Bloomin delicious mari

While I was waiting for a table at School Food, I discovered that they were finally doing takeaways and it happened to be the maris I was going to dine there for.

Ordered the takeaway and the food was ready before my table was called so I gave my ticket to some lucky people which probably pissed some people off who were before them .


I liked the way they donate $1 for every transaction and not like some other restaurants where they charge you an extra $1 for charity without telling you beforehand.

The food came in a really nicely designed paper bag but I had to ask for chopsticks because there were no chopsticks in the bag.




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Squid ink and fried shrimp mari:


The squid mari was as delicious as my first visit with sweet pickles in the middle.
After adding vinegar they tasted even better.
The shrimp mari was good too but the frying oil was not that fresh which let it down slightly.
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Anyway I am glad they do takeaways and I will be back for more!!

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School Food (銅鑼灣)

13F Times Square

Causeway Bay

KFC's new Japanese rice coated chicken

Tried the new fried chicken coated in Japanese rice at the branch in Wanchai.

They also had chicken strips which I did not try:



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Japanese rice coated chicken:



The taste of the coating was really good because there was a lot going on from the pepperiness of the black peppercorns and the crunch from the pieces of rice and rusk shells.
If the quality of the fried chicken was better then it would have been perfect because the chicken was too dry and I would have also liked more of that coating sprinkled on.
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French buffet at Café Renaissance

From today, French guest chef Raphael Szurek will be at Café Renaissance until 8th May to showcase his signature dishes including Baked Snails, Tartar and Nicoise Salad.

This sophisticated French gourmet journey experience is available from now to 29th June.

As well as French food, they serve Asian cuisine as well but being an expat I was impressed with the choices of pates, homemade terrine, baked snails, cheeses, rillettes and the almost 42" long baguette!!!!

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Pates and rillettes:






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Cheeses:



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super long baguette!!

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FLORA!!!
A choice of Flora or decent butter..

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Other French items:
Bacon wrapped asparagus, chicken with morel mushrooms, roasted duck confit.






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Desserts~




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What I had:
Freshly made steak tartare that was rich and full of flavours.

Pates galore, my favourite was the duck liver pate which was thick and velvety.


Baked buttery snails

Light salad.

Green tea eclair

Chocolate mousse and poached pear.

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Dinner buffet is priced at HK$538* per adult and HK$258* per child (age 3-11)
Monday to Thursday; HK$568* per adult and HK$278* per child (age 3-11) on Friday to Sunday, inclusive of unlimited orange juice and soft drinks.
To spice up the taste of France, you only need to add HK$250* to have unlimited sip of 15 red and white wines from Rhone Valley, and take a selected Rhone Valley wine home.

Savoury soybean soup

This restaurant is quite good for quick Shanghainese snacks such as tofu, soymilk, rice with spare ribs etc.
However it is easily forgotten because it is located on a back street of some unpopular mall and the restaurant itself is quite grubby.


Anyway here was what I had:
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Soymilk:


Lightly sweetened soymilk with a mild soybean taste.
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Savoury soymilk:

This was item that I came for and it did not let me down.
There were generous amounts of tiny dried shrimps, preserved vegetables (jaa-choi), spring onions and fried dough sticks in the soymilk.
It reminded me of Western soup because it was thick and wholesome yet tasty because of all the tasty elements especially the preserved vegetables and fried dough sticks.
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Fried tofu:

The tofu blocks were fried just right with a golden colour.
Inside it was soft and silky which tasted great with the chili bean sauce condiment on the table.
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Sweet soymilk with dumplings:

I was disappointed with the dumplings because they used to taste really good.
The dumplings were too soft this time with holes and the fillings came out.
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上海真美豆漿大王
Shop No.G22, G/F,Metro City Plaza 3, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O