottom, there was a green tea brownie, topped with delicious green tea mousse, red beans and green tea sauce.

Green tea lovers are going to love this because I loved the green tea mousse which was light and refreshing with a rich green tea brownie at the base.
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http://www.uriwari.hk/

Localized Singaporean food at Cha Sat

Cha Sut specializes in Singaporean and Malaysian food which is located in Kowloon Bay.

The food has been adapted to Hong Kong tastesbuds because its location is in an industrial area and people probably don't appreciate authentic food in a hurry.
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bun Cha nam:

This was nice, I loved the silk thin strands of rice vermicelli which tasted great with the tangy sauce and juicy pork chops.
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Beef curry:

It was meant to be beef rendang, but it turned out to be a different curry which was watery and bland.
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Laksa:

This is great for people who havent tried laksa because it has a very light taste and it is not spicy at all.
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Bak kut teh with rice and fried dough:

This was my favourite because it had strong dong guai herbs in it with wolfberries.
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Boneless hainan chicken:

The chicken was ok, but the rice was the same as the rice for the beef curry.
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Dates and wolfberry drink:

I did not drink this but it good to see that there were lots of finely chopped dates in it.
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Cha Sat
Shop 39, 1/F, Exchange Tower, 33 Wang Chui Road, Kowloon Bay

Tomato and egg dumplings at Wang Fu

After trying their new branch at Sai Ying Pun, I decided to check out the Central branch.

Tried the egg and tomato dumplings and the dan dan noodles.
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Tomato and egg dumplings:


I must have been lucky because I got 11 and the menu says 10 dumplings.
Anyway, the tomato and egg dumplings were quite nice because the tomatoes in the dumpling were not over cooked and they still had a fresh crisp texture with its natrual tomato taste.
But there could have been more egg in the dumplings.
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Dan dan noodles:

The noodles were better than anticipated because they were not that spicy and the sauce was thick and aromatic with a strong sesame taste and the sauce had a lot of minced pork in it.
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