Duck fat fries from The Butchers club

I love this new burger joint on Landale Street pumping with music.

They have these bright red, white and blue blinds which are colours that represent the American flag yet it has a Hong Kong touch to it because it reminds me of those woven bags!!

 

As I am not a beef fan, I just got the Duck fat fries for $20.
(The guy jokingly said that you could not order fries on their own)

They came in a cute box and the fries had coarse salt sprinkled on them.

These fries were deliciously salted by the salt and were soft inside, however I found then a bit too crunchy which is what hkepicurus would have liked.

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The Butchers Club

G/F Rialto building

2 Landale Street

Wan Chai

2528 2083

Improved rice bowl at Little Burro

Since my last visit, the Mexican rice bowl has improved.
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Vegetarian rice bowl:


I was quite surprised the portion was quite big this time because it was tiny on my previous visit and they ran out of sour cream.
Everything tasted great together with fragrant lime rice, green pepper slices, salsa, sour cream, guacamole and black beans.
Every spoon was packed with exciting tones of spiciness, tartness and the refreshing taste of the salsa and sour cream.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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Little Burro

Sugary cakes for the depressed at Rosie jean's cafe

Went here for some dessert but it was quantity and not quality.
There were two cheesecakes and they gave us the American one that just tasted extremely sugary just like white chocolate and condensed milk which I shall never forget on a rainy day.

The chocolate cake was also too sweet.
Both these cakes are great for girls who have just broken up and needing a sweet cake binge.


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Rosie jean's cafe

Only the tea jelly is worth trying at TWG Tea

Came here with high expectations because of its branding, location and price.

It was nice there was a tea guide with all their teas listed in it.

The ambiance was nice which was later disturbed by these loud Mandarin speaking people.

Only posted the croissant because the teas, icecreams did not taste good!
The teas tasted of aroma oils and the tea leaves they used were just brittle teadust which is the lowest possible grading you can get.
The icecreams lacked tea flavour and different flavours tasted really similar.
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Croissants with tea jelly and cream:

For the tea jelly, it appears that you are supposed to be given a choice but they did not ask.
Luckily the one I got tasted nice, it had hints of apricot and a refreshing tea aroma which went nicely with the croissant.
It would be great if the croissants were not so oily.

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TWG Tea (Central)

New cakes at Passion by Gerard Dubois

Came here for desserts as a perfect ending to dinner because I don't like Chinese desserts.
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Le Cube:


The cube was colourful and fruity with lovely layers in the middle which reminded me of a flag with the colours red, yellow and green.
It was light and not too sweet but the pistachio layer at the bottom was not strong enough but the taste of the raspberry layer on top was the most prominent.
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Black and white mousse:

The mousse was rather rich but it was nice that it had black cherries in it to balance the heaviness of the mousse.
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Passion by Gerard Dubois (Wan Chai)

NEW AGE style depurated seafood

This restaurant specializes in depurated seafood served in a tasting menu where people can share and enjoy more different dishes.

“Seafood Depuration (purification) is a technique applied in many parts of the world for the removal of microbial contaminants from light to moderately contaminated bivalve molluscan shellfish by placing them in tanks of clean seawater such that they undertake their normal pumping activity for a period of time that may range from several hours to days. It is usually undertaken because it is required by regional, national or local legislation but may also be applied at the discretion of the industry to protect their customers, demonstrate due diligence, or to satisfy the requirements of legislation in other regions or counties in order to be able to export to these.”

source: United Nations FAO, 2008

At TABLE they serve ingredient-based cuisine, with highlights on depurated seafood from their 12,000 square feet fish farm in Shatin where they ship live seafood to their restaurants daily.

They serve daily small dishes on the tasting menu, (all items at $158 or $580 for four items).
Cold items served first followed by hot items.

Here was what we tried:
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Rolled filo:


Usually you are given bread, but here you get rolled filo that was so light and crispy which must have taken so much effort to roll it up.
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Amuse bouche:

Delicious springy octopus on a crispy baguette slice.
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Eel:

Smoked eel on rock, fromage blanc, caviar, potato salad with vinaigrette.
I loved the creamy tart cheese on top of the brussel sprout.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mixed Manila, Tua Tia surf clams:

Mixed clams cooked in 24 hours which was served in delicious rich lobster broth.
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Kanjang gejang:

Korean soy marinated fresh baby mud crab.
I knew this was going to be delicious but I was quite afraid of getting food poisoning at the same time.
However I can reassure you that it is 100% clean because it is depurated and I did not get any ill effects the next day!! AMAZING!!!
Finally a place where you can have delicious and safe seafood.
The crab was divine soaked heavily in soy marinade which had a strong tastes just like alcohol.
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lobster medallion:

Lardo crudo, citrus-white miso sauce.
I loved the paper thin lardo crudo which complemented the springy lobster with saltiness.
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french spring chicken preserved in lemon tagine:

Moroccan style preserved lemon, green olives with cous cous.
As well as seafood, I was amazed with this because I love mediterranean dishes too.
The baby chicken was cute and tender in delicious lemon gravy.
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Flower crab chunky crab cake:

egg yolk kofta, umeboshi aioli.
Crab lovers will love this with a huge pile of crabmeat paired with molten egg yolk croqueete.
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mud crab:

pesto rice, runny crab roe and pesto.
This was just as delicious as the Korean crab earlier because the rice was al-dente covered in delicious pesto.
After mixing it with the runny crab roe, the taste was just heaven.
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Korean baby abalone: 

This was soy butter panfred abalone but there was also fried abalone in vodka batter.
I am definitely going to try the battered one next time.
The abalone was tender evenly coated in butter with a rich soy taste.
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McDonald's 2014 Spicy beef burger

McDonald's have launched the Spicy beef burger for the FIFA world cup season.
It has four slices of thin square beef patties in the middle with Malagueta chili sauce.

The burger box is really interestingly contradictory because it is printed with the words "Fancy some Spanish" but the funny thing is that Malagueta is a Brazilian chili so shouldn't it be Fancy some Brazilian?


The taste was a bit too spicy but it was delicious because it tastes like chili con carne and the beef patty itself is spicy too.



The thin square patties that you get in the burger.